Kevin Alec

Canada, 1977

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Episode number 2 of Series “Children of Canada”.
In the mountainous country near Lillooet, British Columbia, eleven-year-old Kevin Alec of the Fountain Indian Reserve learns to make fishnets with his grandfather, and skin and tan hides with his aunt. He goes fishing with his grandmother and horseback riding with his brother. Life is full of wonderful things to do and to learn. Will Kevin eventually abandon his Indian way of life or will it be a source of continuing enrichment?

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director

Beverly Shaffer

co-producer

Kathleen Shannon

Yuki Yoshida

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:16:27:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1977

Appears in

Children of Canada

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Children of Canada

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