Thunder Drum (French: Mémoire battante) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Arthur Lamothe and released in 1983.[1] The film is a portrait of the Innu people of northern Quebec.

Thunder Drum
FrenchMémoire battante
Directed byArthur Lamothe
Written byArthur Lamothe
Produced byArthur Lamothe
Nicole Lamothe
StarringGabriel Arcand
Narrated byArthur Lamothe
Rolande Rock
CinematographyGuy Borremans
Jérôme Dal Santo
Daniel Fournier
Serge Giguère
Roger Moride
Edited byNicole Lamothe
Music byJean Sauvageau
Production
company
Les Ateliers Audio-Visuels du Québec
Distributed byCinéma Libre
Release date
  • October 1, 1983 (1983-10-01)
Running time
168 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 5th Genie Awards in 1984.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Michel Coulombe and Marcel Jean, Le dictionnaire du cinéma québécois. Boréal, 1988, p. 267.
  2. ^ Carole Corbeil, "Does anybody care about Genie shorts and documentaries?" The Globe and Mail, March 16, 1984.

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