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Alone in the Abyss

2009 5 min
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Drugs. They sneak into your life, into your veins. You wake up and you're all alone in the depths. But the Earth keeps turning. Since 2004, the travelling studios of Wapikoni Mobile have enabled Quebec First Nations youth to express themselves through videos and music. This short film was made with the guidance of these travelling studios and is part of the 2008 selection.

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Drugs. They sneak into your life, into your veins. You wake up and you're all alone in the depths. But the Earth keeps turning. Since 2004, the travelling studios of Wapikoni Mobile have enabled Quebec First Nations youth to express themselves through videos and music. This short film was made with the guidance of these travelling studios and is part of the 2008 selection.

  • director
    Claudie Ottawa
  • assistant director
    Marie-Pier Ottawa
  • participant
    Marie-Pier Ottawa
    Sacha Dubé
    Marie-Christine Petiquay
    Laval Brassard
    Marie-Pier Dubé
    Jean-Paul Echaquan
    Nipinik Echaquan
    Janette Flamand
    Mechtilde Kazanyweninama
    Ines Lopes
    Jacqueline Lazano
    Iphigénie Marcoux-Fortier
    Sandra Moar
    Noël Nequado
    Frantz Neveu
    Maggie Newashish
    Martin Paradis
    Suzanne St-Laurent
    Karine Van Ameringen
  • screenplay
    Claudie Ottawa
  • camera
    Claudie Ottawa
    Marie-Christine Petiquay
    Marie-Pier Ottawa
    Sacha Dubé
  • sound recording
    Claudie Ottawa
    Marie-Christine Petiquay
    Marie-Pier Ottawa
    Sacha Dubé
  • video editing
    Claudie Ottawa
    Marie-Pier Ottawa
    Iphigénie Marcoux-Fortier
  • sound editing
    Claudie Ottawa
    Marie-Pier Ottawa
    Iphigénie Marcoux-Fortier
  • on-set photography
    Nick-Evan Flamand
    Marie-Pier Ottawa
    Marie-Christine Petiquay
    Ines Lopes
  • original music
    Pascal Ottawa
  • intern
    Frédéric Julien
    Krystelle Asselin
    Audrey Bélanger
    Émilie Day
    Marie-Ève Grignon
    Claudia Hébert
    Magalie Ipina
    Cindy Lessard
  • social worker
    Ines Lopes
  • aboriginal coordinator
    Hugo Ottawa
  • filmmaker mentor
    Iphigénie Marcoux-Fortier
    Karine Van Ameringen
  • general director
    Manon Barbeau
  • project creator
    Manon Barbeau
  • producer
    Manon Barbeau
    Patricia Bergeron
  • financing
    Lucille Veilleux
  • partnerships development
    Lucille Veilleux
  • administrator
    Youri Mourog
    Johanne Dubuc
  • general coordinator
    Hubert Neault
  • field operations
    Sarah Lalonde
    Marie-Ève Grignon
  • administrative assistant
    Céline Brassard
    Sara Doré
  • financing assistant
    Sandrine Berger
  • post-production
    Sébastien Pichette
  • computer supervisor
    Thierry Gendron
    Alexandre Le Mouël
  • video supervisor
    Thierry Gendron
    Alexandre Le Mouël
  • sound supervisor
    Thierry Gendron
    Alexandre Le Mouël
  • mechanical supervision
    Sébastien Tremblay
  • projection
    Sébastien Tremblay
  • distribution
    Sophie Soukaïna Ghanem
    Céleste Fabricio
    Jolyanne Mathieu
  • accounting
    Pierre-Claude Beaucage
    Maryse-Chantal Brazeau
  • assistant
    Sylvia Clermont
    Josée Bélanger
  • website
    Gaétan Boucher
  • sweetening
    Daniel Toussaint
  • online editing
    Denis Pilon
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • translation
    Leah Kosatzky
  • subtitles
    Leah Kosatzky
  • technical coordinator
    Jean-François Laprise
  • administrative team
    Mirabelle Bélanger
    Dominique Brunet
    Lise Lévesque
  • associate producer
    Maryse Chapdelaine
  • executive producer
    Manon Barbeau
    Yves Bisaillon
    Ravida Din

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Education

Ages 13 to 16
School subjects
The subject matter, drugs, speaks to the sensitivity of one group toward a problem that is widespread in isolated communities. To value the expression of feelings, assign students an introspective essay about a sorrowful experience that made them realize that “the world keeps turning.” This can be followed up with a discussion on drug use and the difference between occasional momentary pleasure and the harm that comes with abuse.