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Matimekush

Matimekush

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 12, 2025

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Matimekush

Production Companies

Magasin Général

Director

Guillaume Sylvestre

Description

Matimekush is landlocked in the former mining town of Schefferville, 700 km north of Sept-Îles. It was founded in the 1950s, when the Canadian government and Iron Or forced the Innu to settle down. In Canada’s Far North, there is a dire labour shortage. At Kanatamat School, the heart of the community, most of the high school teachers are from Africa.