Renee (2026) Movie Script
1
[Calming music fades in]
[Answering machine beeps]
[Woman speaking in Cree]
[Music continues]
[Gentle piano begins]
[Music begins to fade]
[Whispering to herself]
[Calming music begins]
[Renee speaking playfully]
[Music continues]
[Woman and child speaking
and laughing]
[Gusts of wind]
[Engine igniting]
[Child laughing]
[Engine revving]
[Loud scraping noise]
[Music continues]
[Engine igniting]
[Engine rumbling]
[Cranking]
[Music continues]
[Leaves crunching under wheels]
[Footsteps]
[Door slamming]
[Music fades out, driving
sounds fade in]
[Engine idling]
[Clicks]
[Clicks, birds and
crickets fade in]
[Rustling]
[Door slamming]
[Door opening]
[Crickets continue]
[Loud, long wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Moose call emanating
from phone]
[Medium-length, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Crickets and birds continue]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Music fades in, birds
and crickets fade out]
[Piano begins]
[Engine revving,
music continues]
[Engine fades out,
music continues]
[Emotional strings begin]
[Emotional music continues]
[Long, wavering moan]
[Long, wavering moan]
[Medium-length, wavering moan]
[Emotional music continues]
[Music becomes quieter]
[Music fades out, birds
and light wind fade in]
[Long, wavering moan]
[Long, wavering moan]
[Medium-length, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Distant animal sound]
[Distant animal
sound continues]
[Distant animal
sound continues]
[Door slamming]
[Engine starting]
[Engine shutting off]
[Birds, crickets,
faint buzzing]
[Door slamming]
[Distant door slamming]
[Silence]
[Birds, distant hum]
[Door opening]
[Rustling]
[Birds continue]
[Engine revving]
[Engine revving]
[Engine idling]
[Door opening]
[Birds and light wind]
[Footsteps, rustling]
[Birds and light wind continue]
[Door slamming]
[Spraying]
[Long, wavering
moan, buzzing]
[Long, wavering
moan, buzzing]
[Medium-length, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering
moan]
[Birds and light wind continue]
[Crow cawing]
[Crow cawing]
[Long, wavering moan]
[Long, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Rustling]
[Scraping, branches snapping]
[Birds and wind continue]
[Engine quietly idling]
[Birds, crickets]
[Birds and crickets continue]
[Short moan]
[Gun clicking]
[Short moan]
[Loud gunshot]
[Loud gunshot]
[Gun clicking]
[Birds and crickets continue]
[Loud gunshot]
[Rustling]
[Footsteps, rustling]
[Footsteps, rustling]
[Crickets, birds]
[Footsteps, rustling]
[Crickets, wind]
[Branches snapping]
[Scraping]
[Footsteps, branching snapping]
[Crickets and wind continue]
[Rustling]
[Footsteps, rustling]
[Whispering to self]
[Cutting]
[Muttering to self]
[Cutting]
[Footsteps approaching]
[Cheryll]: Hey.
[Renee]: Hey!
[Emotional music begins]
[Cheryll]: Goodness!
[Kat]: Oh!
-Congratulations!
-Congratulations!
[Renee]: Yeah, girl!
-Right on.
-Yeah!
Oh my goodness, thats--
-Theres our bull.
-Yep.
Hes huge.
[Renee]: Look at that.
[Cheryll]: Oh yeah,
nice size, huh?
Now the fun
part, ladies.
So what do
we start with?
[Speaking Cree].
[Laughing]
We have to skin it.
[Kat speaking Cree]
[Renee]: Gonna go all
the way on the inside.
[Renee]: And the outside.
Well drag it
out of here first
with the
side-by-side, and...
[Renee]: load it up
After we get
the guts out
I think well
finish skinning it
when we get
it back to the house.
[Emotional music continues]
[Rustling]
[Door slamming]
[Crickets]
[Music fades out,
crickets fade in]
[Cutting]
[Sawing]
[Sawing]
[Quiet murmuring]
[Sniffling]
[Squelching]
[Sloshing]
[Scraping]
[Squelching]
[Sniffling]
[Inaudible dialog]
[Kat]: Okay. [Laughs]
Oh, she got it all. Hm.
[Sloshing]
[Renee]: Oh, youre getting it?
[Renee]: Is that where the
[large intestine] is?
[Renee]: Oh.
[Sawing]
[Splashing]
[Kat]: Oh, youre wedding
ring? [Laughs]
[Kat]: [Inaudible dialog]
[Cheryll and Kat laughing]
[Cheryll]: There you go, Kat.
[Kat]: Alright!
[Kokum]: Put it in your
back pocket!
[Laughing]
-Gonna get lucky.
-I dont actually want this.
Do you want it?
[Laughs]
[Cheryll]: No!
[Ambience fades out]
[Gentle piano continues]
[Music fades out, bird
ambience fades in]
[Kat]: Oh yeah.
[Kokum]: Okay!
Kat, grab your knife.
-Um.
[Kokum]: Start over here?
Yep. Somebody
start on the back leg.
[Renee]: Everyones knees is
just going snap, crackle, pop.
[Kat]: Yeah I know!
[Cheryll]: ...calling
everyone Kokum.
[Kat]: Yeah, okay.
[Cheryll]: Yeah, were going
down the same--
[Kokum speaking Cree]
[Kokum]: See?
[Cheryll]: Yeah.
[Kokum]: [Speaking Cree]
[Kokum]: Hold this.
[Kokum]: Yeah, thats
the way. Yeah.
[Kokum]: Is that knife
sharp enough?
[Cheryll]: Yeah.
[Cheryll]: Yeah, well go--
[Kat]: Yes! [Laughs]
[Kat]: You didnt
even see me.
[Cheryll]: ...a string?
-Yep.
[Cheryll]: Yeah.
[Cheryll]: But Ill try
not to anyway,
[Renee]: Yep.
[Kokum]: Yeah,
now you just--
[Kat]: Am I just going up?
[Renee]: No.
[Kat]: Or just like way down.
