Synopsis
In 1937, a young First Nations girl named Ashtecome is kidnapped along with several other children from a village as part of a deliberate Canadian policy to force First Nations children to abandon their culture in order to be assimilated into white Canadian/British society. Taken to a boarding school where she's forced to adopt Western Euro-centric ways and learn English, often under brutal treatment, she has the support of one sympathetic white teacher.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Bruce PittmanDirector
- Keith Ross LeckieWriter
- Buffy Sainte-MarieOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Michelle St. JohnKomi / Amelia
- Kim Bruisedhead FoxAnataki
- Marianne JonesKomi's Mother
- Gus Chief MoonKa - moos - ee
- Clayton JulianPita / Abraham
- Margaret CozryGrandmother
- Marge FoxAnataki's Mother
- Ann-Marie MacDonaldKathleen
- Sean MulcahyPriest
- Sam MalkinMr. Crawford
- Doris PetrieMiss Weir
- Chapelle JaffeMiss Appleby
Themes
canadaboarding schoolnative american