Salmon People (1976)
• January 1st, 1976 • 0h 24min
Documentary
Overview
Contrasting ancient myth and modern reality, this short documentary examines the legendary relationship between West Coast Indigenous people and salmon, once their staple food. In the mythical realm, we learn how Raven finds riches in the harvest of the salmon, only to lose everything through a thoughtless act against the Spirit of the Salmon. So too does modern man jeopardize his living from the sea by heedless action. Images of ancient spear-fishing and smoke-houses contrast with images of today's Indigenous people operating a seiner and working in a cooperative cannery.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Takeover
Released on: 1980-01-01
Documentary
About Aborigines and Australian politics. On 13 March 1978 the Queensland Government announced its i...
Māori
Released on: 1981-07-25
Documentary, History
This 1981 NFU film is a tour of the contemporary world of Aotearoa’s tangata whenua. It won headline...
Is the Crown at war with us?
Released on: 2003-09-13
Documentary
In the summer of 2000, federal fishery officers appeared to wage war on the Mi'gmaq fishermen of Bur...
Incident at Restigouche
Released on: 1984-01-01
Documentary
Incident at Restigouche is a 1984 documentary film by Alanis Obomsawin, chronicling a series of two ...
Highway of Tears
Released on:
Documentary
Discover the endless highway in British Columbia where over 40 indigenous women and girls (by unoffi...
Foster Child
Released on: 1987-03-08
Documentary
Gil Cardinal searches for his natural family and an understanding of the circumstances that led to h...
Metal From The Dirt
Released on: 2018-12-04
Documentary, Music
A document of the originators of the DIY Rez Metal scene, and the bands that are now carrying the to...
The Water Dwellers
Released on: 1963-01-01
Documentary
This short documentary introduces us to a town where no one pays rent: Simoom Sound in central Briti...
The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters
Released on: 2000-01-01
Documentary
For almost a century, the Coast Salish knitters of southern Vancouver Island have produced Cowichan ...
The Whale and the Raven
Released on: 2019-09-05
Documentary
Director Mirjam Leuze’s The Whale and The Raven illuminates the many issues that have drawn whale re...
Tadpoles: The Big Little Migration
Released on: 2020-09-16
Documentary
Short documentary, shot over fours years, showing the incredible daily migration of the western toad...
Call Of The Coastal Wolves
Released on: 2020-12-25
Documentary
Some of the most secluded beaches of British Columbia are home to a unique wolf species that has evo...
Haida Carver
Released on: 1964-01-01
Documentary
On Canada's Pacific coast this film finds a young Haida artist, Robert Davidson, shaping miniature t...
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
Released on: 2019-09-10
Documentary
The story of a young boy forced to spend all five years of his short life in hospital while the fede...
There's Something in the Water
Released on: 2019-09-06
Documentary
Elliot Page brings attention to the injustices and injuries caused by environmental racism in his ho...
Now Is the Time
Released on: 2019-09-06
Documentary
When internationally renowned Haida carver Robert Davidson was only 22 years old, he carved the firs...
Haida Modern
Released on: 2019-10-01
Documentary
In the 50 years since he carved his first totem pole, Robert Davidson has come to be regarded as one...
Coast Modern
Released on: 2012-10-11
Documentary
A core group of architects embraced the West Coast from Vancouver to LA with its particular geograph...
The Stand
Released on: 2024-10-03
Documentary, History
Mixing animation with a wealth of archival footage, Chris Auchter’s film explores the 1985 dispute o...
Tears for April: Beyond the Blue Lens
Released on: 2007-11-30
Documentary
In the late 1990s, some officers at Vancouver Police Department made a documentary film (THROUGH A B...