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

Editor

F. Whitman Trecartin

Editor

Dennis Sawyer

Animation

John Fadden

Producer

Denis Gillson

Music

Willie Dunn

folk music cultural conflict

Status

Released

Countries

  • Canada

Companies

  • ONF | NFB