Film
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
1986 · 28m · Documentary
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Overview
A tribute to Indigenous women everywhere, this short documentary focuses on 5 women from across Canada. Of varied ages and backgrounds, they have achieved success in a variety of careers: as the Yukon legislature's first Indigenous woman minister (Margaret Joe), as a deck hand on a fishing boat (Corinne Hunt), as a teacher (Sophie MacLeod), as a lawyer (Roberta Jamieson), and as a band council chief (Sophie May Pierre - St. Mary’s Indian Band of the Ktunaxa Nation off the Ktunaxa Nation).
Cast
Crew
- Carol GeddesDirector · Writer
- Gloria DemersWriter
- Barbara JanesProducer
- Kathleen ShannonProducer
- Carlos FerrandDirector of Photography
- Elise SwerhoneDirector of Photography
- Joan HuttonDirector of Photography
- Judith HendersonOriginal Music Composer
- Ginny StikemanEditor
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 1986
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 28m
- Genres
- Documentary
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