[Renee]: Yeah, the
inside like how--
[Cheryll]: Just. Just--
[Kat]: Just to split it?
[Cheryll]: Yeah.
[Laughs]
[Kat]: Alright.
[Cheryll]: K. Ill
get this started.
[Renee]: K.
[Cheryll]: I know
that I need, uh--
[Cheryll]: Oh yeah, you
gotta do it on the inside.
[Inaudible dialog]
[Kat]: Hm?
[Kat]: Not even
splitting it. [Laughs]
[Renee]: ...slicing it.
[Kat]: Yeah, its tough.
[Cheryll]: I guess so.
[Cheryll]: Oh yeah, Renee.
[Cheryll]: It wouldve been
too cold this morning, hey?
[Renee]: Yeah.
[Cheryll]: Its already cold.
[Renee]: Yeah. Thats
what I said.
[Renee]: Its nippy.
[Renee]: Its a chilly day.
[Inaudible dialog]
[Kokum]: Is it hard?
[Kat]: Yeah. Its tough.
[Cheryll]: Here.
[Inaudible dialog]
[Laughing]
[Kat]: Why is it--
[Kat]: Why is it so--
[Kat]: I like this part.
[Laughing]
[Cell phone ringing]
[Kokum]: Just keep on--
[Kokum]: Keep on
trucking, Cheryll.
[Chuckling]
[Kokum]: I shouldve brought
my little bench here.
[Kokum speaking Cree]
[Cheryll]: You want a log?
[Kokum]: Sure!
[Cheryll]: So keep going?
[Renee]: Yeah. Keep going.
[Cheryll]: Okay.
[Scraping]
[Kat]: I think...
[Kat]: Once I get
this meat off...
[Kokum]: Attaboy, my girl.
[Kokum Laughing]
[Kat]: Attaboy, my girl.
[Laughing]
Kat, do you
wanna help me?
[Kat]: Okay.
Raise it up
until it gets--
Yeah. Right there.
[Cheryll]: Well have to
tell Renee the story.
Leave it?
-Leave it.
[Kokum]: Which one?
[Cheryll]: Thatta boy my girl.
[Kokum]: Oh!
[Laughing] Yeah.
[Kat]: [Laughing] Thatta
boy, my girl...
[Kat]: Yep.
[Kokum]: Move this
here like this.
[Kokum]: Because
we gotta get that...
[Kokum]: Yeah!
[Kat]: Yeah, look at that.
[Whooping noise]
[Kokum Speaking Cree]
[Laughing]
[Kat]: Yeah?
[Kokum speaking Cree]
[All laughing]
[Kat]: I wont forget.
[Cheryll]: I can feel the
diference already.
[Renee]: Yeah. They will--
-Yeah, from the start
it was good and
now its like... [Laughs]
[Renee]: They will get dull
faster so you guys...
[Renee]: If you feel like your
knives are dull already then,
[Renee]: just sharpen them.
[Kat]: After we get there...
[Cheryll]: K, Im at the...
[Kokum]: Yeah, as far as
you can go.
[Renee]: Yeah, as far as we can-
[Renee]: Cutting around the meat
[Kat]: Just cut right through?
[Renee]: Yeah.
[Renee]: Just cut.
[Kat]: Just cut its head off?
[Renee]: Just cut til
you get to the bone.
[Renee]: Til we get to
the bone, either way, so.
[Renee]: Ill show Cheryll how..
[Renee]: To cut to bum part.
[Cheryll]: Mary, hows this?
[Scraping]
[Renee]: Oh yeah!
[Kokum]: This one!
[More scraping]
[Kokum]: Yep.
[Kokum]: Mine!
[Speaking Cree]
[Kokum]: Awe, really?!
Awe, thats nice.
[Kat]: Nice.
[More scraping]
[More scraping]
[Kokum]: Okay, these
knives are sharp.
[Kokum]: Cheryll. If you wanna..
[Cheryll]: Yeah. Yeah.
[More scraping]
[Kokum]: Yep.
[Pensive piano begins]
[Kat]: Nice.
[Cheryll]: Okay.
Okay. Break.
[...] a little
bit forward.
Then well...
-Flip it.
-Flip it.
[Kokum]: Oh, Cheryll,
dont do it by yourself.
[Cheryll]: Kat, do you
wanna help...
[Kokum]: Yeah.
[Kokum]: Yessiree.
[Kat]: Yep.
[Kat]: Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah.
[Laughing]
[Speaking Cree]
[Kokum]: But it works.
[Kokum]: Yeah!
[Kokum]: We had ground beef.
[Kat]: Im good!
[Kat]: Thats it. Im
making it all!
[Laughing]
[Cheryll]: Oh, tie it on?
[Kokum]: Well leave that there.
[Laughing]
[Kokum]: [Singing] Roll me over.
In the clover.
This is on a tarp
now. A clover.
[Laughing]
[Kokum]: [Singing] Roll me over.
Renee, its so heavy.
[Kokum]: Come on! Yup!
[Speaking Cree]
[Cheryll]: Oh I know.
Im holding it.
Is it gona stay on?
Oh yeah.
[Speaking Cree]
[Kat]: A little bit...
[Kat]: Right here?
[Renee]: Did my phone
fall out of the moose?
[Cheryll]: Out of the moose?
[Speaking Cree]
[Kokum]: Start it there,
so itll come up to...
[Kokum]: Too bad we didnt
have one of them electric...
[Cheryll]: Just one more little
piece connected here.
[Cheryll]: There we go.
[Cheryll]: K, Kokum.
It should be okay.
[Kokum]: Okay.
[Renee]: I was gonna show
em how to do it, but...
[Renee]: If you wanna.
[Cheryll]: Yeah.
[Cheryll]: She could show us.
[Renee]: If you wanna
show them, thats--
[Renee]: Thats fine, too.
[Cheryll]: If you wanna show us?
[Bird chirping]
[Whirring]
[Kat]: Oh! Shit. That
freaking scared me.
[Laughing]
You just push this one in.
Okay!
[Renee]: To turn it on.
