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A young Native Canadian (First Nations person) fights to keep her culture and identity when she is abducted to a residential school. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michelle St. John | ... | Komi / Amelia |
| Kim Bruisedhead Fox | ... | Anataki |
| Marianne Jones | ... | Komi's Mother |
| Gus Chief Moon | ... | Ka - moos - ee |
| Clayton Julian | ... | Pita / Abraham |
| Margaret Cozry | ... | Grandmother |
| Marge Fox | ... | Anataki's Mother |
| Ron White | ... | Taggert |
| Ann-Marie MacDonald | ... | Kathleen |
| Sean Mulcahy | ... | Priest |
| Sam Malkin | ... | Mr. Crawford |
| Doris Petrie | ... | Miss Weir |
| Chapelle Jaffe | ... | Miss Appleby |
| Tina Louise Bomberry | ... | Asst. Supervisor #2 (as Tina Bomberry) |
| Barbara Wheeldon | ... | Matron |
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I have seen this movie many times. It never gets easier to watch. Historically the attitude towards educating the "heathens" is very close to policy (read Maureen Lux "Medicine that Walks"). As for the portrayal of the students, the abuse was pretty tame. If they actually showed what happened at the worst schools it never would have made it to production and could be classified as a snuff film. I've met people who've been in residential schools and are now in their late 70s and early 80s, one old lady never hugged her children for fear she'd be passing on sexual abuse. For the amount of awful events there were still some teachers that tried to make a positive impact on the lives of their students like we see in the film. Overall I'd recommend it for people as a starting point for research in the area. In one of the previous comments I read about "looking for a handle to get out of a plane", however if you don't know what a plane is and have never been in one that would be irrelevant. Michelle St. John is a good actress. She was also good in "conspiracy of silence" which I also recommend.