The Fast Trailer
Writer/Director/Producer: Doreen Manuel
Director of Photography: Micheal Auger
Camera Operators:
Micheal Auger
Petie Chalifoux
Location Sound: Petie Chalifoux & Claudia Manuel
Sound Design: Jeremy Therrien
Editor: Doreen Manuel & Claudia Manuel
Music: Jason Burnstick |
Short Synopsis:
The Fast, is an account of Doreen Manuel’s spiritual journey in the Rocky Mountains during a 4-day First Nation’s no food or water fasting ceremony.
Long Synopsis:
The Fast (23:28), follows Doreen Manuel into the Rocky Mountains for a 4-day no food or water fasting ceremony in search of storyteller power.
Doreen has worked for over 20-years to develop the story about her father George Manuel, an Indigenous leader whose leadership and vision could inspire this generation to take Indigenous people into the Fourth World. The stakes are high, the story needs to be told, but Doreen is stuck and unable to tell the story. Listening to the voices of her ancestors, Doreen is guided to the same sacred site where her father participated in ceremony, so that she may start at the beginning.
Out of this journey, she discovers the answer is simple but the path is difficult and she lays the spiritual groundwork for her next journey as a filmmaker. |