IDFA 2012 | Trailer | We Were Children
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Description
For over 130 years till 1996, more than 100,000 of Canada's First Nations children were legally required to attend government-funded schools run by various Christian faiths. There were 80 of these 'residential schools' across the country. Most children were sent to faraway schools that separated them from their families and traditional land. These children endured brutality, physical hardship, mental degradation, and the complete erasure of their culture. The schools were part of a wider program of assimilation designed to integrate the native population into 'Canadian society.' These schools were established with the express purpose 'To kill the Indian in the child.' Told through their own voices, 'We Were Children' is the shocking true story of two such children: Glen Anaquod and Lyna Hart.
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Release Date2012
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Runtime1 hr 28 min
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Languageen
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Rating7.2 (10)
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Genres
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DirectorTim Wolochatiuk
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CastLyna HartRoss McMillanGlen AnaquodAlicia HamelinJade HamelinJennie MorinRebecca GibsonRene BatsonBrun MontourJustin DucharmeJustin CourcheneTyrone BrooksRachel SeenieGlenn CochraneFawnda NeckowayMaggie NagleShawney MoarKohl BohemierTasha WeightRobert KostyraJohn B. LoweCurtis MooreJon Ted WynneKayla Contois-MoarKristen HarrisCarlos SwampyDaina LeitoldJeff SkinnerJanelle McPhersonRivers ThomasDarcy FehrLois BrothersAshley HirtDarren FelbelRamsey BruceAlice Dano
