First Stories - Hooked Up NDNs Online
2007
6 min
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This short film offers a fresh, inventive look at the Internet and asks us to consider this question: does the Web provide Indigenous people with a sense of community? Single mother Michelle plunges into the often-humorous world of online dating. First Stories is an emerging filmmaker program for Indigenous youth which produced 3 separate collections of short films from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Produced in association with CBC, APTN, SCN, SaskFilm and MANITOBA FILM & SOUND.
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This short film offers a fresh, inventive look at the Internet and asks us to consider this question: does the Web provide Indigenous people with a sense of community? Single mother Michelle plunges into the often-humorous world of online dating. First Stories is an emerging filmmaker program for Indigenous youth which produced 3 separate collections of short films from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Produced in association with CBC, APTN, SCN, SaskFilm and MANITOBA FILM & SOUND.
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writerJennifer Dysart
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directorJennifer Dysart
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cinematographerLisa Fryklund
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sound recordistIgal PetelMike Myrden
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picture editorBrenda Terning
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sound editorWolf Willow Sound
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colour correctionStudio Post
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workshop mentorMurray JurakTasha HubbardAnnie Fraziér HenryCarol GeddesJoe NovakDavid ChristensenAlex FreeStan JacksonPeter StruttGail YakemchukDon WhiteGordon ImlachKelly IsaacWilliam BelcourtErvin ChartrandBonnie ThompsonGraydon McCreaMelody JacobsonHelen CalahasenDavid CunninghamDoug CuthandRaymond YakeleyaLoretta ToddWes DoyleGarrell ClarkCarl KarpIan Reid
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marketing managerKelly Isaac
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production supervisorMark Power
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studio administratorDarin Clausen
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production coordinatorFaye YonedaGinette D'Silva
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associate producerWilliam Belcourt
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producerBonnie Thompson
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executive producerDerek Mazur
