525892
525892

Who Were the Ones?

1972-01-01 en 7m
DocumentaryAnimationMusic
This short film was created by a group of Indigenous filmmakers at the NFB in 1972 and is essentially a song by Willie Dunn sung by Bob Charlie and illustrated by John Fadden: "Who were the ones who bid you welcome and took you by the hand, inviting you here by our campfires, as brothers we might stand?" The song expresses bitter memories of the past, of trust repaid by treachery, and of friendship debased by exploitation upon the arrival of European colonists.

Director

Michael Kanentakeron Mitchell

Producer

Denis Gillson

Editor

F. Whitman Trecartin

Executive Producer

David Bairstow

Animation

John Fadden

Editor

Dennis Sawyer

folk music cultural conflict

Status

Released

Countries

  • Canada

Companies

  • ONF | NFB