Shoal Lake 40 women talk about their struggles, and those of their parents and grandparents, in trying to raise their families in a hazardous state of enforced isolation. Everyone in the community has a harrowing story of a loved one falling through the ice while trying to get across the lake, with pregnant women and new mothers fearing for their babies and having no choice but to make the trek in dangerous conditions. The film shows the key role of the community’s women in demanding funding for the road from three levels of government, and how their reconnection to culture and ceremony give them the strength to keep going.
Unfortunately the movie Freedom Road: Women / Ikwewag is not yet available on HBO Max.
Production | Alicia Smith | Producer |
Production | Devon Supeene | Administration |
Crew | Patricia Garry | Transcriptions |
Crew | Kenneth Jr. Redsky | Driver |
Crew | Peter Kallianiotis | Legal Services |
Production | Bree Beach | Administration |
Editing | Tony Wytinck | Colorist |
Sound | Anita Lubosch | Sound Designer |
Production | Esther Viragh | Production Supervisor |
Writing | Angelina McLeod | Writer |
Camera | Katy Slimmon | Still Photographer |
Editing | Marcel Kreutzer | Assistant Editor |
Production | Darin Clausen | Director of Operations |
Editing | Erika MacPherson | Editor |
Production | Katy Slimmon | Production Assistant |
Production | Michelle van Beusekom | Executive Producer |
Production | Faye Yoneda | Production Coordinator |
Camera | Tyler Funk | Director of Photography |
Crew | Jason Funk | Drone Operator |
Directing | Angelina McLeod | Director |
Production | David Christensen | Executive Producer |
Sound | Bruce Little | Sound Mixer |
Editing | Bruce Little | Online Editor |
Production | April Dunsmore | Production Coordinator |
Sound | Charlene Moore | Location Sound Recordist |