Hands of History

8.0
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 52 min
  • Premiere: 1994. January 1.

This documentary follows four female First Nations artists—Doreen Jensen, Rena Point Bolton, Jane Ash Poitras and Joane Cardinal-Schubert are First Nations artists who seek to find a continuum from traditional to contemporary forms of expression. These exceptional artists reveal their philosophies as artists, their techniques and creative styles, and the exaltation they feel when they create. A moving testimony to the role that Indigenous women artists have played in maintaining the voice of their culture.

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Art

Val Teodori

Title Designer

Camera

Simon Leblanc

Assistant Camera

Chris McMullin

Steadicam Operator

Andreas Poulsson

Additional Photography

Susan Trow

Additional Photography

Deborah Tabah

Assistant Camera

Heidi Lasi

Assistant Camera

Donna Mobbs

Additional Photography

Kirk Tougas

Additional Photography

Robert Riddell

Additional Photography

Rob Simpson

Assistant Camera

Leslie Hamm

Assistant Camera

Alex Postowol

Assistant Camera

Shirley Anne Claydon

Still Photographer

Mick Lipohar

Key Grip

Crew

Andrée Lachapelle

Administrative Assistant

Mary Ellen Davis

Post-Production Manager

Dimitra Rizis

Administrative Assistant

Julie Warren

Cinematography

Directing

Barbara Cranmer

Assistant Director

Loretta Todd

Director

Editing

Kim Blain

Assistant Editor

Claudine Blain

Negative Cutter

Lighting

Sean Jensen

Gaffer

Mark Mackay

Gaffer

Production

Jo Ann Daniels

Production Assistant

Gisèle Guilbault

Administration

Barbara Cranmer

Researcher

Gisèle Guilbault

Production Coordinator

Barbara Cranmer

Production Assistant

Linda Paris Quillinan

Administration

Shirley Anne Claydon

Production Manager

Anne Henderson

Researcher

Marjorie Beaucage

Researcher

Loretta Todd

Researcher

Margaret Wong

Producer's Assistant

Ginny Stikeman

Executive Producer

Sound

Annie Frazier Henry

Original Music Composer

Serge Godier

Foley Artist

Serge Boivin

Foley Mixer

Shelley Craig

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Chris Crilly

Music Editor

Wesley Lowe

Music Director

Shelley Craig

Recording Supervision

Danuta Klis

Sound Editor

Art

Val Teodori

Title Designer

Camera

Simon Leblanc

Assistant Camera

Chris McMullin

Steadicam Operator

Andreas Poulsson

Additional Photography

Susan Trow

Additional Photography

Deborah Tabah

Assistant Camera

Heidi Lasi

Assistant Camera

Donna Mobbs

Additional Photography

Kirk Tougas

Additional Photography

Robert Riddell

Additional Photography

Rob Simpson

Assistant Camera

Leslie Hamm

Assistant Camera

Alex Postowol

Assistant Camera

Shirley Anne Claydon

Still Photographer

Mick Lipohar

Key Grip

Crew

Andrée Lachapelle

Administrative Assistant

Mary Ellen Davis

Post-Production Manager

Dimitra Rizis

Administrative Assistant

Julie Warren

Cinematography

Directing

Barbara Cranmer

Assistant Director

Loretta Todd

Director

Editing

Kim Blain

Assistant Editor

Claudine Blain

Negative Cutter

Lighting

Sean Jensen

Gaffer

Mark Mackay

Gaffer

Production

Jo Ann Daniels

Production Assistant

Gisèle Guilbault

Administration

Barbara Cranmer

Researcher

Gisèle Guilbault

Production Coordinator

Barbara Cranmer

Production Assistant

Linda Paris Quillinan

Administration

Shirley Anne Claydon

Production Manager

Anne Henderson

Researcher

Marjorie Beaucage

Researcher

Loretta Todd

Researcher

Margaret Wong

Producer's Assistant

Ginny Stikeman

Executive Producer

Sound

Annie Frazier Henry

Original Music Composer

Serge Godier

Foley Artist

Serge Boivin

Foley Mixer

Shelley Craig

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Chris Crilly

Music Editor

Wesley Lowe

Music Director

Shelley Craig

Recording Supervision

Danuta Klis

Sound Editor