[Renee]: But Ill
wait til I get...
[Kokum]: Okay!
[Cheryll]: The hide?
[Speaking Cree]
[Laughing]
[Renee]: Oh my goodness.
[Speaking Cree]
[All laughing]
[Kokum]: Were getting it done!
[Kokum]: Just keep at it!
[Laughing]
[Speaking Cree]
[All laughing]
[Speaking Cree]
[Renee]: His babymaker.
[All speaking at once]
[Renee]: Its a relaxing job.
[Kat]: It is! Its like
a meditation.
[Kokum]: Cheryll, I dont wanna.
[Kat]: Ah, shoot.
[Whirring and grinding]
[Kat]: Youre
doing it? Is it--
[Kokum]: Yeah!
I think its done.
Pull it.
[Shouts of joy]
[Whoops and cheers]
[Speaking Cree]
[Kat]: Now thats a...
[Kokum shouting]
[Electric buzz]
[All laughing]
[Kat]: What else--
Come on!
[Laughing]
[Unintelligible]
[Kat]: Quick! Quick!
[Cheryll]: Cut off his--
[Kat laughing]
[Kat]: Wait, wait, Ill
grab it from here.
[Cheryll]: Okay.
[Kokum laughing]
[Kat]: Shit! Shit! Shit!
Go! go! Go!
I got it.
You got it?
Like I-- I lost mine
cause my kids are older.
[Renee]: Oh, you seen how
big my babies were.
[Cheryll]: Yeah.
[Kat]: Oh yeah.
Youre built.
[Kat]: Yeah, well my dad thought
your boy was a teenager.
[Kat]: And I was like,
No, hes not.
[Laughing]
[Kokum]: Do you feel these
bones here?
[Cheryll]: Yeah.
[Kokum]: So you cut right here.
[Speaking Cree]
[Kokum]: And then you pull.
Go ahead, Cheryll.
Watch out.
Where do I not cut?
Wait.
Against this bone here.
-Okay.
-Yeah!
[Kokum]: Yeah, well
he was told--
[Kokum]: This guy was told,
Go cut the tongue out.
[Kat]: Oh!
[Cheryll]: Yeah!
[Renee]: Yeah!
[Kokum shouting]
[Kokum]: On this side
now, see theres a...
[Kokum]: Over here.
The bones here.
[Kokum]: Feel it?
[Kokum]: Try not to
cut the tongue.
[Kat]: Try not to cut the Kokum.
[Laughter]
[Kokum]: Dont cut my fingers!
[Kokum]: Let me see
what youre doing.
[Cheryll]: Im at the
bottom of the tongue.
[Kokum]: Okay.
[Kokum]: See you should be
able to pull it down.
[Kokum]: But its not...
Yeah. Sometimes theres
tendons along the side
and you have to
kinda cut those.
[Cheryll]: Yep! I can see
them right there.
Yeah.
And then after
you do that,
upwards, towards,
you should be able to
pull that tongue out.
[Kokum shouting]
Try to pull it now.
[Kat]: Oh, you almost got it.
[Kokum shouting]
[Cheryll]: No, its still
stuck on something.
[Cheryll]: K, feel and
tell me where its...
stuck.
[Kokum]: Its probably still...
[Speaking Cree]
[Kokum]: Yeah, cut those.
[Renee]: See? Its still...
you got it all right here.
[Kokum]: Oh, all this here!
[Renee]: And just go
all the way down.
[Renee]: Do the same thing when
you go up, and go down.
[Cheryll]: On top?
[Kokum]: Mhm.
[Kokum]: Oh!
[Kokum]: Yeah, dont... dont
cut the tongue off now.
[Kat]: Right there, right
there, right there.
[Kokum]: Yep. On top there.
You really have
to go high up, eh?
[Renee]: Yeah.
[Kat]: Thats...
[Kat]: Thats a big tongue.
[Kat]: Yeah.
[Kokum speaking Cree]
[Kokum]: Yeah, of course.
[Kokum]: You could
cut that piece off.
[Speaking Cree]
[Kat laughing]
[Kat]: I think he
roasts it, too, and...
[Kat]: Forget what else he does.
[All speaking at once]
[Kokum]: Kay, you
do the nose, Kat.
[Kat]: What?
You follow this part right
here and you go all the--
Yep.
[Piano fades in]
[Renee]: All the way
to the other side
[Renee]: And then this
is like... Its easy to cut.
Just cut it all
the way down
and youll... It...
[Kokum]: Cmon, bush woman!
I am a bush woman!
[Laughter]
[Renee]: Show the men
what theyre getting.
[More laughter]
Holy shit.
Oh, they know.
[Kat exhaling]
[Speaking Cree]
[Laughing]
Ill show you how
to cut it first,
and then youll know.
Youre... Youre just
cutting this... See its like--
Yeah. Okay.
[Renee]: Itll be easy.
Just cut it all the way
to where you cut it
straight down here.
Just meet that--
Oh, wow.
[Knife squeaking]
[Kat laughing]
[Kokum]: Wow.
[Cheryll]: We can put it out
there by the tongue. Wow.
[Cheryll]: And youre
taking the chin too?
[Cheryll]: Boil it then bake it.
[Renee]: Yeah, thats
how I cook it.
I heard people, uh...
stuff their moose.
[Kokum]: Yeah, I dont like it
stuffed. We tried it and, bleh.
I heard about it
but I... I never--
[Kat]: I heard of that, too.
[Renee]: I could never eat it
again after I got pregnant
with uh, my, my daughter.
Already there everything
was making me sick, eh.
[Kokum]: Yeah.
We were sitting at
the table there.
I was like.
[Kokum laughing]
[Gags]
[Kokum still laughing]
[Renee speaking Cree]
[All laughing]
[Kat]: Oh no!
So I only managed to
eat just a little bit, and--
And then I was like,
passing it to Connery
[Kokum laughing]
[Kat]: Oh my gosh!
[Cheryll]: That one you gave me?
[Kokum]: Yeah, thats
the same one.
