Cesar's Bark Canoe 1971
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"This documentary depicts a canoe being built in the traditional manner. Cesar Newashish, a 67-year-old Attikamek of the Manawan Reserve North of Montréal, uses only birchbark, cedar splints, spruce roots, and gum. With a sure hand he works methodically to fashion a craft unsurpassed in function or beauty of design. Building a canoe solely from the materials that the forest provides may become a lost art, even among the Native Peoples whose traditional craft it is. The film is free of spoken commentary but text appears on the screen in Cree, French, and English." - Anthology Film Archives
- Released: 1971-01-01
- Runtime: 57 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: César Newashish
- Director: Bernard Gosselin, Bernard Gosselin, Paul Larose, Serge Beauchemin, Monique Fortier
