Augusta

Name: Augusta
Genre: Documentary
Released: 01 Jan 1976
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1976-01-01 Canada 16 minutes.

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Documentary poverty portrait woman director indigenous peoples elder treaty rights women

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This short documentary is the portrait of an 88-year-old woman who lives alone in a log cabin without running water or electricity in the Williams Lake area of British Columbia. The daughter of a Shuswap chief, Augusta lost her Indian status as the result of a marriage to a white man. She recalls past times, but lives very much in the present. Self-sufficient, dedicated to her people, she spreads warmth wherever she moves, with her songs and her harmonica.

Year 1976

Studio ONF | NFB

Director Anne Wheeler

Crew Anne Wheeler (Director), Anne Wheeler (Editor), John Taylor (Executive Producer), John Taylor (Producer), Peter Jones (Executive Producer), Ron Orieux (Cinematography)

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Language English