This short documentary explores how the First Nations staple of wild rice is exported as a luxury food thanks in part to bush pilots. Follow the families of the Pauingassi band as they comb the reedy shores with brooms, paddles and baskets for manomim (wild rice).
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Norma Bailey Director · Robert Lower Director
First release January 1, 1980 · Produced in Canada
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Canada
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English
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Canada · January 1, 1980
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