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Cast

Crew

Bill Graziadei

Bill Graziadei

Sound Editor

Joseph Champagne

Joseph Champagne

Sound

John N. Smith

John N. Smith

Executive Producer

Jean-Pierre Joutel

Jean-Pierre Joutel

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Bruce Mackay

Bruce Mackay

Editor

Bruce Mackay

Bruce Mackay

Music

Douglas Kiefer

Douglas Kiefer

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Ian McLaren

Ian McLaren

Director

Ian McLaren

Ian McLaren

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This Riel Business

19740.0 / 1027 min
Documentary

Overview

This documentary short is a cinematic recording of Tales from a Prairie Drifter, a stage comedy about the North-West Resistance during the opening of the Canadian West. Highlighting the roles of Louis Riel, the Resistance leader, prime minister Sir John A. Macdonald and General Middleton, who was sent to quell the uprising, the play defines the First nations and Métis cause more succinctly than many history books. Here, the play is performed by the Regina Globe Theatre before and Indigineous audience of First Nations and Métis, whose reactions are recorded.