Utshimassits: Place of the Boss

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| director = John Walker

| producer = Mike Mahoney
Peter d'Entremont
John Walker

| writer = John Walker
David Macfarlane

| narrator = Shirley Cheechoo

| music = Guy Trépanier

| cinematography = Nigel Markham

| editing = Angela Baker

| studio = National Film Board of Canada

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| released = {{Film date|1996|02|13}}

| runtime = 49 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = English

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Utshimassits: Place of the Boss is a Canadian documentary film, directed by John Walker and released in 1996."Human spirit triumphs in Davis Inlet story (Place of the Boss: Utshimassits)". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, September 24, 1996. The film focuses on Davis Inlet (Utshimassits), an Innu community in Labrador which was the site of a major humanitarian crisis in the 1990s, and explores how the community's roots as a forcible resettlement of the previously nomadic Mushuau Innu First Nation contributed to the crisis."Witness focuses on Innu move to remote Davis Inlet". Vancouver Sun, February 10, 1996.

The film premiered on February 13, 1996 as an episode of the CBC Television documentary series Witness. At the 11th Gemini Awards, it won the Donald Brittain Award for best social or political documentary."Mountie series gets its Gemini, again: Hockey drama Net Worth, new series Traders and sportscaster Ron MacLean come up winners". The Globe and Mail, March 3, 1997.

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