Where the Spirit Lives
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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.
Details
- Bruce Pittman
- June 6, 1990
- Released
- Canada
- Atlantis Films
- 1h 36m
Where to watch
No known streaming options in United States.
Cast
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Michelle St. JohnKomi / Amelia -
Kim Bruisedhead FoxAnataki
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Marianne JonesKomi's Mother
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Gus Chief MoonKa - moos - ee
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Clayton JulianPita / Abraham
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Margaret CozryGrandmother
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Marge FoxAnataki's Mother
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Ann-Marie MacDonaldKathleen -
Sean MulcahyPriest
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Sam MalkinMr. Crawford -
Doris PetrieMiss Weir -
Chapelle JaffeMiss Appleby
