Cesar's bark canoe
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Building a canoe solely from the materials that the forest provides may become a lost art, even among the Indians whose traditional craft it is. In this film, Cesar Newashish, a sixty-seven-year-old Cree Indian of the Manowan Reserve north of Montreal, builds a canoe in th old way, using only birch bark, cedar splints, spruce roots and gum. With a sure hand he works methodically to fashion a craft unsurpassed in function or beauty of design. The film is without commentary but text frames appear on the screen in Cree, French and English. Award: New York
Credits
- Directed by
- Bernard Gosselin
Complete catalog record
A Cree Indian on the Manouane Reserve in northern Quebec, Canada, demonstrates his skill in building a bark canoe solely with materials supplied by the forest. Identifies each stage of construction, the materials employed, and their purposes. The film is without commentary but text frames appear on the screen in Cree, French and English.
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- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description
- Wikidata · Q123305771 ↗ — country, credits
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