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As young children, Lyna and Glen were taken from their homes and placed in church-run boarding schools.
A musical documentary by Marie Clements, connects a pivotal moment in Canada's civil rights history, the beginnings of Indian Nationalism in the 1930s, with the powerful momentum of First Nations activism today.
Jay Cardinal Villeneuve's short documentary Holy Angels powerfully recaptures Canada's colonialist history through impressionistic images and the fragmented language of a child.
Filmmaker Janine Windolph takes her young sons fishing with their kokum (grandmother), a residential school survivor who retains a deep knowledge and memory of the land.
A panel discusses how well do Canadians know indigenous history? What role did treaties play in forming our country? Are the stories told through truth and reconciliation changing our understanding of Canadian history?
Martha was only 5 when she and her parents were lured away from their Inuit village. For years, they endured hunger and extreme cold. Deprived of the right to an education and a childhood, Martha had to help her family survive.
Filmmaker Tasha Hubbard weaves a profound narrative encompassing the filmmaker's own adoption, the stark history of colonialism on the Prairies, and a vision of a future where Indigenous children can live safely on their homelands.
From the 1920's to the early 1980's native people have attended mission schools and residences in order to pursue their education. This program recounts the experiences and implications of the individuals who were part of the system.