Canadian First Nations are presently living an identity crisis that confronts them to heartbreaking choices. In Northwest Quebec, the Algonquin people of Kitcisakik refuse the status of Indian reservation and are considered squatters on their ancestral lands. Because there is no school in the community, they have to send their children to Val D’Or. To prevent the extinction of their culture, people of the community developed a project. Wanaki will be an innovating village. But this requires a change in Canadian laws. In this film, the people of Kitcisakik give us an internal view on their struggle for the survival of their cultural identity. It is an appeal to a new dialogue between Quebecois and the Algonquin people.

Awards
Prix du meilleur documentaire court et moyen métrage 2008, Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma.

Patrick Pellegrino
Patrick Pellegrino studied cinema at UQAM and Université de Montréal. He is a researcher, film writer and director and photography director in documentary films in which he lets people speak for themselves thus contributing to destroy prejudice others have towards them.