Agency:.Produced by Nootka Sound and Picture Co. Inc. with the participation of Telefilm Canada and in association with the NFB and British Columbia Film.

Director, Hugh Brody ; script, Hugh Brody ; producer, Gillian Darling, Cari Green, George Johnson ; associate producer, Barb Cranmer ; cinematography, Kirk Tougas ; sound, Chris Aikenhead, Caroline Goldie, David Husby, Michael McGee ; editing, Haida Paul ; sound editing, Haida Paul, Alison Grace ; re-recording, Shelley Craig.

Recorded 1994.

In 1903, a unique and magnificent Whaler's shrine was shipped from Friendly Cove, on the far northwest coast of Canada, to the Museum of Natural History, New York. The shrine had lain at the cultural heart of the Mowachaht, whale hunters and fishermen who had lived at Friendly Cove for thousands of years. In the 1960s and '70s, all but one family left their ancient village--they moved to Vancouver Island, to a new site under the walls of a pulp mill. They suffered extremes of pollution, violence, alcohol.... Then, in the 1990s, in defiance of the agony of their history and to overcome the grief of the present, the Mowachaht and their neighbours, the Muchalaht, revived their songs and dances, revisited their shrine and rediscovered their pride.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).