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Minqon Minqon: Wosqotomn Elsonwagon

Directed by Catherine Anne Martin
Canada, 1990 (documentary, 6 minutes, colour, English)
Also known as "Shirley Bear : rétablir l'équilibre des pouvoirs", "Shirley Bear: Reclaiming the Balance of Power"
Minqon Minqon: Wosqotomn Elsonwagon
Image: © National Film Board of Canada
Video (National Film Board of Canada)
Video (National Film Board of Canada) [French]

Film Description:
"Decades before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Shirley Bear was defying repressive colonial narratives with inspiring imagery of Indigenous womanhood. Catherine Martin profiles the Wolastoqiyik/Malecite artist known as Minqon Minqon (Rainbow Rainbow)."
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Produced by: Catherine Anne Martin, Kimberlee McTaggart
Participants: Shirley Bear
Cinematography: Kimberlee McTaggart
Film Editing: Kimberlee McTaggart
Music: Shirley Bear
Production Company: National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada
(sources)

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