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  • 14m 48s

    K'uyaang (Benjamin Young)

    uploaded by: clairelittoncohn

    chaîne: Language

    Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

    'I'm Alaskan Haida.'

    'I have kind of an extensive language background. I've been either learning, documenting and teaching language for a little over a decade.'

    'I'm a functional speaker.'

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    uploaded date: 15-06-2018

  • 20m 15s

    Jaahljuu (Graham Richard)

    uploaded by: clairelittoncohn

    chaîne: Language

    Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

    'This particular script came to us very gradually. Very organically.'

    'The script is based, or inspired by, traditional Haida stories.'

    'Our story is definitely fiction but it's based in reality.'

    'We went over and over and over that script so many times.'

    'We consulted a lot.'

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    uploaded date: 14-06-2018

  • 7m 58s

    G_uud Yuwans (Willie Russ)

    uploaded by: clairelittoncohn

    chaîne: Language

    Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

    ‘I was born and raised in Skidegate’

    ‘I actually submitted a 50-pages story that I’ve written a long time ago. And that was too long and they wanted me to write something else but I didn’t get a chance to write anything else.’

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    uploaded date: 12-06-2018

  • 16m 14s

    GwaaG_anad (Diane Brown)

    uploaded by: clairelittoncohn

    chaîne: Language

    Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

    "What would we do if we couldn't speak Haida and we couldn't talk to our ancestors? That would be the scariest thing. But that will not happen now, I believe whole heartedly with the film and the 12 women that are going to be teachers."

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    uploaded date: 07-06-2018

  • 5m 21s

    Guustlaas (Trey Rorick)

    uploaded by: clairelittoncohn

    chaîne: Language

    Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

    "I thought it would be a really good experience learning how to speak X̱aaydaa Kil [Haida] and I thought it would be fun"

    "It's so culturally involved and an inspiration for other Nations to do it."

    "I think most people here would probably watch it by private showings."

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    uploaded date: 07-06-2018

  • 6m 59s

    Oot Iiwaans (Leo Gagnon)

    uploaded by: clairelittoncohn

    chaîne: Language

    Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

    "The language was easy; it was remembering that was the hard part"

    "I'm a carver and I make carving tools for local carvers"

    "I do a lot of weaving, a lot of hunting and fishing"

    "This [knife] if similar to what was used on the film. Made by me."

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    uploaded date: 07-06-2018

  • 11m 32s

    SG_aan Kwah Agang (James McGuire)

    uploaded by: clairelittoncohn

    chaîne: Language

    Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

    “Of course I’m interested in any kind of thing that pushes Haida culture into the new centuries.”

    “[Atanarjuat] portraits real authentic story from the Nations it was from. It kind of gives you an idea about of how you can represent your culture on the screen.”

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    uploaded date: 07-06-2018