Shoal Lake 40 women talk about their struggles, and those of their parents and grandparents, in trying to raise their families in a hazardous state of enforced isolation. Everyone in the community has a harrowing story of a loved one falling through the ice while trying to get across the lake, with pregnant women and new mothers fearing for their babies and having no choice but to make the trek in dangerous conditions. The film shows the key role of the community’s women in demanding funding for the road from three levels of government, and how their reconnection to culture and ceremony give them the strength to keep going.
Crew
Charlene Moore
Location Sound Recordist
Angelina McLeod
Director, Writer
Erika MacPherson
Editor
Bruce Little
Online Editor, Sound Mixer
Marcel Kreutzer
Assistant Editor
Tyler Funk
Director of Photography
Tony Wytinck
Colorist
Faye Yoneda
Production Coordinator
April Dunsmore
Production Coordinator
David Christensen
Executive Producer
Michelle van Beusekom
Executive Producer
Esther Viragh
Production Supervisor
Alicia Smith
Producer
Katy Slimmon
Production Assistant, Still Photographer
Anita Lubosch
Sound Designer
Kenneth Jr. Redsky
Driver
Darin Clausen
Director of Operations
Patricia Garry
Transcriptions
Jason Funk
Drone Operator
Peter Kallianiotis
Legal Services
Bree Beach
Administration
Devon Supeene
Administration