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Objects in Our Lives

Alanis Obomsawin & Keith Packwood

1975 6 min

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Close-up photographs of baskets, tools and utensils used in the past and still used today by the Stl’atl’imx (Líl̓wat). Printed notes describe the use of each item

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Close-up photographs of baskets, tools and utensils used in the past and still used today by the Stl’atl’imx (Líl̓wat). Printed notes describe the use of each item

See also

Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis)

Crafts

All subjects

Indigenous Cinema

Credits

• director
  Alanis Obomsawin
  
  Keith Packwood
  
• producer
  Alanis Obomsawin
  
• executive producer
  Don Hopkins
  
• photography
  Robert Van Der Hilst
  
  Philip Hersee
  

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