Ka Ke Ki Ku

This early work from Pierre Perrault made in collaboration with René Bonnière chronicles summer activities in the Innu communities of Unamenshipu La Romaine and Pakuashipi Shot by noted cinematographer Michel ThomasdHoste it documents the construction of a traditional canoe fishing along the Coucouchou River a procession marking the Christian feast of the Assumption and the departure of children for residential schoolsan event presented here in an uncritical light Perraults narration delivered by an anonymous male voice underscores the films outsider gaze on its Indigenous subjects The film is from Au Pays de NeufveFrance 1960 a series produced by Crawley Films an important early Canadian producer of documentary films