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📊 Film Specifications
Director Brian J. Francis
Writer Brian J. Francis (Writer)
Release Date July 1, 2008
Runtime 69 min (1h 9m)
Country Canada
Language EN
Budget N/A
Box Office N/A
Studios ONF | NFB
The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony (2008)
Directed by Brian J. Francis
• Written by Brian J. Francis
⭐ Not Rated Yet ⏱️ 69 min 🎬 Documentary
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Synopsis
This feature-length documentary chronicles the Sundance ceremony brought to Eastern Canada by William Nevin of the Elsipogtog First Nation of the Mi'kmaq. Nevin learned from Elder Keith Chiefmoon of the Blackfoot Confederacy in Alberta. Under the July sky, participants in the Sundance ceremony go four days without food or water. Then they will pierce the flesh of their chests in an offering to the Creator. This event marks a transmission of culture and a link to the warrior traditions of the past.