in 1989, cullingham created tamarack productions, producing its first project, as long as the rivers flow, in 1991. the television series focuses on aboriginal rights in canada, in both modern and historical times, and was broken up into five one-hour episodes - flooding in job’s garden, the learning path, starting fire with gunpowder, tikinagan and time immemorial. the series brought together notable directors in this subject area in canada including hugh brody, gil cardinal, boyce richardson and loretta todd. peter raymont of white pine pictures was series executive producer.