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Tracks in the Snow

Directed by Shirley Cheechoo
Canada, 2001 (documentary, 28 minutes, Cree)

Film Description:
"Tracks in the Snow is an engaging and personal account of filmmaker Shirley Cheechoo's journey with a group of Cree children and elders from James Bay, Canada. In an effort to raise money for the research of a tragic disease, Cree Leukoencephalopathy, that attacks Cree infants, the group follows a traditional trek along a trapline, living in the old ways and speaking only Cree."
-- Sundance Film Festival (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Shirley Cheechoo
Produced by: Shirley Cheechoo, Daisy Herodier
Cinematography: Nano Debassige
Film Editing: Nano Debassige
Music: Leland Bell, Blake Debassgie
(sources)


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