Augusta

• Movies
• 1976-01-01
• EN
• Released
• 0h 16m
• CA
• Documentary

• 0.0
• 0

Production

ONF | NFB

Storyline

This short documentary is the portrait of an 88-year-old woman who lives alone in a log cabin without running water or electricity in the Williams Lake area of British Columbia. The daughter of a Shuswap chief, Augusta lost her Indian status as the result of a marriage to a white man. She recalls past times, but lives very much in the present. Self-sufficient, dedicated to her people, she spreads warmth wherever she moves, with her songs and her harmonica.