Cesar's Bark Canoe

Cesar's Bark Canoe

1971 fr 57 minutes

Rating: 10

Plot

"This documentary depicts a canoe being built in the traditional manner. Cesar Newashish, a 67-year-old Attikamek of the Manawan Reserve North of Montréal, uses only birchbark, cedar splints, spruce roots, and gum. With a sure hand he works methodically to fashion a craft unsurpassed in function or beauty of design. Building a canoe solely from the materials that the forest provides may become a lost art, even among the Native Peoples whose traditional craft it is. The film is free of spoken commentary but text appears on the screen in Cree, French, and English." - Anthology Film Archives

Trailer

Trailer's not available.

Cast

César Newashish

César Newashish

Self

Similar Movies

The Things I Cannot Change

The Things I Cannot Change

en

January 1, 1967

Little Burgundy

Little Burgundy

fr

January 1, 1968

Back to the Land

Back to the Land

fr

January 1, 1976

Belle famille

Belle famille

fr

July 11, 1978

Friday: About Cars

Friday: About Cars

en

January 1, 1978

The Bridge

The Bridge

en

October 27, 2006

March of the Penguins

March of the Penguins

fr

January 26, 2005

The Film Parade

The Film Parade

en

January 1, 1933

Bibel ohne Worte

Bibel ohne Worte

de

January 1, 2003

Meme Gods

Meme Gods

en

May 13, 2025

Cutting the Line

Cutting the Line

en

June 8, 2023

Śmierć kliniczna

Śmierć kliniczna

pl

January 1, 1983