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Women in the Shadows

1991 55 min
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This intensely personal documentary follows Indigenous writer and filmmaker Christine Welsh as she embarks on an extraordinary physical and spiritual journey in search of her Métis foremothers. It is the story of one Métis woman's reconciliation with her past and her people--a coming to terms with loss and with the price that has been paid for assimilation, and a celebration of survival.

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Women in the Shadows

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This intensely personal documentary follows Indigenous writer and filmmaker Christine Welsh as she embarks on an extraordinary physical and spiritual journey in search of her Métis foremothers. It is the story of one Métis woman's reconciliation with her past and her people--a coming to terms with loss and with the price that has been paid for assimilation, and a celebration of survival.

Women
Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis)
All subjects
  • director
    Norma Bailey
  • producer
    Christine Welsh
    Signe Johansson
  • executive producer
    Tony Snowsill
    Ginny Stikeman
  • script
    Christine Welsh
  • photography
    James Jeffrey
  • sound
    David Husby
  • editing
    Lara Mazur
  • sound editing
    Debra Rurak
  • re-recording
    Paul Sharpe
  • music
    Martin Gotfrit
  • cast
    Carmen Roenspiess
    Jessica Wallman
    David Zelionka
    Brenda Knoll
    Jamie Sarophim
    Sophia Stone
    Sharon Moberly
    Debra Piapot

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