STK-ID 55709

Various shots with sound inside Blackfoot medicine man's house including CUs of medicines in jars and CUs of him preparing a smudge to pray over the medicine before he delivers it. As he works he explains a bit about his trade, holding up various kinds of sedge for the camera: California sedge, prairie sedge, goat sedge from the top of the mountains. He says a short prayer, holding the medicine over the smoke.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Kainayssini Imanistaisiwa: The People Go On
Location
Southern Alberta
Year
2002
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Digital Bétacam, Digital Video Disk
Shooting format
DVCAM
Aspect ratio
ANAMORPHIC, 4/3
Available resolutions
720 x 486