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Sundance : la danse sacrée du soleil

Sundance : la danse sacrée du soleil

| 1 h 9 min

Dans ce long métrage documentaire signé par le réalisateur autochtone Brian J. Francis, des participants à la cérémonie de la danse sacrée du soleil passent quatre jours sans boire ni manger, puis transpercent la chair de leur poitrine dans une offrande au Créateur. Un point de vue privilégié sur la spiritualité des Premières Nations d’Amérique du Nord et la transmission unique d’une tradition culturelle de la nation Elsipogtog à la nation Mi’gmaqs.


Credits
  • participant
    Kani Malsom
    William Nevin
    Bernard Jerome
    Keith Chiefmoon
    Nathan Chasing Horse
    Pamela Red Cloud
    Melvin, Jr. Brewer
    Hubert Francis
    Eugene Sock
    Stephanie Simon
    Cynthia Davidson
  • None
    Brian J. Francis
    Kent Martin
    Ronaldo Richard
    Hubert Francis
  • direction
    Brian J. Francis
  • camera
    Nigel Markham
  • location sound
    Alex Salter
  • editing
    Rohan Fernando
  • production supervision
    Patsy Coughran
  • additional sound
    Rohan Fernando
    Kent Martin
  • additional music
    David R. Maracle
  • research
    Brian J. Francis
  • sound editing
    Alex Salter
  • sound mixer
    Allan Scarth
  • online editing
    Steve Cook
  • production coordinator
    Stephanie Coolen
    Vanessa Larsen
  • marketing
    Amy Stewart Gallant
    Philip Moscovitch
  • administration
    John William Lutz

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