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The Beating Heart

Fabienne Théorêt. Taïsha Papatie
March 11, 2017
Lac-Simon

"We'll move all the tables and we'll dance."

Fabienne Théoret, Anishinabe

Fabienne Théorêt and her friend Taïsha are excited. In a few hours, there will be an evening of round dancing with drummers. Members of several groups will be there: Black Bear, Northern Voices, Black Wolf, Uasheskun. As these young men strike their drums in unison, Taisha's heart beats for them.

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The camera is installed on the edge of a snow-covered street from where one can see modern houses. A young woman exits from a duplex. A black and brown dog follows her. She is wearing jeans and a fuchsia coat. From the street corner, another young woman is moving towards her. She’s dressed in a purple patterned coat, black pants, a grey tuque, a purple hood and glasses. They meet and stop in front of the camera, across the street.

Fabienne

How are you Tash?

Taïsha

What will we say?

Fabienne

I know, but it's still cool!

Taïsha

[Inaudible]

Fabienne

For real?

Taïsha

Yes, y’know.

Taïsha

Hello! Uh.... My name is Taisha Papatie. I come from the Lac-Simon reserve. Since we’re at Lac-Simon right now, that's my aunt over there and my house.

Fabienne

And, uh... Hello! My name is Fabienne and, uh, I'm Métis. But, I come from Val-d'Or. And Taïsha, she's my friend. So I came to visit her. And, uh...

Taïsha

Your mother comes from Lac-Simon.

Fabienne

Yeah. My mother comes from Lac-Simon.

A dog comes to sniff the filming equipment and then urinates on the camera stand. He then flees towards the backyard of a house.

Taïsha

Tonight, uh, there's a Round Dance. Uh... We're going to go there.

Fabienne

At the community hall. And, uh, we're going to eat there, and then after that, well, we’ll push the tables aside, and we're going to dance around the drummers.

Taïsha

The guys, the singers there tonight are Black Bear from Manawan, Northern Voice also, Black Wolf, Uasheshkun. And that's it.

Fabienne

Yeah. So, I hope we’ll... we'll see you there soon.

Taïsha

So, bye-bye!

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