[Renee]: But it was
the worst for me.
[Renee]: I pretty much had
it for six months.
[Kokum]: Okay, now what?
-Do I just press it?
[Cheryll]: Yup.
I just go?
[Saw whirring and grinding]
[Kat]: Is it dying?
Or I just keep--
[Saw whirring and grinding]
[Renee]: Is it stopping on you?
[Cheryll]: Like--
[Saw whirring and grinding]
[Kat]: Its--
[Cheryll]: Is it dying?
[Kat]: Its dying.
It doesnt have--
[Kat]: Look.
[Saw whirring and grinding]
[Cheryll]: Well use it
until it dies.
[Renee]: Youre almost there.
[Kat]: Oh yeah.
[Kokum]: Youre all
equipped here.
[Kokum]: Change the battery.
[Cheryll]: There now youll
just breeze through.
[Clicks]
[Kat]: Alright! Now...
[Kat]: I cant do it. Oh.
[Saw whirring and grinding]
[Kokum]: Whoa, yeah!
[Kat]: Fuck. [Laughing] Oh shit.
[Kokum]: Yeah!
[Kokum]: What are you
looking for?
[Renee]: My quarter base,
I had seven of them
and I dont know--
[Unintelligible]
[Renee]: Yeah! Right here.
Cut it right there.
[Cheryll]: Oh yeah.
[Renee]: See. Yeah!
[Renee]: Its coming
off like that.
[Cheryll]: Not too low?
[Renee]: Kay, youre
gonna need to keep--
[Renee]: Yep.
[Kokum]: There you go!
[Cheryll]: Over?
Nope, come to bottom.
[Cheryll]: Okay.
Crunch it up as much
as you can like a pillowcase.
[Cheryll]: K.
[Renee]: There she is.
[Cheryll]: And wheres it going?
[Renee]: What the fuck did you
guys do with all my--
[Renee]: Other side.
With the pointy one.
Yeah.
[Cheryll]: Thanks.
[Cheryll]: Can you
get him ready?
[Renee]: Yeah.
K, start cutting the next one.
[Renee]: Gonna do
the back leg now.
[Renee]: Yep, keep going.
[Renee]: See how its popped up?
[Cheryll]: Yeah.
[Renee]: Trying to cut
all around here, too.
Sorta see if I could--
[Renee]: Pretty much
got er done.
[Cheryll]: Its on bone.
[Renee]: Now, its on a tendon.
Youre looking for that,
see theres one
piece right there.
[Speaking Cree]
[Unintelligible]
[Kokum]: From the bottom, lift
from the bottom.
[Faint phone ringing]
[Renee]: Right there
[Renee]: This is stomach lining
but elders like eating this part
right?
[Agreeing noises]
[Renee]: So you guys
could take this off and
smoke it or give it
to the elders, too.
Either way were gonna
have to cut this part off.
Dont forget to take this part
in here, this is the tenderloin.
Theyre tenderloin and
theyre very soft meat.
[Piano fades in]
[Kokum]: Cuz you gotta
cut it anyway. Yep.
[Renee]: Kay. You guys
will finish up here, um.
Im just gonna go
pick up the kids.
Ill see you guys in a bit.
[Unintelligible]
[Renee]: My baby!
Let me see. Aww.
[Bus pulling away]
[Renee]: Nice
[Kokum]: Shes gonna use it.
[Kat laughing]
[Cheryll]: That was my
grandmothers name
Well, my mom, she
raised me from birth.
But everyone from Grouard
and around the area
would hire her to cut up
their moose for them.
Yeah, probably just
liked it, you know.
[Unintelligible]
[Sink running]
[Kokum]: Thats one.
[Kokum]: Whooo.
[Rustling]
[Sink running]
[Kokum]: This is one
of the delicacies.
Indian delicacies.
[Unintelligible]
I usually smoke mine
on spruce boughs.
Im gonna put those vatas.
Somebody else
can clean that
But Im gonna cut the
liver in half and the heart.
And then Ill put it in bags,
if I can find the bags.
So this heart is too big, so
Im gonna cut it in half.
Yeah.
[Tarp rustling]
[Kat]: K, lift from that side.
[Unintelligible]
[Cheryll Speaking Cree]
[Kokum]: I wouldnt, cause
it would be too small
and hard to carry.
[Kokum]: Like that
should be good.
[Kat]: Okay.
[Piano fades in]
[Kokum]: Inside.
[Speaking Cree]
[Laughing]
[Speaking Cree]
[Fire crackling]
[Sound of bowling balls]
[Background chatter]
[Kat]: Yay!
[Kat]: Yes! Yes! Yes! Whooo!
[Kokum]: Champion.
[Kat]: Champion.
[Disappointed exclamations]
[Cheering]
-Two hours later.
[Cheering]
[Clapping]
[Cheering]
[Triumphant cheers]
[Kat]: Still good!
