Chaakapesh

A film by
Roger Frappier & Justin Kingsley

Chaakapesh

Genre

Documentary

Country

Quebec, Canada

Year

2019

Format

Color - 16:9

Length

126 min

Language

French, English, Cree, Inuktitut
Director's notes
Cast

Kent Nagano and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Crew

DIRECTING: Roger Frappier, Justin Kingsley

SCREENPLAY: Roger Frappier, Justin Kingsley

PRODUCTION: Roger Frappier (Max Films)

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Mario Janelle

SOUND: Sylvain Brassard

EDITING: René Roberge

MUSIC: Chaakapesh de Matthew Ricketts

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Synopsis

An orchestra and its famous conductor go on tour in the great northern tundra of Quebec to visit the Cree, Innu and Inuit communities and share with them an Aboriginal chamber opera where white people are taught to laugh, and by the same token to love more. Chaakapesh, The Rogue’s Journey – written by Tomson Highway, composed by Matthew Ricketts and performed by l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal under the direction of Kent Nagano – is the most powerful and modern example of intercultural collaboration.

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About
Biography
Roger Frappier
& Justin Kingsley

Filmography

With a career spanning more than forty years and over fifty films, Roger Frappier is among Canada’s most distinguished producers. He is the only Canadian producer to have won three "Bobine d'or" Awards for highest domestic box office, and four Genie Awards for Best Canadian Film. Two of his films received Academy Award nominations for Best Foreign Language Film, including one that won the Jury Prize at Cannes. Since beginning at the NFB in the 1970s, Frappier has collaborated with many of Québec’s leading directors and championed emerging filmmakers, helping shape a major body of Canadian cinema. Justin Kingsley is an internationally recognized storyteller, author, strategist, director, and photographer. Founder of Makumaku, he has written two No.1 national bestsellers: The Way of the Fight (a New York Times bestseller on Georges St-Pierre’s life philosophy) and Weology, a book on leadership. His third book placed him among a select group of authors publishing original works in multiple languages with Le livre du don.

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