Chinook Jargon at the movies, Part 1: “Shadow of the Rougarou”
Happy Halloween! What better time to start our newest mini-series…with a werewolf story!
[Here’s a link to all installments in this mini-series.]
(And here’s a link to all Halloween-related posts on my website!)
Image credit: IMDB
“Shadow of the Rougarou” is director Jordan Waunch’s take on the Michif (and French-Canadian) tale of the loup-garou:
In 1885, strong unease rumbles within the District of Saskatchewan. Metis-Cree fur trapper sâkowêw is called to journey home to find recruits for the upcoming North-West Rebellion. On her way home, sâkowêw is ambushed by a hostile group of American wolf hunters and a deadly, mysterious shadow that follows them. Facing her darkest fears and the unknown that hides in the thick forest, sâkowêw must make her way home.
I won’t spoil it, but there’s Northern-Dialect Chinook Jargon in this film…
You can watch “Shadow of the Rougarou” on APTN.
