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Cesar's Bark Canoe

Cesar's Bark Canoe

10,0 /10 (1 Votes)
1971 FR 57 min

Overview

"This documentary depicts a canoe being built in the traditional manner. Cesar Newashish, a 67-year-old Attikamek of the Manawan Reserve North of Montréal, uses only birchbark, cedar splints, spruce roots, and gum. With a sure hand he works methodically to fashion a craft unsurpassed in function or beauty of design. Building a canoe solely from the materials that the forest provides may become a lost art, even among the Native Peoples whose traditional craft it is. The film is free of spoken commentary but text appears on the screen in Cree, French, and English." - Anthology Film Archives

Release date

01/01/1971

Votes

1

Popularity

0.0

Genres

Status

Released

Original title

César et son canot d'écorce

Language

FR

Runtime

57 min

Website

www.onf.ca

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