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06/06/1990 Drama 1h 36m
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A moving tribute to a young girl's courage and indomitable spirit...

Overview

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.

  1. Keith Ross Leckie

    Writer

  2. Bruce Pittman

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Michelle St. John

    Komi / Amelia

  2. Kim Bruisedhead Fox

    Anataki

  3. Marianne Jones

    Komi's Mother

  4. Gus Chief Moon

    Ka - moos - ee

  5. Clayton Julian

    Pita / Abraham

  6. Margaret Cozry

    Grandmother

  7. Marge Fox

    Anataki's Mother

  8. Ann-Marie MacDonald

    Kathleen

  9. Sean Mulcahy

    Priest

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Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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