The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony
Release Date: 2008-07-01
Overview: This feature-length documentary chronicles the Sundance ceremony brought to Eastern Canada by William Nevin of the Elsipogtog First Nation of the Mi'kmaq. Nevin learned from Elder Keith Chiefmoon of the Blackfoot Confederacy in Alberta. Under the July sky, participants in the Sundance ceremony go four days without food or water. Then they will pierce the flesh of their chests in an offering to the Creator. This event marks a transmission of culture and a link to the warrior traditions of the past.
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Cast
Kani Malsom
as Self
William Nevin
as Self
Bernard Jerome
as Self
Keith Cheifmoon
as Self
Pamela Red Cloud
as Self
Crew
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Brian J. Francis - Writer
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Brian J. Francis - Director
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Kent Martin - Producer
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Alex Salter - Sound
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Rohan Fernando - Sound
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