Cesar's Bark Canoe

Overview

"This documentary depicts a canoe being built in the traditional manner. Cesar Newashish, a 67-year-old Attikamek of the Manawan Reserve North of Montréal, uses only birchbark, cedar splints, spruce roots, and gum. With a sure hand he works methodically to fashion a craft unsurpassed in function or beauty of design. Building a canoe solely from the materials that the forest provides may become a lost art, even among the Native Peoples whose traditional craft it is. The film is free of spoken commentary but text appears on the screen in Cree, French, and English." - Anthology Film Archives

Release date

Jan 1, 1971

Rating

10 / 10

Runtime

0 hours 57 minutes

Genres

• Documentary

Homepage

https://www.onf.ca/film/cesar_et_son_canot_d_ecorce/