Who Were the Ones?

Who Were the Ones? (1972)


  • Genre: Documentary, Animation, Music
  • Release Date: 1972-01-01
  • Runtime: 0h 7min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: ONF | NFB
  • Production Country: Canada
  • Director: Michael Kanentakeron Mitchell

Summary

This short film was created by a group of Indigenous filmmakers at the NFB in 1972 and is essentially a song by Willie Dunn sung by Bob Charlie and illustrated by John Fadden: "Who were the ones who bid you welcome and took you by the hand, inviting you here by our campfires, as brothers we might stand?" The song expresses bitter memories of the past, of trust repaid by treachery, and of friendship debased by exploitation upon the arrival of European colonists.

Who Were the Ones? Trailer

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Directing Michael Kanentakeron Mitchell Director
Production Denis Gillson Producer
Editing F. Whitman Trecartin Editor
Production David Bairstow Executive Producer
Visual Effects John Fadden Animation
Editing Dennis Sawyer Editor
Sound Willie Dunn Music

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