How the fiddle flows

DVD 2008

Follows Canada's great rivers west along the fur-trading routes where the European traders introduced the fiddle to the Aboriginal people with whom they intermarried. Reveals the rich and distinct musical tradition that grew up among the Metis, showing fiddlers and step-dancers from the Gaspé, Hudson's Bay and the Prairies.

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Fiddlers Canada

Fiddlers Prairie Provinces

Folk music Canada

Folk music Prairie Provinces

Jig (Dance)

Métis Music

Métis Social life and customs

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Description:

1 videodisc (48 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in
digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1
NTSC
video file DVD video region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Notes:

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Canadiana
Originally produced as a documentary in 2002
Written and directed by Gregory Coyes ; produced by Leigh Badgley, Ava Karvonen, Bonnie Thompson, Jerry Krepakevich
Editor, Bonni Devlin ; cinematography, Daron Donahue, Paul Rickard
Maria Campbell, Gilles Garand, Edouard Richard, Jean Morisset; Narrator, Tanloo Cardinal
DVD-R ; NTSC Multizone
Licensed for public performance
Includes some French dialogue with English subtitles ; closed-captioned
Produced by: Streaming Fiddles Media Ltd

Control Number:

2363822

Other Authors:

Badgley, Leigh
Coyes, Gregory
National Film Board of Canada
Streaming Fiddles Media Ltd

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