Who Were the Ones? (1972)
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.
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Michael Kanentakeron Mitchell
Director
Director
F. Whitman Trecartin
Editor
Editor
Dennis Sawyer
Editor
Editor
John Fadden
Animation
Animation
Denis Gillson
Producer
Producer
Willie Dunn
Music
Music
David Bairstow
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
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