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Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls (Ages 15-17)

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WARNING: These films contain sensitive subject matter. Films in this playlist not only focus on the tragic topic of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls, but also on the themes of violence against Indigenous peoples. These films offer broader context on violence, relocation, and healing. Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici. Films in This Playlist Include Finding Dawn this river The Red Dress Our People Will Be Healed Ever Deadly Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again The Road Forward

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Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls (Ages 15-17)

WARNING: These films contain sensitive subject matter.

Films in this playlist not only focus on the tragic topic of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls, but also on the themes of violence against Indigenous peoples. These films offer broader context on violence, relocation, and healing.

Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici.

Films in This Playlist Include
Finding Dawn
this river
The Red Dress
Our People Will Be Healed
Ever Deadly
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
The Road Forward

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  • Finding Dawn
    Finding Dawn
    Christine Welsh 2006 1 h 13 min
    Acclaimed Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh brings us a compelling documentary that puts a human face on a national tragedy – the epidemic of missing or murdered Indigenous women in Canada. The film takes a journey into the heart of Indigenous women's experience, from Vancouver's skid row, down the Highway of Tears in northern BC, and on to Saskatoon, where the murders and disappearances of these women remain unsolved.
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  • this river
    this river
    Erika MacPherson  &  Katherena Vermette 2016 19 min
    This short documentary offers an Indigenous perspective on the devastating experience of searching for a loved one who has disappeared. Volunteer activist Kyle Kematch and award-winning writer Katherena Vermette have both survived this heartbreak and share their histories with each other and the audience. While their stories are different, they both exemplify the beauty, grace, resilience, and activism born out of the need to do something.
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  • The Red Dress
    The Red Dress
    Michael Scott 1978 27 min
    Renowned Métis author and screenwriter Maria Campbell explores themes of cultural identity, sexual assault and the familial impact of colonialism in The Red Dress, echoing the themes of her seminal memoir, Halfbreed.

    Kelly is a Métis man without treaty or hunting rights, struggling to sustain his traditional life. His daughter Theresa longs for a red dress from France that she believes will give her power and strength, as the bear claw once did for her great-grandfather Muskwa. When Theresa escapes an assault and Kelly turns his back on his daughter, he realizes that he must reconnect with his culture in order to make things right. Today, the red dress is a powerful symbol recognizing over 1000 missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada.
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  • Our People Will Be Healed
    Our People Will Be Healed
    Alanis Obomsawin 2017 1 h 36 min
    Our People Will Be Healed, Alanis Obomsawin’s 50th film, reveals how a Cree community in Manitoba has been enriched through the power of education. The Helen Betty Osborne Ininiw Education Resource Centre in Norway House, north of Winnipeg, receives a level of funding that few other Indigenous institutions enjoy. Its teachers help their students to develop their abilities and their sense of pride.
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  • Ever Deadly
    Ever Deadly
    Chelsea McMullan  &  Tanya Tagaq 2022 1 h 29 min
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  • Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
    Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
    Courtney Montour 2021 34 min
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  • The Road Forward
    The Road Forward
    Marie Clements 2017 1 h 41 min
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