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Crafts (21)

Clothing and Costume (9)

  • Métis Coat
    Métis Coat
    1979 1 min
    In this short from the Canada Vignettes series, the Earl of Caledon of Tyrone, Ireland, acquires an elegantly tailored deerskin coat. The coat is trimmed with fringe and brightly dyed porcupine quill embroidery, in a fashion popularized by the Métis.
  • Eskimo Arts and Crafts
    Eskimo Arts and Crafts
    Laura Boulton 1943 18 min
    A doc about the Inuit art of Baffin Island. The film illustrates traditional leatherwork and carving, and the construction of a kayak.

  • The Pyjamas
    The Pyjamas
    Francis Papillon 2022 3 min
    When she finds out what kind of sleepwear her friend likes, Iris bursts out laughing! One thing’s for sure, Iris and Cathon don’t subscribe to the same definition of “pyjama party.” Apparently, way back when, wearing these clothes to the beach was the height of fashion!
  • The Swimsuit
    The Swimsuit
    Iris Boudreau  &  Francis Papillon 2019 2 min
    Iris and Cathon are at the beach, and they both have new swimsuits. Cathon makes fun of her friend’s choice of beachwear. You’ll learn a lot about the origins of the bathing suit.
  • The Pants
    The Pants
    Iris Boudreau  &  Francis Papillon 2019 2 min
    Iris wants to help out by doing Cathon’s laundry, but accidentally shrinks her friend’s favourite pair of pants. When were trousers first worn? And is it true that women were not always allowed to wear them?
  • Kamik
    Kamik
    Elise Swerhone 1989 14 min
    This short documentary is a portrait of Ulayok Kaviok, one of the last of a generation of Inuit, born and bred on the land. Ulayok and her family, like many Inuit today, strive to balance 2 very different worlds. Her skills in making the sealskin boots called kamik may soon be lost in the cultural transformation overtaking her community. Kamik offers a glimpse of those universes and the thread one woman weaves between them.
  • The Missus Beats Him to It
    The Missus Beats Him to It
    1943 1 min
    The film emphasizes the wartime need for remodelling old clothes, to avoid the purchase of new garments.
  • Masquerade
    Masquerade
    Co Hoedeman 1984 27 min
    The magical fingers of master animator Co Hoedeman, whose film The Sand Castle won an Oscar in 1979, has created yet another world of piquant creatures. Papier mâché puppets ride machines and manipulate robots strange to the human eye. A great masquerade is in the planning, and the air crackles with excitement. Plunged into the joys and frustrations of creating costumes, the zealous puppets produce a bumper crop, each one more elaborate than the last. The film illustrates the creative process, with its inevitable pitfalls and rewards. It says that to create is to be alive.
  • Snowshoes
    Snowshoes
    Alanis Obomsawin 1972 7 min
    The remarkable construction of the venerable snowshoe is demonstrated from start to finish. Atikamekw Elders Mariane and Athanas Jacob take us into the forest to select the tree that will become a fresh new pair of snowshoes.

    This short is part of the Manawan series directed by Alanis Obomsawin

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