[Suspenseful cheering]
[Disappointed exclamations]
[Piano fades in]
[Motor buzzing]
[Boat noises]
[Lever squeaks]
[Motorbike]
[Bags rustling]
[Door squeaks open]
[Piano fades out]
[Speaking cree]
[Shaye Zadravec's
"I'll Carry For You"]
I will carry for you
Youll carry for me
Sisters of the same blood
Same moon up above
The same air that I breath
The same dreams that you see
Cause sisters hurt
when they fall
All you gotta do is call me
And I will carry for you
I want you to know
You made me who I am
I followed your every move
I lived in your spirit too
The same air that I breath
The same dreams that you see
Cause sisters hurt
when they fall
All you gotta do is call me
And I will carry for you
Yes I will carry for you
Whatever else I may do
I will always carry for you
So bring on the rain
Hold back the sun
And with the flag of our
family, well stand as one
The same air that I breath
The same dreams that you see
Cause sisters hurt
when they fall
And all you gotta
do is call me
And I will carry for you
Yes I will carry for you
Whatever else I may do
I will always carry for you
Hmmmmmm
Hmmmmmm
Hmmmmmm
I will always carry for you
[Music fades]
[Piano fades in]
[Calming music fades in]
[Answering machine beeps]
[Woman speaking in Cree]
[Music continues]
[Gentle piano begins]
[Music begins to fade]
[Whispering to herself]
[Calming music begins]
[Renee speaking playfully]
[Music continues]
[Woman and child speaking
and laughing]
[Gusts of wind]
[Engine igniting]
[Child laughing]
[Engine revving]
[Loud scraping noise]
[Music continues]
[Engine igniting]
[Engine rumbling]
[Cranking]
[Music continues]
[Leaves crunching under wheels]
[Footsteps]
[Door slamming]
[Music fades out, driving
sounds fade in]
[Engine idling]
[Clicks]
[Clicks, birds and
crickets fade in]
[Rustling]
[Door slamming]
[Door opening]
[Crickets continue]
[Loud, long wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Moose call emanating
from phone]
[Medium-length, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Crickets and birds continue]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Music fades in, birds
and crickets fade out]
[Piano begins]
[Engine revving,
music continues]
[Engine fades out,
music continues]
[Emotional strings begin]
[Emotional music continues]
[Long, wavering moan]
[Long, wavering moan]
[Medium-length, wavering moan]
[Emotional music continues]
[Music becomes quieter]
[Music fades out, birds
and light wind fade in]
[Long, wavering moan]
[Long, wavering moan]
[Medium-length, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Distant animal sound]
[Distant animal
sound continues]
[Distant animal
sound continues]
[Door slamming]
[Engine starting]
[Engine shutting off]
[Birds, crickets,
faint buzzing]
[Door slamming]
[Distant door slamming]
[Silence]
[Birds, distant hum]
[Door opening]
[Rustling]
[Birds continue]
[Engine revving]
[Engine revving]
[Engine idling]
[Door opening]
[Birds and light wind]
[Footsteps, rustling]
[Birds and light wind continue]
[Door slamming]
[Spraying]
[Long, wavering
moan, buzzing]
[Long, wavering
moan, buzzing]
[Medium-length, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering
moan]
[Birds and light wind continue]
[Crow cawing]
[Crow cawing]
[Long, wavering moan]
[Long, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Short, wavering moan]
[Rustling]
[Scraping, branches snapping]
[Birds and wind continue]
[Engine quietly idling]
[Birds, crickets]
[Birds and crickets continue]
[Short moan]
[Gun clicking]
[Short moan]
[Loud gunshot]
[Loud gunshot]
[Gun clicking]
[Birds and crickets continue]
[Loud gunshot]
[Rustling]
[Footsteps, rustling]
[Footsteps, rustling]
[Crickets, birds]
[Footsteps, rustling]
[Crickets, wind]
[Branches snapping]
[Scraping]
[Footsteps, branching snapping]
[Crickets and wind continue]
[Rustling]
[Footsteps, rustling]
[Whispering to self]
[Cutting]
[Muttering to self]
[Cutting]
[Footsteps approaching]
[Cheryll]: Hey.
[Renee]: Hey!
[Emotional music begins]
[Cheryll]: Goodness!
[Kat]: Oh!
-Congratulations!
-Congratulations!
[Renee]: Yeah, girl!
-Right on.
-Yeah!
Oh my goodness, thats--
-Theres our bull.
-Yep.
Hes huge.
[Renee]: Look at that.
[Cheryll]: Oh yeah,
nice size, huh?
Now the fun
part, ladies.
So what do
we start with?
[Speaking Cree].
[Laughing]
We have to skin it.
[Kat speaking Cree]
[Renee]: Gonna go all
the way on the inside.
[Renee]: And the outside.
Well drag it
out of here first
with the
side-by-side, and...
[Renee]: load it up
After we get
the guts out
I think well
finish skinning it
when we get
it back to the house.
[Emotional music continues]
[Rustling]
[Door slamming]
[Crickets]
[Music fades out,
crickets fade in]
[Cutting]
[Sawing]
[Sawing]
[Quiet murmuring]
[Sniffling]
[Squelching]
[Sloshing]
[Scraping]
[Squelching]
[Sniffling]
[Inaudible dialog]
[Kat]: Okay. [Laughs]
Oh, she got it all. Hm.
[Sloshing]
[Renee]: Oh, youre getting it?
[Renee]: Is that where the
[large intestine] is?
[Renee]: Oh.
[Sawing]
[Splashing]
[Kat]: Oh, youre wedding
ring? [Laughs]
[Kat]: [Inaudible dialog]
[Cheryll and Kat laughing]
[Cheryll]: There you go, Kat.
[Kat]: Alright!
[Kokum]: Put it in your
back pocket!
[Laughing]
-Gonna get lucky.
-I dont actually want this.
Do you want it?
[Laughs]
[Cheryll]: No!
[Ambience fades out]
[Gentle piano continues]
[Music fades out, bird
ambience fades in]
[Kat]: Oh yeah.
[Kokum]: Okay!
Kat, grab your knife.
-Um.
[Kokum]: Start over here?
Yep. Somebody
start on the back leg.
[Renee]: Everyones knees is
just going snap, crackle, pop.
[Kat]: Yeah I know!
[Cheryll]: ...calling
everyone Kokum.
[Kat]: Yeah, okay.
[Cheryll]: Yeah, were going
down the same--
[Kokum speaking Cree]
[Kokum]: See?
[Cheryll]: Yeah.
[Kokum]: [Speaking Cree]
[Kokum]: Hold this.
[Kokum]: Yeah, thats
the way. Yeah.
[Kokum]: Is that knife
sharp enough?
[Cheryll]: Yeah.
[Cheryll]: Yeah, well go--
[Kat]: Yes! [Laughs]
[Kat]: You didnt
even see me.
[Cheryll]: ...a string?
-Yep.
[Cheryll]: Yeah.
[Cheryll]: But Ill try
not to anyway,
[Renee]: Yep.
[Kokum]: Yeah,
now you just--
[Kat]: Am I just going up?
[Renee]: No.
[Kat]: Or just like way down.
