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Rice Harvest

Directed by Norma Bailey and Bob Lower
Canada, 1980 (documentary, 12 minutes, colour, English)
Rice Harvest
Image: © National Film Board of Canada
Video (National Film Board of Canada)

Film Description:
"Each fall, for generations, the families of the Pauingassi band have camped by northern Manitoba lakes, and combed the reedy shores with brooms, paddles and baskets for manomin—wild rice. The trade with the bush pilot begins the process by which a staple for Indigenous peoples and sacred crop becomes a white man's luxury food. A quiet but haunting film."
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Sheila Baptie
Produced by: Jerry Krepakevich, Michael Scott
Narrator: Brian Richardson
Cinematography: Richard A. Stringer
Film Editing: Norma Bailey
Production Company: National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada
(sources)

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