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series of documentary films, directed by

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and released between 1973 and 1976. Profiling the

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of northern

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, the films were among the first in the history of cinema to depict indigenous peoples speaking their own languages. The films have also been packaged with Lamothe's later ''La Terre de l'homme'' series as a larger ''Chronique des Indiens du Nord-Est du Québec''."Arthur Lamothe"

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Canadian Film Encyclopedia. The second film in the series, ''Ntesi Nana Shepen (On disait que c'était notre terre)'', won the

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's Prix L.-E.-Ouimet-Molson for 1975."Prix L.E. Ouimet-Molson". ''

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'', Vol. 4, No. 5, February/March 1985. p. 17.

Films

*''Mistashipu (La Grande rivière)'' *''Ntesi Nana Shepen (On disait que c'était notre terre)'' *''Ntesi Nana Shepen 2 (On disait que c'était notre terre, partie 2)'' *''Ntesi Nana Shepen 3 (On disait que c'était notre terre, partie 3)'' *''Ntesi Nana Shepen 4 (On disait que c'était notre terre, partie 4)'' *''Kuestetsheskamit (L'Autre monde)'' *''Patshiantshiuapa Mak Mistikussiupapa (Le Passage des tentes aux maisons)'' *''Pakuashipu (La Rivière sèche)''

References

Canadian documentary film series Films directed by Arthur Lamothe Documentary films about First Nations Innu culture Algonquian peoples in popular culture {{1970s-Canada-film-stub