For almost a century, the Coast Salish knitters of southern Vancouver Island have produced Cowichan sweaters from handspun wool. These distinctive sweaters are known and loved around the world, but the Indigenous women who make them remain largely invisible.
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Writer
Christine Welsh
Director
Christine Welsh
Producer
Gillian Darling Kovanic
Gaffer
Sherry Antonishen
Still Photographer
Colleen Toohy
Additional Photography
David Malysheff
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