The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 52 min
  • Premiere: 2000. January 1.

For almost a century, the Coast Salish knitters of southern Vancouver Island have produced Cowichan sweaters from handspun wool. These distinctive sweaters are known and loved around the world, but the Indigenous women who make them remain largely invisible.

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Camera

David Malysheff

Additional Photography

Cathie Ferguson

Still Photographer

Randy Woolgar

Director of Photography

Colleen Toohy

Still Photographer

Crew

Lori Isaac

Transcriptions

Directing

Editing

Lighting

Production

Ian Herring

Executive Producer

Graydon McCrea

Executive Producer

Sylvia Olsen

Researcher

Sher Morgan

Production Manager

Frances O'Donovan

Production Accountant

Colleen Craig

Production Coordinator

Andrea Droege

Production Accountant

Sound

Barton Hewett

Location Sound Recordist

Bruce Ruddell

Original Music Composer

Writing

Sylvia Olsen

Original Story

Camera

David Malysheff

Additional Photography

Cathie Ferguson

Still Photographer

Randy Woolgar

Director of Photography

Colleen Toohy

Still Photographer

Crew

Lori Isaac

Transcriptions

Directing

Editing

Lighting

Production

Ian Herring

Executive Producer

Graydon McCrea

Executive Producer

Sylvia Olsen

Researcher

Sher Morgan

Production Manager

Frances O'Donovan

Production Accountant

Colleen Craig

Production Coordinator

Andrea Droege

Production Accountant

Sound

Barton Hewett

Location Sound Recordist

Bruce Ruddell

Original Music Composer

Writing

Sylvia Olsen

Original Story