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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Writer
Christine Welsh
Director
Christine Welsh
Executive Producer
Ian Herring
Location Sound Recordist
Barton Hewett
Producer
Gillian Darling Kovanic
Additional Photography
David Malysheff
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