The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters

Directed by Christine Welsh
2000    52m[Documentary](/on-demand/category/documentary)
For almost a century, the Coast Salish knitters of southern Vancouver Island have produced Cowichan sweaters from handspun wool. These distinctive sweaters are known and loved around the world, but the Indigenous women who make them remain largely invisible.

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  • Christine WelshDirector / Writer / Producer
  • Gillian Darling KovanicProducer
  • Ian HerringExecutive Producer
  • Graydon McCreaExecutive Producer
  • Randy WoolgarDirector Of Photography
  • Barton HewettEditor / Location Sound Recordist
  • Bruce RuddellOriginal Music Composer
  • Sylvia OlsenResearcher / Original Story
  • Sher MorganProduction Manager
  • Colleen CraigProduction Coordinator
  • Andrea DroegeProduction Accountant
  • Frances O'DonovanProduction Accountant

 

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