(This Riel Business)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Canada

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

27 minutes

Year:

1974

Directors:

Ian McLaren

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Production companies:

ONF | NFB

Actors:

Crews:

Sound Editor

Executive Producer

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Editor

Music