Dancing Around the Table, Part One (1987)
Dancing Around the Table: Part One provides a fascinating look at the crucial role Indigenous people played in shaping the Canadian Constitution. The 1984 Federal Provincial Conference of First Ministers on Aboriginal Constitutional Matters was a tumultuous and antagonistic process that pitted Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau and the First Ministers—who refused to include Indigenous inherent rights to self-government in the Constitution—against First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders, who would not back down from this historic opportunity to enshrine Indigenous rights. The conference was Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s last constitutional meeting before he resigned and the process was handed over to his successor, Brian Mulroney.
Director: Maurice Bulbulian
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Pierre Nadeau as Narrator |
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Pierre Elliott Trudeau as Self |
| Camera | Séraphin Bouchard | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | François Vincelette | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Yvon Benoît | Location Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Maurice Bulbulian | Editor |
| Sound | Andrew Koster | Location Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Roger Lamoureux | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Sophie T. Lindsay | Administration |
| Camera | Jacques Tougas | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Yves Gendron | Location Sound Recordist |
| Production | Nicole Côté | Administration |
| Production | Berthe Constantineau | Administration |
| Sound | Jean-Guy Normandin | Location Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Michelle Guérin | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Crew | Édouard Davidovici | Technical Supervisor |
| Camera | Brian Saunders | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Esther Auger | Location Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Marc Hébert | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Claude de Maisonneuve | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Andrée Delagrave | Administration |
| Production | Raymond Gauthier | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Maurice Bulbulian | Director |
| Camera | Serge Giguère | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Charles Lavack | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jean-Pierre Lachapelle | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Roger Rochat | Director of Photography |
