Country: Canada
Year: 2023
Duration: 103'
On June 26, 1977, a vehicle drives into a river outside the Atikamekw community of Manawan in northern Québec. Two Whites survive the accident, but five Atikamekw lose their lives. The police conclude it was an accident, but for the victims' families, many questions remain unanswered.
Biography
film director
Chloé Leriche
(Québec, Canada, 1974) a self-taught filmmaker, she has written, directed, edited, and produced films and videos since 1999. Her work has been presented at numerous international festivals. She has participated in more than 200 short films as a filmmaker-instructor and assisted First Nations’ youths in producing their works with the Wapikoni Mobile production centre on wheels. These collaborations gave rise to her first feature film, Before the Streets, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2016 and went on to garner prizes around the world. In 2023 she directed her second feature, Atikamekw Suns.
FILMOGRAFIA
Les Grands (cm, 2007), Un cri au bonheur (cm, 2007), Avant les rues (2016), Soleils Atikamekw (Atikamekw Suns, 2023).
Declaration
film director
“Atikamekw Suns exposes the entrenched racism in Québec and Canadian public services, which is insidious and all too often goes unnoticed. And despite the speeches from government and the public inquiries, acts of racism are numerous and proliferating.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR, SCREENPLAY: Chloé Leriche. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Glauco Bermudez. EDITING: Chloé Leriche, Nathalie Lamoureaux. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Julie-Christina Picher. COSTUME DESIGN: Valérie Gagnon-Hamel. MUSIC: Mélanie Bélair. SOUND: Mathie Beaudin, Luc Boudrias, Martune Morin. CAST: Mirociw Chilton, Wikwasa Bewashish-Petiquay, Oshim Ottawa, Carl-David Ottawa, Jacques Newashish. PRODUCERS: Chloé Leriche, Cédric Bourdeau, Jean-François Roesler, Ziad Touma, Richard Brouillette. PRODUCTION: Les Films de l'autre.
CONTACT: FunFilm Distribution funfilmdistribution@gmail.com
