The people of Unamenshipu (La Romaine), an Innu community in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, are seen but not heard in this richly detailed documentary about the rituals surrounding an Innu caribou hunt. Released in 1960, it’s one of 13 titles in Au Pays de Neufve-France, a series of poetic documentary shorts about life along the St. Lawrence River. Off-camera narration, written by Pierre Perrault, frames the Innu participants through an ethnographic lens. Co-directed by René Bonnière and Perrault, a founding figure of Quebec’s direct cinema movement.
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Pierre Perrault Director · René Bonnière Director Michel Thomas-d'Hoste Cinematographer
First release July 19, 1963 · Produced in Canada · Production Crawley Films
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Canada · July 19, 1963
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April 1, 2005 · Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
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