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The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony

2008-07-01 en 69m
Documentary
This feature-length documentary chronicles the Sundance ceremony brought to Eastern Canada by William Nevin of the Elsipogtog First Nation of the Mi'kmaq. Nevin learned from Elder Keith Chiefmoon of the Blackfoot Confederacy in Alberta. Under the July sky, participants in the Sundance ceremony go four days without food or water. Then they will pierce the flesh of their chests in an offering to the Creator. This event marks a transmission of culture and a link to the warrior traditions of the past.

Director

Brian J. Francis

Writer

Brian J. Francis

Producer

Kent Martin

Sound

Alex Salter

Sound

Rohan Fernando

Director of Photography

Nigel Markham

indigenous ceremony cultural identity elder blackfoot sundance mi'kmaq

Status

Released

Countries

  • Canada

Companies

  • ONF | NFB