DocumentaryAnimationMusic
Who Were the Ones?
Release1972→
Runtime0H 7M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
This short film was created by a group of Indigenous filmmakers at the NFB in 1972 and is essentially a song by Willie Dunn sung by Bob Charlie and illustrated by John Fadden: "Who were the ones who bid you welcome and took you by the hand, inviting you here by our campfires, as brothers we might stand?" The song expresses bitter memories of the past, of trust repaid by treachery, and of friendship debased by exploitation upon the arrival of European colonists.
Media1
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Director

Michael Kanentakeron Mitchell
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Keywords
folk musiccultural conflict
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Countries:Canada
Production:ONF | NFB










