Second Stories - Honour Thy Father

Collaborators : Auger, Gerald | Cardinal, Gil | Christensen, David | Karp, Carl | Office national du film du Canada
Bereavement -- Religious aspects.Fathers -- Death.Indians of North America -- Canada -- Religious life and customs.Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) -- Religion and Spirituality.Religion, Beliefs and Ethics -- Indigenous Peoples and Christianity.Religion, Beliefs and Ethics -- Indigenous Spirituality.Documentary films.Show 2 more

Second Stories follows on the heels of the enormously successful First Stories project, which produced three separate collections of short films from Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. First Stories films have gone on to win many awards, both collectively and individually, in national and international festivals and competitions. Second Stories builds on that success by providing a continuum of training for three of the twelve Indigenous filmmakers who delivered such compelling documentary shorts. Through this unique mentoring and training process, Second Stories filmmakers have a chance to hone their storytelling craft (in a professional production experience), while working with a strong creative team to assist in the realization of their half-hour documentaries. Each of the filmmakers selected were assigned a story consultant/story editor and an NFB producer. As was the case with First Stories, the emphasis is on enabling Indigenous filmmakers to tell the stories that are important to them and their communities. The partners in this special initiative are CBC, APTN, SCN, SaskFilm and MANITOBA FILM & SOUND. Honour Thy Father Honour Thy Father is a poignant look at cultural misunderstanding and its toll on a family's grief. The loss of his father was a devastating blow for filmmaker Gerald Auger. The local Anglican priest refused to allow the family to bury their father in the traditional Cree way - with the drum and the smudge - because he was buried on Anglican church property. Gerald sets out to resolve his hurt and anger by seeking official church approval to honour his father traditionally; his path leads him to some unexpected places.

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Resource Type : Émission et filmFormats : 1 streaming video (21 min., 09 sec.)Collections : Nos histoires - DVD/Second Stories - DVD, Second Stories - DVD/Nos histoires - DVDLanguage : AnglaisYear of publication : ©2008

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