Canadian film discovery
The Children of Fogo Island: listen for a community through children's eyes
The Children of Fogo Island offers a useful starting point for an evening about community and belonging.
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Canadian film discovery
The Ballad of Crowfoot: follow the relationship between song and archive
Willie Dunn's The Ballad of Crowfoot combines a song with archival imagery to address colonial history.
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Foster Child: make room for the filmmaker's own family search
Foster Child follows Gil Cardinal's search for his biological mother and an understanding of his separation from her.
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Finding Dawn: keep the people, places and film date in view
Christine Welsh's Finding Dawn addresses missing and murdered Indigenous women through a journey that includes Vancouver, northern British Columbia and Saskatoon.
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We Were Children: prepare for testimony and dramatic storytelling
We Were Children centres on the residential-school experiences of Lyna Hart and Glen Anaquod.
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Our People Will Be Healed: discuss education through a particular community
Alanis Obomsawin's Our People Will Be Healed focuses on education in Norway House, a Cree community in northern Manitoba.
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