Manon Barbeau

Manon Barbeau

Birth : 1949-05-08, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

History

Manon Barbeau is a French Canadian filmmaker, director, writer and co-founder of Wapikoni Mobile, an organisation that helps First Nations youth learn the art of filmmaking. She has been Wapikoni Mobile’s general director since 2004.

Profile

Manon Barbeau

Movies

My Pride
Producer
Spontaneous portrait of an endearing and cheerful teenager living in balance between traditionalism and modernity. She presents her regalia to us and we share her pride in being Innu.
La légende du Titanic
Producer
Throat Singing in Kangirsuk
Producer
Eva and Manon practice the art of throat singing in the small village of Kangirsuk, in their native Arctic land. Interspliced with footage of the four seasons of Kangirsuk by Johnny Nassak.
Un cri au bonheur
Poetry and cinema merge as 11 filmmakers bring to life 21 poems by Québécois poets.
Un cri au bonheur
Director
Poetry and cinema merge as 11 filmmakers bring to life 21 poems by Québécois poets.
Tales of Sand and Snow
Script Consultant
In a quest to rediscover the spiritual values of his own people, an African filmmaker from the Gourmantche tribe of Burkina Faso visits an Aboriginal band, the Atikamekw of northern Quebec. The resulting documentary is a dialogue between those who divine the future in the sand with those who use snow-encased sweat lodges to reconnect with the spiritual world.
L'armée de l'ombre
Director
Les enfants de Refus global
Director
Children First!
Writer
A collection of 7 animation short films inspired by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Each NFB award-winning film, in their peculiar way, deals with children's rights and addresses various aspects of the Convention. - From IMDB
Comptines
Director
"Springtime means being outside. It means being able to play hopscotch, and sing songs, and play with bolo-bats. Comptines is about little girls celebrating spring in Montréal. They play in alley-ways, in doorways, in parks and on the street. They sing songs that were sung by their parents, and maybe their grandparents. Gibberish rhymes, counting songs, and old folksongs ring out in children's voices. Without commentary, this short sketch travels the by-ways of Montréal where little girls play. Comptines is a French word for children's song games." -- National Film Board of Canada
Barbeau, libre comme l'art
Director