
1960
This early work from Pierre Perrault, made in collaboration with René Bonnière, chronicles summer activities in the Innu communities of Unamenshipu (La Romaine) and Pakuashipi. Shot by noted cinematographer Michel Thomas-d’Hoste, it documents the construction of a traditional canoe, fishing along the Coucouchou River, a procession marking the Christian feast of the Assumption, and the departure of children for residential schools—an event presented here in an uncritical light. Perrault’s narration, delivered by an anonymous male voice, underscores the film’s outsider gaze on its Indigenous subjects. The film is from Au Pays de Neufve-France (1960), a series produced by Crawley Films, an important early Canadian producer of documentary films.

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Golden Globe - Kanada - Der Osten

Les Feux de la Saint-Jean

Daughter of the Crater

Manicouagan

The Devil and Father Amorth

Anticosti: La chasse au pétrole extrême

Forests

Jour de juin

La bataille de Saint-Léonard

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Father, Brother