Tshishei

Length: 14 minutes

Tshishei is the story of an old woman with magical powers who helped her survive. She looked like a man, but she was indeed a woman. This may refer to the presence of a two-spirit person among the Atanukana.

Credits

Storyteller: Charles-Api Bellefleur
Studio production: Shikuan Vollant
Director of Photography: Elie-John Joseph
Sound Recording: Kim Fontaine
Editing: Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush
Coordination – postproduction: Jean-Sébastien Létourneau
Editing assistant: Anne-Claire St-Onge
Innu Translation: Louise Canapé, Hélène St-Onge, Sylvie Basile, Evangeline Canapé, Sabine Mestokosho, Kathy Moreau-Lacasse, Georges Awad
Production: Kim O’Bomsawin, Alexandre Bacon, Andrée-Anne Frenette
Coordination: Ariane Alain, Kim Arseneault, Elie-John Joseph, Nadia Koromyslova, Florence Jarry
Communications: Andréanne O’Bomsawin
Thanks: Studio Makusham
SPECIAL THANKS: Charles-Api Bellefleur, Joséphine Bacon and the community of Uashat mak Mani-utenam