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LIGHTS ABOVE WATER

60 min, documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2016
Directed byNicolas Lachapelle & Ariel St-Louis Lamoureux
Produced byBrousse
LanguagesFrench, English, Cree
Short descriptionChildren from a Cree community express and question their identity.
Film subjects Identity , Indigenous , Youth
Regis du cinemas, general

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Synopsis

Lights Above Water is a documentary created with the children of Waswanipi, a Cree community in Northern Quebec (James Bay Cree). Influences from various sources color the daily life of the community. Rejecting and taking ownership of the cultural elements, the children of Waswanipi build their own specific identity. Over a year, they guide us through their expression of this identity and they question the future of their own generation.

 

Credits

Script : Ariel St-Louis Lamoureux, Nicolas Lachapelle
Photography : Nicolas Lachapelle
Editing : Anne Gabrielle Lebrun Harpin
Sound Editing : Julien Schmidt
Music : Alex Raymond Lachapelle, Mourad Bennacer
Sound Recording : Ariel St-Louis Lamoureux

Production : Brousse

 

Financial Partners

ONF

PRIM

Vidéographe

Périphérie Centre Création Cinéama

Direction

Nicolas Lachapelle

Nicolas Lachapelle is a journalist, a filmmaker, and the director of many sound documentaries. His works, which explore the relationship to territory through the themes of exile, rootedness, and memory, have been showcased at numerous festivals both in Canada and internationally. In 2022, Nicolas was awarded the Best First Documentary Work prize at the RVCQ. Recently, he received nominations for Best Short Documentary at the Gala Québec Cinéma and the Canadian Screen Awards.

 

Filmography

THE PUNK OF NATASHQUAN, 20 min, Documentary, 2025

ZUG ISLAND, 22 min, Documentary, 2022

WHAT REMAINS AFTER WE’RE GONE, 72 min, Documentary, 2020

BEYOND THE 138, 60 min, Sound Documentary, 2019

GAS RUNS THROUGH MY VEINS, 10 min, Sound Documentary, 2017

LIGHTS ABOVE WATER, 60 min, Documentary, 2016

Ariel St-Louis Lamoureux

Issue d’abord du monde du théâtre, elle voit le cinéma documentaire comme un processus collaboratif entre les artistes, les sujets et le contexte. Elle espère ainsi l’exploration d’un langage cinématographique immersif et non autoritaire. Les réflexions sur l’identité, l’enfance et la collectivité sont centrales dans sa démarche artistique. De ce fait, elle niche une partie de sa pratique artistique dans des sphères sociales potentielles à un travail sur le terrain avec les communautés.   Filmographie   Lumières sur l'eau (2016 / 60 min)