Nitanish - To My Daughter
Wapikoni's Friends
Melissa Mollen Dupuis
Canada
2015
3min
French
Awaiting the arrival of her daughter, Melissa makes a blanket and prepares a tender message for the baby girl growing inside her.
Projections:
Producer:
Manon Barbeau
Editor:
Meky Ottawa
Alexis Gauthier Fortier
Patricia Chica
Camera:
Meky Ottawa
Music:
Craig Commanda
Production info:
Wapikoni
Director(s):
Melissa Mollen Dupuis is a member of the Innu community of Ekuanitshit on Quebec's Côte-Nord. In 2012 she created the Quebec branch of the Idle No More movement (with Widia Larivière). In 2014 Melissa became president of Wapikoni's Board, and in 2017 Amnesty International named her Ambassador of Conscience along with five other figures from Canada's First Peoples' movement and Alicia Keys.