Synopsis
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.
Movie Information
- Director
- Bruce Pittman
- Writers
- Keith Ross Leckie
- Release Year
- 1990
- Runtime
- 96 minutes
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- EN
- Country
- Canada
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (5 votes)
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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.
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