Urban Elder

28m
Documentary
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Meet Vern Harper, Urban Elder, who walks the "Red Road" in a fast-paced, urban landscape. The camera follows Vern as he leads a sweat lodge purification ceremony, watches his 11-year-old daughter Cody at a classical ballet rehearsal, conducts a private healing ceremony, participates in a political march of 150,000 people, and counsels Indigenous prisoners at Warkworth Federal Prison.

Cast

Vern Harper
Himself
Rodney Bobiwash
Himself
Sylvia Maracle
Herself
Laura Spencer
Herself
Dan Smoke
Himself

Crew

Robert S. Adams
Director
Denis Takacs
Editor
John Holosko
Director of Photography
Louise Lorr
Executive Producer
Robert S. Adams
Producer
Peter Starr
Producer
Cornelia Principa
Producer's Assistant
John Darrock
Sound Mixer
Patrick Rowan
Sound
Adrian Tucker
Sound
David Findlay
Sound

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