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The Amendment

Kevin Papatie

2007 4 min

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In the Kitcisakik community, the Algonquin language is dying out, just four generations after the federal government's assimilation policy came into effect. Since 2004, Wapikoni Mobile has been giving Indigenous youth the opportunity to speak out using video and music.

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In the Kitcisakik community, the Algonquin language is dying out, just four generations after the federal government's assimilation policy came into effect.

Since 2004, Wapikoni Mobile has been giving Indigenous youth the opportunity to speak out using video and music.

See also

Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis)

Politics and Government - Canada

Literature and Language - Canada

All subjects

Indigenous Cinema

Credits

• director
  Kevin Papatie
  
• writer
  Kevin Papatie
  
• camera
  Kevin Papatie
  
• location sound
  Kevin Papatie
  
  Émile Proulx-Cloutier
  
• picture editor
  Kevin Papatie
  
  Mathieu Vachon
  
• visual effects
  Andrée-Êve Veilleux
  
• lyrics
  Kevin Papatie
  
  Maranda Gunn
  
• music
  Kevin Papatie
  
  Maranda Gunn
  
• filmmaker mentor
  Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
  
  Mathieu Vachon
  
  Émile Proulx-Cloutier
  
  Cédric Corbeil
  
• coordinator
  Kevin Papatie
  
• general director
  Manon Barbeau
  
• project creator
  Manon Barbeau
  
• financial partnership development
  Lucille Veilleux
  
• administrator
  Youri Mourog
  
  Johanne Dubuc
  
• director of field operations
  Gilles Péloquin
  
• general coordinator
  France Couture
  
• assistant coordinator
  Sarah Lalonde
  
• technical supervision
  Jessy Boivin
  
  Sébastien Pichette
  
  Jason Smalridge
  
• post-production
  Jessy Boivin
  
  Sébastien Pichette
  
  Jason Smalridge
  
• mechanical supervision
  Sébastien Tremblay
  
• projection
  Sébastien Tremblay
  
• website
  Gaétan Boucher
  
  Jason Smalridge
  
• distribution
  Judith Brès
  
  Sarah Lalonde
  
• accounting
  Pierre-Claude Beaucage
  
  Maryse-Chantal Brazeau
  
• mix
  Serge Boivin
  
  Claude Chevalier
  
• online editing
  Denis Pilon
  
• titles
  Gaspard Gaudreau
  
• translation
  Christine York
  
• subtitles
  Christine York
  
• technical coordinator
  Jean-François Laprise
  
• administrative team
  Mirabelle Bélanger
  
  Dominique Brunet
  
  Lise Lévesque
  
• associate producer
  Maryse Chapdelaine
  
• producer
  Patricia Bergeron
  
• executive producer
  Manon Barbeau
  
  Yves Bisaillon
  
  Ravida Din
  

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Ethics and Religious Culture - Ethical Values
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