Manon Barbeau
Directing
Biography
Manon Barbeau is a French Canadian filmmaker, director, writer and co-founder of Wapikoni Mobile, an organisation that helps First Nations youth learn the art of filmmaking. She has been Wapikoni Mobile’s general director since 2004.
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C'est dans l'air!
A collection of 7 animation short films inspired by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Each NFB award-winning film, in their peculiar way, deals with children's rights and addresses various aspects of the Convention.
Children First!
In a quest to rediscover the spiritual values of his own people, an African filmmaker from the Gourmantche tribe of Burkina Faso visits an Aboriginal band, the Atikamekw of northern Quebec. The resulting documentary is a dialogue between those who divine the future in the sand with those who use snow-encased sweat lodges to reconnect with the spiritual world.
Tales of Sand and Snow
Poetry and cinema merge as 11 filmmakers bring to life 21 poems by Québécois poets.
Happiness Bound
Eva and Manon practice the art of throat singing in the small village of Kangirsuk, in their native Arctic land. Interspliced with footage of the four seasons of Kangirsuk by Johnny Nassak.
Throat Singing in Kangirsuk
"Springtime means being outside. It means being able to play hopscotch, and sing songs, and play with bolo-bats. Comptines is about little girls celebrating spring in Montréal. They play in alley-ways, in doorways, in parks and on the street. They sing songs that were sung by their parents, and maybe their grandparents. Gibberish rhymes, counting songs, and old folksongs ring out in children's voices. Without commentary, this short sketch travels the by-ways of Montréal where little girls play. Comptines is a French word for children's song games." -- National Film Board of Canada
Comptines
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Les enfants de Refus global
Spontaneous portrait of an endearing and cheerful teenager living in balance between traditionalism and modernity. She presents her regalia to us and we share her pride in being Innu.
My Pride
This short film is inspired by a stormy same-sex relationship in the Manawan community of the Atikamekw Nation, which led to a suicide. Since 2004, Wapikoni Mobile has been giving Indigenous youth the opportunity to speak out using video and music. This short film was made with the guidance of the traveling Wapikoni Mobile studios and is part of the 2007 Selection—Wapikoni Mobile DVD.
She and I
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De mémoire de chats - Les ruelles
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Mobilisation génération
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Barbeau, libre comme l'art
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Between Two Worlds
In the Kitcisakik community, the Algonquin language is dying out, just four generations after the federal government's assimilation policy came into effect. Since 2004, Wapikoni Mobile has been giving Indigenous youth the opportunity to speak out using video and music.
The Amendment
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L'armée de l'ombre
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La Légende du Titanic
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