Mother of Many Children
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Canada, 1977 (documentaire, 58 minutes, couleurs, anglais)
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Autre titre :
« Mère de tant d'enfants »
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Description du film :
« Un album de témoignages de femmes indiennes et inuit dépeignant une
société matriarcale à qui, depuis des siècles, on a voulu imposer des
habitudes et des coutumes étrangères. »
-- Office national du film du Canada
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| Générique (partiel) : |
| Scénario : | Alanis Obomsawin |
| Produit par : |
Alanis Obomsawin, Don Hopkins, Douglas MacDonald |
| Narrateur : |
Alanis Obomsawin |
| Images : |
Don Virgo, Bob Ridgell, Laval Fortier |
| Montage images : |
John Laing |
| Société de production : |
National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada |
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Notes sur Mother of Many Children
- Présenté au Festival of Festivals (Toronto) en 1977.
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Citations sur Mother of Many Children [en anglais]
« Mother of Many Children is a subtle document of female empowerment. It begins with an epigraph claiming that there is no he or she in Native languages, gently establishing a feminist theme that is inherent rather than overt. »
-- Randolph Lewis
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« This film [Mother of Many Children] is important for the youth of today and for people outside of Indigenous communities, because it offers the opportunity to examine the effects of colonization and maps the progress, and in some cases deterioration, of Indigenous communities. It also offers introduction to people in remote communities who we normally would never hear from. When we see history, it's deeper than just hearing about it; it gives us a visual into our parents' and grandparents' lives. »
-- Doreen Manuel
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« While documenting how First Nations women experience life from birth
to old age, the film [Mother of Many Children] situates the multiple ways in which First Nations women's identities and experiences have been historically shaped and articulated. »
-- Zuzana Pick
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Bibliographie sur Mother of Many Children
Chapitres de livres
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MANUEL, Doreen. « Mother of Many Children »
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dans Alanis Obomsawin: Lifework, sous la direction de Richard William Hill et Hila Peleg, Munich, Prestel, 2022, pp. 28-47. 'This book accompanies the exhibition The Children Have to Hear Another Story—Alanis Obomsawin: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, January 23-April 18, 2022; Vancouver Art Gallery, Spring 2023; Art Museum at the University of Toronto, Summer 2023'.
[en anglais] [catalogue d'exposition]
Brèves parties de livres
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LEWIS, Randolph. Alanis Obomsawin: The Vision of a Native Filmmaker, Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 2006, American Indian Lives.
[en anglais] (pp. 40-45)
Sites Web sur Mother of Many Children
