| Description |
1 online resource (18 min.) |
| Summary |
As the only First Nations student in an all-white 1940s school, eight-year old Wato is keenly aware of the hostility towards her. She deeply misses the loving environment of the reserve she once called home, and her isolation is sharpened by her father's serious illness. When Wato's teacher reads from a history book describing First Nations peoples as ignorant and cruel, it aggravates her classmates' prejudice. Shy and vulnerable Wato becomes the target of their bullying and abuse. Alone in her suffering, she finds solace and strength in the protective world of her magical dreams |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2016) |
| Credits |
Director/writer, Alanis Obomsawin ; editor, Alison Burns ; camera, Philippe Amiguet ; actor, Rosalie Dumas, Daphnée Vincent, Justine Rolland, Marie-Josée Corneau, Margie Hoff ; choreographer, Yves Nolin Allaire, Jean-Claude Cloutier ; English voice, Lynne Adams, Katie Patewabano, Jennifer Seguin, Jennifer Suleteanu ; music composer, Luc-Dominique Tremblay, Normand Guilbeault ; costumes, Claude Couture, Normand Héroux, Clémence Grieco, Mega Design Int'l ; drawings, Robert Verrall ; location sound, Raymond Marcoux ; makeup artist, Louise Maisonneuve ; voice recording, Geoffrey Mitchell, Luc Léger ; sound editor, Don Ayer ; foley, Audio Postproduction SPR Incorporated ; mixer, Serge Boivin ; producer, Alanis Obomsawin ; executive producer, Ravida Din |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Abenaki Indians -- Québec (Province)
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Indian children -- Education -- Québec (Province)
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Indian girls -- Québec (Province) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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Racism -- Québec (Province) -- History -- 20th century
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Social isolation -- Québec (Province)
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Abenaki Indians.
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Indian children -- Education.
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Racism.
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Social isolation.
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Québec.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction films.
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History.
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Short films.
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Fiction films.
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Short films.
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Films de fiction.
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Courts métrages.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Obomsawin, Alanis, director, producer, screenwriter
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National Film Board of Canada, publisher.
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