Utshimassits: Place of the Boss

Utshimassits: Place of the Boss is a Canadian documentary film, directed by John Walker and released in 1996.[1] The film focuses on Davis Inlet (Utshimassits), an Innu community in Labrador which was the site of a major humanitarian crisis in the 1990s, and explores how the community's roots as a forcible resettlement of the previously nomadic Mushuau Innu First Nation contributed to the crisis.[2]

Utshimassits: Place of the Boss
Directed byJohn Walker
Produced byMike Mahoney
Peter d'Entremont
John Walker
Written byJohn Walker
David Macfarlane
Narrated byShirley Cheechoo
Music byGuy Trépanier
CinematographyNigel Markham
Edited byAngela Baker
Production
companies
Release date
  • February 13, 1996 (1996-02-13)
Running time
49 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film premiered on February 13, 1996 as an episode of the CBC Television documentary series Witness.[2] At the 11th Gemini Awards, it won the Donald Brittain Award for best social or political documentary.[3]

References
  1. "Human spirit triumphs in Davis Inlet story (Place of the Boss: Utshimassits)". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, September 24, 1996.
  2. "Witness focuses on Innu move to remote Davis Inlet". Vancouver Sun, February 10, 1996.
  3. "Mountie series gets its Gemini, again: Hockey drama Net Worth, new series Traders and sportscaster Ron MacLean come up winners". The Globe and Mail, March 3, 1997.


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