Chaakapesh

Chaakapesh is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Roger Frappier and Justin Kingsley and released in 2019.

[1] The film documents a 2018 tour by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra to perform Chaakapesh: The Trickster’s Quest, an indigenous-themed opera by Tomson Highway and Matthew Ricketts, in Cree and Inuit communities in Nord-du-Québec.

[2] The film premiered at the Festival du nouveau cinéma on October 19, 2019,[3] and received special screenings in several indigenous communities in February 2020.

[4] It was screened at the 2020 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, where it was named runner-up for the Audience Choice Award for documentaries.

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