Urban elder / produced by Four Directions Studio in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada.
In the last forty years, Canada has seen a major population shift of Aboriginal peoples to the cities. This video follows an urban elder, Vern Harper, as he leads a sweat lodge purification ceremony, watches his daughter at a ballet rehearsal, conducts a healing ceremony, participates in a political...
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| Format: | DVD/Blu-Ray |
| Language: | English |
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Montreal, Que. :
National Film Board of Canada,
[2004?]
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| Summary: | In the last forty years, Canada has seen a major population shift of Aboriginal peoples to the cities. This video follows an urban elder, Vern Harper, as he leads a sweat lodge purification ceremony, watches his daughter at a ballet rehearsal, conducts a healing ceremony, participates in a political march, and counsels native prisoners at Warkworth Federal Prison. He relates how he reaches into the past for his people's traditions, blending the old ways into the present so that the future can be a time of personal growth. |
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| Item Description: | Reissue. First published 1997 as videocassette. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (29 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm |
| Production Credits: | Director, Robert S. Adams ; producers, Robert S. Adams, Peter Starr. |