Cree Hunters of Mistassini

Cree Hunters of Mistassini is a 1974 documentary film produced by the National Film Board of Canada and co-directed by Boyce Richardson and Tony Ianzelo. It chronicles a group of three Cree families from the Mistassini region of Quebec as they set up a winter hunting camp near James Bay and Ungava Bay. The film explores the beliefs and the ecological principles of the Cree people.

Cree Hunters of Mistassini
Directed by	Boyce Richardson Tony Ianzelo
Written by	Boyce Richardson
Produced by	Colin Low Len Chatwin (exec.)
Narrated by	Boyce Richardson
Cinematography	Tony Ianzelo
Edited by	Ginny Stikeman John Knight (sound)
Production company	National Film Board of Canada
Release date	1974 (1974)
Running time	57 min 53 s
Country	Canada
Language	English
Budget	$95,602[1]

Richardson had previously written a series of articles for the Montreal Star on Native rights and the environmental damage done by development on their land. He traveled to Mistassini to speak with Cree friends, pledging that their film would allow Native people to tell their own stories, and filming went ahead with three hunting families in the bush, over five months from 1972 to 1973.^[1]

Awards

• BAFTA (British Academy Film Awards), London: BAFTA Award for Best Documentary (Robert Flaherty Award), 1975
• Canadian Film Awards, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON: Genie Award for Best Documentary, 1975
• Melbourne Film Festival: Silver Boomerang, Best film made specifically for TV, 1975^[2]

References

1. Evans, Gary (30 September 1991). In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989. University of Toronto Press. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-8020-6833-0. Retrieved 3 January 2012. Cree Hunters of Mistassini.
2. "Cree Hunters of Mistassini". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. 1974. Retrieved 2009-10-25.

External links

• Watch Cree Hunters of Mistassini on the NFB website