Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief

28m
Documentary
6

A tribute to Indigenous women everywhere, this short documentary focuses on 5 women from across Canada. Of varied ages and backgrounds, they have achieved success in a variety of careers: as the Yukon legislature's first Indigenous woman minister (Margaret Joe), as a deck hand on a fishing boat (Corinne Hunt), as a teacher (Sophie MacLeod), as a lawyer (Roberta Jamieson), and as a band council chief (Sophie May Pierre - St. Mary’s Indian Band of the Ktunaxa Nation off the Ktunaxa Nation).

Cast

Gail Valaskakis
Narrator

Crew

Carol Geddes
Director, Script
Gloria Demers
Script
Ginny Stikeman
Editor
Elise Swerhone
Cinematography
Joan Hutton
Cinematography
Carlos Ferrand
Cinematography
Barbara Janes
Producer
Kathleen Shannon
Producer
Julian Olson
Sound Editor
Anne Whiteside
Sound Editor
Louise Blais
Sound Editor
Shelley Craig
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Aerlyn Weissman
Sound Recordist
Jean-Pierre Joutel
Sound Recordist
Richard Nichol
Sound Recordist
Esther Auger
Sound Recordist
Judith Henderson
Original Music Composer

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