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El Camino hacia adelante

The Road Forward es un documental musical de Marie Clements. Establece un nexo entre un momento crucial de la historia de los derechos civiles en Canadá — a saber, los inicios del nacionalismo local en la década de 1930 — y el poderoso impulso del actual activismo de las Primeras Naciones ancestrales.

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The Road Forward es un documental musical de Marie Clements. Establece un nexo entre un momento crucial de la historia de los derechos civiles en Canadá — a saber, los inicios del nacionalismo local en la década de 1930 — y el poderoso impulso del actual activismo de las Primeras Naciones ancestrales.

  • director
    Marie Clements
  • producer
    Shirley Vercruysse
  • executive producer
    Shirley Vercruysse

Education

Ages 15 to 18
School subjects

Comment on the filmmaker’s decision to make The Road Forward a musical documentary. Discuss why the publication The Native Voice was considered so unusual and innovative for its time. Indigenous youth are often considered “at risk youth” when they are actually “culturally deprived youth.” Explain what strategies can effect changes in the education of Indigenous youth. Identify what the Constitution Express was and explain its significance in the history of Indigenous activism. What are the key concerns in Indigenous activism today?

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