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Rice Harvest

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1980 11 min
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This short documentary explores how the First Nations staple of wild rice is exported as a luxury food thanks in part to bush pilots. Follow the families of the Pauingassi band as they comb the reedy shores with brooms, paddles and baskets for manomim (wild rice).

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This short documentary explores how the First Nations staple of wild rice is exported as a luxury food thanks in part to bush pilots. Follow the families of the Pauingassi band as they comb the reedy shores with brooms, paddles and baskets for manomim (wild rice).
Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) Agriculture Food and Food Industries All subjects
  • director
    Norma Bailey
    Bob Lower
  • producer
    Jerry Krepakevich
  • executive producer
    Michael Scott
  • script
    Sheila Baptie
  • cinematography
    Richard A. Stringer
  • sound
    Bob Lower
  • editing
    Norma Bailey
  • sound editing
    Ken Rodeck
  • re-recording
    Clive Perry
  • narrator
    Brian Richardson

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