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People of the Rock

Clarke Daprato

1961 13 min

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This film follows an Inuit family's journey to the North Rankin nickel mine. How the hunters became bulldozer and machine operators is explained.

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This film follows an Inuit family's journey to the North Rankin nickel mine. How the hunters became bulldozer and machine operators is explained.

See also

Mining

Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit)

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Credits

• director
  Clarke Daprato
  
• producer
  Tim Wilson
  
• executive producer
  Nicholas Balla
  
• script
  Munroe Scott
  
• photography
  Reginald Morris
  
• sound
  George Croll
  
• editing
  George Kaczender
  
• sound editing
  Marguerite Payette
  
• music
  Robert Fleming
  

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