These Are My People...

Name: These Are My People...
Director: Roy Daniels
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1969-10-20
Duration: 13 min
Rating: 8.0

196913m

★ 8.0

Documentary

This documentary short is the first film made by an all-Aboriginal film crew, training under the NFB's Challenge for Change Program. It was shot at Akwesasne (St. Regis Reserve). Two spokesmen explain historical and other aspects of Longhouse religion, culture, and government and reflect on the impact of the white man's arrival on the Indian way of life.

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