Cree Hunters of Mistassini
Cree Hunters of Mistassini | |
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Directed by | Boyce Richardson Tony Ianzelo |
Produced by | Colin Low |
Written by | Boyce Richardson |
Narrated by | Boyce Richardson |
Cinematography | Tony Ianzelo |
Edited by | Ginny Stikeman |
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Release dates
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1974 |
Running time
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57 min 53 s |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Budget | $95,602[1] |
Cree Hunters of Mistassini is a 1974 documentary film co-directed by Boyce Richardson and Tony Ianzelo, chronicling a group of three Cree families from the Mistassini region of Quebec, as they set up a winter hunting camp near James Bay and Ungava Bay. The film explores the beliefs and the ecological principles of the Cree people.
Richardson had previously written a series of articles for the Montreal Star on Native rights and the environmental damage done by development on their land. He traveled to Mistassini to speak with Cree friends, pledging that their film would allow Native people to tell their own stories, and filming went ahead with three hunting families in the bush, over five months from 1972 to 1973.[1]
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada Cree Hunters of Mistassini received the award for Best Documentary over 30 minutes at the Canadian Film Awards as well as the Robert Flaherty Award for best one-off documentary from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.[2]
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- English-language films
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- National Film Board of Canada documentaries
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- Cree culture
- Films directed by Tony Ianzelo
- Genie Award winners for Best Documentary Film
- Hunting in popular culture
- Quebec films
- Films about hunter-gatherers
- Documentary films about environmental issues
- Eeyou Istchee (territory)
- 1970s documentary films
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