Renaissance

Canada, 1993

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Episode number 3 of Series “From spirit to spirit (A)”.
Documents the revival of the native ceremonial dramas of the Canadian Indians, illegal since the 19th Century. Since then, the traditional performances have improved into theatrical mainstream and international community theatre.

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Credits

director

Patricia Phillips

co-producer

Andy Thomson

Brenda Hennig

production company

Great North Productions

Duration

00:24:00:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1993

Appears in

From spirit to spirit

Group of items

From spirit to spirit

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

306673

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Indians of North America - Canada

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Indigenous peoples

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Canada

People → Indigenous peoples

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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