INDIAN TIME
87 min, documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2016Directed byCarl Morasse
Produced byJohanne Bergeron
LanguagesFrench, English, Atikamekw, Innu, Inuktitut, Eeyou (Cree)
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Synopsis
Captured over a period of five years within 18 communities, INDIAN TIME is a personal and current portrayal of the 11 Aboriginal nations of Québec, where some forty people take turns speaking, allowing for exceptional encounters and immersing the viewer – eyes and heart – in this ”Indian Time”.
produced by LA BOÎTE ROUGE VIF | camera and editing CARL MORASSE | additional camera BOGDAN STEFAN, FRANÇOIS-MATHIEU HOTTE, OLIVIER BERGERON-MARTEL, MAXIME GIRARD, MENDY BOSSUM-LAUNIÈRE | post production PEAK MEDIA sound mixing MARTIN LEMAY | colorization SAMUEL VEILLET | ACIC producer JOHANNE BERGERON | ACIC coordinator
MARIE-CHRISTINE GUITÉ | directed by CARL MORASSE
Director's statement
The title Indian Time seeks to reverse the stereotypical expression associated with ‘’being late’’ in order to present the indigenous viewpoint of their relationship with time, territories, people and objets proper to the First Nations, thus launching the spectator into this ‘’Indian Time’’ with fresh eyes and an open heart.
Direction
Carl Morasse
Carl Morasse works and teaches in Chicoutimi, Canada. Ethnographer filmmaker for the indigenous cultural organization La Boîte Rouge Vif since a dozen years, he travels the physical and imaginary territories of Québec fascinated by the cultural identities, the relationship with the Other and the contemporary issues. His artistic approach led him to consider the practice of the documentary as a tool of identity reappropriation. FILMOGRAPHY 2016 « Indian Time » (87 minutes 16) Medium length films 2015 « L’univers des Innus d’Ekuanitshit » séries of 9 short-films, (6 minutes each) 2013 « C’est notre histoire : Premières Nations et Inuit du Québec au 21e siècle » séries of 11 short-films, (4 minutes each) 2011 « Préliminaires » (16 minutes 40) 2009 « S’identifier » « S’exposer» « Être ensemble » séries of 3 short-films, (8 minutes each) 2008 « Matière première » (24 minutes 24) 2007 « Approche commune » (6 minutes 27) 2006 « Ça commence comme ça » « La tradition en marche » « Mémoire du territoire » « Lieux d’échanges » « S’inscrire dans le territoire» séries of 5 short-films, (5 minutes each) 2004 « Fragments d’un sommet oublié » (4 minutes 02) 2003 « sélection Naturelle » (4 minutes 30) 2002 « Ainsi les Bergers » (24 minutes 12) Short films