[Renee]: Yeah, the
inside like how--
[Cheryll]: Just. Just--
[Kat]: Just to split it?
[Cheryll]: Yeah.
[Laughs]
[Kat]: Alright.
[Cheryll]: K. Ill
get this started.
[Renee]: K.
[Cheryll]: I know
that I need, uh--
[Cheryll]: Oh yeah, you
gotta do it on the inside.
[Inaudible dialog]
[Kat]: Hm?
[Kat]: Not even
splitting it. [Laughs]
[Renee]: ...slicing it.
[Kat]: Yeah, its tough.
[Cheryll]: I guess so.
[Cheryll]: Oh yeah, Renee.
[Cheryll]: It wouldve been
too cold this morning, hey?
[Renee]: Yeah.
[Cheryll]: Its already cold.
[Renee]: Yeah. Thats
what I said.
[Renee]: Its nippy.
[Renee]: Its a chilly day.
[Inaudible dialog]
[Kokum]: Is it hard?
[Kat]: Yeah. Its tough.
[Cheryll]: Here.
[Inaudible dialog]
[Laughing]
[Kat]: Why is it--
[Kat]: Why is it so--
[Kat]: I like this part.
[Laughing]
[Cell phone ringing]
[Kokum]: Just keep on--
[Kokum]: Keep on
trucking, Cheryll.
[Chuckling]
[Kokum]: I shouldve brought
my little bench here.
[Kokum speaking Cree]
[Cheryll]: You want a log?
[Kokum]: Sure!
[Cheryll]: So keep going?
[Renee]: Yeah. Keep going.
[Cheryll]: Okay.
[Scraping]
[Kat]: I think...
[Kat]: Once I get
this meat off...
[Kokum]: Attaboy, my girl.
[Kokum Laughing]
[Kat]: Attaboy, my girl.
[Laughing]
Kat, do you
wanna help me?
[Kat]: Okay.
Raise it up
until it gets--
Yeah. Right there.
[Cheryll]: Well have to
tell Renee the story.
Leave it?
-Leave it.
[Kokum]: Which one?
[Cheryll]: Thatta boy my girl.
[Kokum]: Oh!
[Laughing] Yeah.
[Kat]: [Laughing] Thatta
boy, my girl...
[Kat]: Yep.
[Kokum]: Move this
here like this.
[Kokum]: Because
we gotta get that...
[Kokum]: Yeah!
[Kat]: Yeah, look at that.
[Whooping noise]
[Kokum Speaking Cree]
[Laughing]
[Kat]: Yeah?
[Kokum speaking Cree]
[All laughing]
[Kat]: I wont forget.
[Cheryll]: I can feel the
diference already.
[Renee]: Yeah. They will--
-Yeah, from the start
it was good and
now its like... [Laughs]
[Renee]: They will get dull
faster so you guys...
[Renee]: If you feel like your
knives are dull already then,
[Renee]: just sharpen them.
[Kat]: After we get there...
[Cheryll]: K, Im at the...
[Kokum]: Yeah, as far as
you can go.
[Renee]: Yeah, as far as we can-
[Renee]: Cutting around the meat
[Kat]: Just cut right through?
[Renee]: Yeah.
[Renee]: Just cut.
[Kat]: Just cut its head off?
[Renee]: Just cut til
you get to the bone.
[Renee]: Til we get to
the bone, either way, so.
[Renee]: Ill show Cheryll how..
[Renee]: To cut to bum part.
[Cheryll]: Mary, hows this?
[Scraping]
[Renee]: Oh yeah!
[Kokum]: This one!
[More scraping]
[Kokum]: Yep.
[Kokum]: Mine!
[Speaking Cree]
[Kokum]: Awe, really?!
Awe, thats nice.
[Kat]: Nice.
[More scraping]
[More scraping]
[Kokum]: Okay, these
knives are sharp.
[Kokum]: Cheryll. If you wanna..
[Cheryll]: Yeah. Yeah.
[More scraping]
[Kokum]: Yep.
[Pensive piano begins]
[Kat]: Nice.
[Cheryll]: Okay.
Okay. Break.
[...] a little
bit forward.
Then well...
-Flip it.
-Flip it.
[Kokum]: Oh, Cheryll,
dont do it by yourself.
[Cheryll]: Kat, do you
wanna help...
[Kokum]: Yeah.
[Kokum]: Yessiree.
[Kat]: Yep.
[Kat]: Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah.
[Laughing]
[Speaking Cree]
[Kokum]: But it works.
[Kokum]: Yeah!
[Kokum]: We had ground beef.
[Kat]: Im good!
[Kat]: Thats it. Im
making it all!
[Laughing]
[Cheryll]: Oh, tie it on?
[Kokum]: Well leave that there.
[Laughing]
[Kokum]: [Singing] Roll me over.
In the clover.
This is on a tarp
now. A clover.
[Laughing]
[Kokum]: [Singing] Roll me over.
Renee, its so heavy.
[Kokum]: Come on! Yup!
[Speaking Cree]
[Cheryll]: Oh I know.
Im holding it.
Is it gona stay on?
Oh yeah.
[Speaking Cree]
[Kat]: A little bit...
[Kat]: Right here?
[Renee]: Did my phone
fall out of the moose?
[Cheryll]: Out of the moose?
[Speaking Cree]
[Kokum]: Start it there,
so itll come up to...
[Kokum]: Too bad we didnt
have one of them electric...
[Cheryll]: Just one more little
piece connected here.
[Cheryll]: There we go.
[Cheryll]: K, Kokum.
It should be okay.
[Kokum]: Okay.
[Renee]: I was gonna show
em how to do it, but...
[Renee]: If you wanna.
[Cheryll]: Yeah.
[Cheryll]: She could show us.
[Renee]: If you wanna
show them, thats--
[Renee]: Thats fine, too.
[Cheryll]: If you wanna show us?
[Bird chirping]
[Whirring]
[Kat]: Oh! Shit. That
freaking scared me.
[Laughing]
You just push this one in.
Okay!
[Renee]: To turn it on.
