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Kanawio (1961)

Kanawio poster
Directed by
Aimé Forget
Country
Canada
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Set in 17th century New France, this series follows the lives of French settlers and Indigenous people in a frontier community. It depicts their struggles to survive and communicate across cultural divides.

historicalbittersweetslow-pacedstarkearnestreflectiveeducationalstately

What happens

Kanawio est une série télévisée historique québécoise en 34 épisodes de 25 minutes en noir et blanc scénarisée par Guy Dufresne et diffusée du 15 octobre 1961 au 8 juillet 1962 à la Télévision de Radio-Canada. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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