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The Lost Children

2007 10 min
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Uprooted at age 5 or 6 to study in White schools, the children of the Wemotaci community are now scarred adults trying to recover their Atikamekw identity. Since 2004, Wapikoni Mobile has been giving young Aboriginals the opportunity to speak out using video and music. This short documentary was made with the guidance of these travelling studios and is part of the 2007 Selection - Wapikoni Mobile DVD.

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Uprooted at age 5 or 6 to study in White schools, the children of the Wemotaci community are now scarred adults trying to recover their Atikamekw identity.

Since 2004, Wapikoni Mobile has been giving young Aboriginals the opportunity to speak out using video and music. This short documentary was made with the guidance of these travelling studios and is part of the 2007 Selection - Wapikoni Mobile DVD.

  • participant
    Siméon Newashish
    Dalhya Newashish
    Dannick Newashish
    Marcel Petiquay
  • writer
    Dalhya Newashish
    Siméon Newashish
  • director
    Dalhya Newashish
  • camera
    Dalhya Newashish
    Cikopi Newashish
    Marie-Geneviève Chabot
    Alexandre Kozminski
  • location sound
    Marie-Geneviève Chabot
  • picture editor
    Marie-Geneviève Chabot
  • original music
    Richard Coocoo
    Marthe Basile-Coocoo
  • interpretation
    Marcel Petiquay
  • filmmaker mentor
    Marco Bentz
    Marie-Geneviève Chabot
    Alexandre Kozminski
  • coordinator
    Damien Newashish
  • social worker
    Paul Rivet
  • general director
    Manon Barbeau
  • project creator
    Manon Barbeau
  • financial partnership development
    Lucille Veilleux
  • administrator
    Youri Mourog
    Johanne Dubuc
  • director of field operations
    Gilles Péloquin
  • general coordinator
    France Couture
  • assistant coordinator
    Sarah Lalonde
  • technical supervision
    Jessy Boivin
    Sébastien Pichette
    Jason Smalridge
  • post-production
    Jessy Boivin
    Sébastien Pichette
    Jason Smalridge
  • mechanical supervision
    Sébastien Tremblay
  • projection
    Sébastien Tremblay
  • website
    Gaétan Boucher
    Jason Smalridge
  • distribution
    Judith Brès
    Sarah Lalonde
  • accounting
    Pierre-Claude Beaucage
    Maryse-Chantal Brazeau
  • sweetening
    Claude Chevalier
  • online editing
    Denis Pilon
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • translation
    Christine York
  • subtitles
    Christine York
  • technical coordinator
    Jean-François Laprise
  • administrative team
    Mirabelle Bélanger
    Dominique Brunet
    Lise Lévesque
  • associate producer
    Maryse Chapdelaine
  • producer
    Patricia Bergeron
  • executive producer
    Manon Barbeau
    Yves Bisaillon
    Ravida Din

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