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Spirit of Turtle Island
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1988Item number (ISN):152221Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:COLLINS, AlanAccession:1990-0061Media:VideoPart:1 of 1Production date:1988Production company:Nova ProductionsProduction credit:producer, Alan Collins; director, Alan Collins; Lenore Keeshig Tobias; writer, Lenore Keeshig Tobias; music, The Thunderbird SistersDescription:Documentary about Native women artists which examines the broad base of women's culture including singers, dancers, painters, storytellers and seamstresses. The documentary is linked by a strong musical commentary by the Thunderbird Sisters, an accapella group from the Shinnecock nation on Long Island, New York. Women featured in the video are: poet and storyteller Lenore Keeshig Tobias; Evelyn Bomberry, a clothing designer from the Six Nations Reserve; Maxine Noel, Sioux artist; and the poetry of Pauline Johnson (1961-1913), one of Canada's first published Native women artists. The Spirit of Turtle Island Festival, the starting point for the documentary, was held in Toronto in August, 1985.Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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