[Renee]: But Ill
wait til I get...
[Kokum]: Okay!
[Cheryll]: The hide?
[Speaking Cree]
[Laughing]
[Renee]: Oh my goodness.
[Speaking Cree]
[All laughing]
[Kokum]: Were getting it done!
[Kokum]: Just keep at it!
[Laughing]
[Speaking Cree]
[All laughing]
[Speaking Cree]
[Renee]: His babymaker.
[All speaking at once]
[Renee]: Its a relaxing job.
[Kat]: It is! Its like
a meditation.
[Kokum]: Cheryll, I dont wanna.
[Kat]: Ah, shoot.
[Whirring and grinding]
[Kat]: Youre
doing it? Is it--
[Kokum]: Yeah!
I think its done.
Pull it.
[Shouts of joy]
[Whoops and cheers]
[Speaking Cree]
[Kat]: Now thats a...
[Kokum shouting]
[Electric buzz]
[All laughing]
[Kat]: What else--
Come on!
[Laughing]
[Unintelligible]
[Kat]: Quick! Quick!
[Cheryll]: Cut off his--
[Kat laughing]
[Kat]: Wait, wait, Ill
grab it from here.
[Cheryll]: Okay.
[Kokum laughing]
[Kat]: Shit! Shit! Shit!
Go! go! Go!
I got it.
You got it?
Like I-- I lost mine
cause my kids are older.
[Renee]: Oh, you seen how
big my babies were.
[Cheryll]: Yeah.
[Kat]: Oh yeah.
Youre built.
[Kat]: Yeah, well my dad thought
your boy was a teenager.
[Kat]: And I was like,
No, hes not.
[Laughing]
[Kokum]: Do you feel these
bones here?
[Cheryll]: Yeah.
[Kokum]: So you cut right here.
[Speaking Cree]
[Kokum]: And then you pull.
Go ahead, Cheryll.
Watch out.
Where do I not cut?
Wait.
Against this bone here.
-Okay.
-Yeah!
[Kokum]: Yeah, well
he was told--
[Kokum]: This guy was told,
Go cut the tongue out.
[Kat]: Oh!
[Cheryll]: Yeah!
[Renee]: Yeah!
[Kokum shouting]
[Kokum]: On this side
now, see theres a...
[Kokum]: Over here.
The bones here.
[Kokum]: Feel it?
[Kokum]: Try not to
cut the tongue.
[Kat]: Try not to cut the Kokum.
[Laughter]
[Kokum]: Dont cut my fingers!
[Kokum]: Let me see
what youre doing.
[Cheryll]: Im at the
bottom of the tongue.
[Kokum]: Okay.
[Kokum]: See you should be
able to pull it down.
[Kokum]: But its not...
Yeah. Sometimes theres
tendons along the side
and you have to
kinda cut those.
[Cheryll]: Yep! I can see
them right there.
Yeah.
And then after
you do that,
upwards, towards,
you should be able to
pull that tongue out.
[Kokum shouting]
Try to pull it now.
[Kat]: Oh, you almost got it.
[Kokum shouting]
[Cheryll]: No, its still
stuck on something.
[Cheryll]: K, feel and
tell me where its...
stuck.
[Kokum]: Its probably still...
[Speaking Cree]
[Kokum]: Yeah, cut those.
[Renee]: See? Its still...
you got it all right here.
[Kokum]: Oh, all this here!
[Renee]: And just go
all the way down.
[Renee]: Do the same thing when
you go up, and go down.
[Cheryll]: On top?
[Kokum]: Mhm.
[Kokum]: Oh!
[Kokum]: Yeah, dont... dont
cut the tongue off now.
[Kat]: Right there, right
there, right there.
[Kokum]: Yep. On top there.
You really have
to go high up, eh?
[Renee]: Yeah.
[Kat]: Thats...
[Kat]: Thats a big tongue.
[Kat]: Yeah.
[Kokum speaking Cree]
[Kokum]: Yeah, of course.
[Kokum]: You could
cut that piece off.
[Speaking Cree]
[Kat laughing]
[Kat]: I think he
roasts it, too, and...
[Kat]: Forget what else he does.
[All speaking at once]
[Kokum]: Kay, you
do the nose, Kat.
[Kat]: What?
You follow this part right
here and you go all the--
Yep.
[Piano fades in]
[Renee]: All the way
to the other side
[Renee]: And then this
is like... Its easy to cut.
Just cut it all
the way down
and youll... It...
[Kokum]: Cmon, bush woman!
I am a bush woman!
[Laughter]
[Renee]: Show the men
what theyre getting.
[More laughter]
Holy shit.
Oh, they know.
[Kat exhaling]
[Speaking Cree]
[Laughing]
Ill show you how
to cut it first,
and then youll know.
Youre... Youre just
cutting this... See its like--
Yeah. Okay.
[Renee]: Itll be easy.
Just cut it all the way
to where you cut it
straight down here.
Just meet that--
Oh, wow.
[Knife squeaking]
[Kat laughing]
[Kokum]: Wow.
[Cheryll]: We can put it out
there by the tongue. Wow.
[Cheryll]: And youre
taking the chin too?
[Cheryll]: Boil it then bake it.
[Renee]: Yeah, thats
how I cook it.
I heard people, uh...
stuff their moose.
[Kokum]: Yeah, I dont like it
stuffed. We tried it and, bleh.
I heard about it
but I... I never--
[Kat]: I heard of that, too.
[Renee]: I could never eat it
again after I got pregnant
with uh, my, my daughter.
Already there everything
was making me sick, eh.
[Kokum]: Yeah.
We were sitting at
the table there.
I was like.
[Kokum laughing]
[Gags]
[Kokum still laughing]
[Renee speaking Cree]
[All laughing]
[Kat]: Oh no!
So I only managed to
eat just a little bit, and--
And then I was like,
passing it to Connery
[Kokum laughing]
[Kat]: Oh my gosh!
[Cheryll]: That one you gave me?
[Kokum]: Yeah, thats
the same one.
[Renee]: But it was
the worst for me.
