T'lina : the rendering of wealth
Type
Audio/Visual
Authors
Category
Audio Visual and Multimedia Materials
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Publication Year
1999
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada, Canada
Duration
50 min 21 s
Tags
Fish oils -- Social aspects -- British Columbia -- videodiscs, Kwakiutl -- Rites and ceremonies, Kwakiutl -- Social life and customs, Indigenous peoples -- British Columbia -- Social life and customs, Kwakiutl -- Social life and customs -- videodiscs, Kwakiutl -- Rites and ceremonies -- videodiscs, Indigenous peoples -- British Columbia -- Social life and customs -- videodiscs, Indigenous peoples -- Fishing -- British Columbia -- videodiscs, Kwakiutl, British Columbia
Description
Filmmaker Barb Cranmer presents a visually compelling documentary about the power of community and the strength of tradition. Cranmer travels with her family and other from the Kwakwaka'wakw Nation on their annual journey to the sacred place known as Dzawadi. Here, in BC's Knight Inlet, they practice the age-old tradition of rendering oil - t'lina- from the eulachon fish. T'lina, remains a food staple, trade good, and symbol of cutural wealth.
Number of Copies
1
