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
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
Sélection
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this riverErika MacPherson et Katherena Vermette 2016 19 minThis 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 DressMichael 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. -
Our People Will Be Healed
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Ever DeadlyChelsea McMullan et Tanya Tagaq 2022 1 h 29 min
Tanya Tagaq, one of the most innovative musical performers of our time, leads the audience through pain and triumph in this visceral music and cinema experience.
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Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian AgainCourtney Montour 2021 34 min
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again shares the powerful story of Mary Two-Axe Earley, who fought for more than two decades to challenge sex discrimination against First Nations women embedded in Canada’s Indian Act and became a key figure in Canada’s women’s rights movement.