[Renee]: I pretty much had
it for six months.
[Kokum]: Okay, now what?
-Do I just press it?
[Cheryll]: Yup.
I just go?
[Saw whirring and grinding]
[Kat]: Is it dying?
Or I just keep--
[Saw whirring and grinding]
[Renee]: Is it stopping on you?
[Cheryll]: Like--
[Saw whirring and grinding]
[Kat]: Its--
[Cheryll]: Is it dying?
[Kat]: Its dying.
It doesnt have--
[Kat]: Look.
[Saw whirring and grinding]
[Cheryll]: Well use it
until it dies.
[Renee]: Youre almost there.
[Kat]: Oh yeah.
[Kokum]: Youre all
equipped here.
[Kokum]: Change the battery.
[Cheryll]: There now youll
just breeze through.
[Clicks]
[Kat]: Alright! Now...
[Kat]: I cant do it. Oh.
[Saw whirring and grinding]
[Kokum]: Whoa, yeah!
[Kat]: Fuck. [Laughing] Oh shit.
[Kokum]: Yeah!
[Kokum]: What are you
looking for?
[Renee]: My quarter base,
I had seven of them
and I dont know--
[Unintelligible]
[Renee]: Yeah! Right here.
Cut it right there.
[Cheryll]: Oh yeah.
[Renee]: See. Yeah!
[Renee]: Its coming
off like that.
[Cheryll]: Not too low?
[Renee]: Kay, youre
gonna need to keep--
[Renee]: Yep.
[Kokum]: There you go!
[Cheryll]: Over?
Nope, come to bottom.
[Cheryll]: Okay.
Crunch it up as much
as you can like a pillowcase.
[Cheryll]: K.
[Renee]: There she is.
[Cheryll]: And wheres it going?
[Renee]: What the fuck did you
guys do with all my--
[Renee]: Other side.
With the pointy one.
Yeah.
[Cheryll]: Thanks.
[Cheryll]: Can you
get him ready?
[Renee]: Yeah.
K, start cutting the next one.
[Renee]: Gonna do
the back leg now.
[Renee]: Yep, keep going.
[Renee]: See how its popped up?
[Cheryll]: Yeah.
[Renee]: Trying to cut
all around here, too.
Sorta see if I could--
[Renee]: Pretty much
got er done.
[Cheryll]: Its on bone.
[Renee]: Now, its on a tendon.
Youre looking for that,
see theres one
piece right there.
[Speaking Cree]
[Unintelligible]
[Kokum]: From the bottom, lift
from the bottom.
[Faint phone ringing]
[Renee]: Right there
[Renee]: This is stomach lining
but elders like eating this part
right?
[Agreeing noises]
[Renee]: So you guys
could take this off and
smoke it or give it
to the elders, too.
Either way were gonna
have to cut this part off.
Dont forget to take this part
in here, this is the tenderloin.
Theyre tenderloin and
theyre very soft meat.
[Piano fades in]
[Kokum]: Cuz you gotta
cut it anyway. Yep.
[Renee]: Kay. You guys
will finish up here, um.
Im just gonna go
pick up the kids.
Ill see you guys in a bit.
[Unintelligible]
[Renee]: My baby!
Let me see. Aww.
[Bus pulling away]
[Renee]: Nice
[Kokum]: Shes gonna use it.
[Kat laughing]
[Cheryll]: That was my
grandmothers name
Well, my mom, she
raised me from birth.
But everyone from Grouard
and around the area
would hire her to cut up
their moose for them.
Yeah, probably just
liked it, you know.
[Unintelligible]
[Sink running]
[Kokum]: Thats one.
[Kokum]: Whooo.
[Rustling]
[Sink running]
[Kokum]: This is one
of the delicacies.
Indian delicacies.
[Unintelligible]
I usually smoke mine
on spruce boughs.
Im gonna put those vatas.
Somebody else
can clean that
But Im gonna cut the
liver in half and the heart.
And then Ill put it in bags,
if I can find the bags.
So this heart is too big, so
Im gonna cut it in half.
Yeah.
[Tarp rustling]
[Kat]: K, lift from that side.
[Unintelligible]
[Cheryll Speaking Cree]
[Kokum]: I wouldnt, cause
it would be too small
and hard to carry.
[Kokum]: Like that
should be good.
[Kat]: Okay.
[Piano fades in]
[Kokum]: Inside.
[Speaking Cree]
[Laughing]
[Speaking Cree]
[Fire crackling]
[Sound of bowling balls]
[Background chatter]
[Kat]: Yay!
[Kat]: Yes! Yes! Yes! Whooo!
[Kokum]: Champion.
[Kat]: Champion.
[Disappointed exclamations]
[Cheering]
-Two hours later.
[Cheering]
[Clapping]
[Cheering]
[Triumphant cheers]
[Kat]: Still good!
[Suspenseful cheering]
[Disappointed exclamations]
[Piano fades in]
[Motor buzzing]
[Boat noises]
[Lever squeaks]
[Motorbike]
[Bags rustling]
[Door squeaks open]
[Piano fades out]
[Speaking cree]
[Shaye Zadravec's
"I'll Carry For You"]
I will carry for you
Youll carry for me
Sisters of the same blood
Same moon up above
The same air that I breath
The same dreams that you see
Cause sisters hurt
when they fall
All you gotta do is call me
And I will carry for you
I want you to know
You made me who I am
I followed your every move
I lived in your spirit too
The same air that I breath
The same dreams that you see
Cause sisters hurt
when they fall
All you gotta do is call me
And I will carry for you
Yes I will carry for you
Whatever else I may do
I will always carry for you
So bring on the rain
Hold back the sun
And with the flag of our
family, well stand as one
The same air that I breath
The same dreams that you see
Cause sisters hurt
when they fall
And all you gotta
do is call me
And I will carry for you
Yes I will carry for you
Whatever else I may do
I will always carry for you
Hmmmmmm
Hmmmmmm
Hmmmmmm
I will always carry for you
[Music fades]
[Piano fades in]