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1 January 2008 (USA) moreGenre:
DramaPlot:
A woman's haunting visions reveal a Catholic priest's sinister plot to silence her mother from speaking... more | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins moreUser Comments:
Harsh Truths moreCast
(Credited cast) | Sarah Agnew | ... | Mary |
| Jeri Arredondo | ... | Young Irene |
| Noah Kol Balfour | ... | Little Many Lightnings |
| Dennis Banks | ... | Pete Goodfeather |
 | Adam Beach | ... | Johnny |
 | Raven Bellefleur | ... | Little Irene |
| Mark Benninghoffen | ... | Bryan Walker |
| Rose Berens | ... | Irene |
| Jennifer Blagen | ... | Clerk |
| Tantoo Cardinal | ... | Auntie Apple |
 | Chris Carlson | ... | Redneck |
| Deborah Collins | ... | Mom |
 | Bradley Cooper | ... | Luke |
| Debbie DeLisi | ... | Receptionist |
| Jordan Diver | ... | Spirit Kid |
| Michael Egan | ... | Guy in Crowd |
| Gloria May Eshkibok | ... | Mattie Moonshadow |
| Tony Flores | ... | Pat / Native Nurse |
| James Gaulke | ... | Uniformed Guard #1 |
| Glen Gould | ... | Steve Klamath |
| Dan Harrison | ... | Walter Many Lightnings |
| Maile'ana Kanewa | ... | Little Apple |
| Makialani Kanewa | ... | Spirit Kid |
| Barbara Kingsley | ... | Librarian |
| Taleah King | ... | Spirit Kid |
| Drew Lacafa | ... | Vet |
 | Crystle Lightning | ... | Diane |
| Georgina Lightning | ... | Rain |
| Winter Mayorga | ... | Spirit Kid |
 | Chris Mulkey | ... | Paul Gunderson |
| Kobe Nabors | ... | Spirit Kid |
| Jim Northrup | ... | Jim |
| Michelle O'Neill | ... | Nun #1 |
| Mary Rehbein | ... | White Woman |
| Garth Schumacher | ... | Male Nurse |
| James Singleton | ... | Uniformed Guard #2 |
| Toby Smith | ... | Spirit Kid |
 | Wes Studi | ... | Richard Two Rivers |
| Jacob Tewawina | ... | Jacob |
| Stephen Yoakam | ... | Father Bartoli |
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This movie really is not a view of life in boarding schools, per se. I don't believe it was intended to be. It is a metaphor for the effects still felt today by nearly all Native Americans here in the U.S. The movie "is" a period place. All of the issues that the story touches base on are those that Natives all over Indian Country are dealing with today. It is not the direct reflection of one single reason why Natives today face the afflictions of poverty, alcoholism, abuse, unemployment, illiteracy, and loss of identity as a culture, but the culmination of many. Forced attendance into an institution specifically designed to strip away everything it means to be "Indian" just so happens to be the primary area of focus in this film. The sub-plots add depth to the characters as well as much needed comic relief. Even though this film is classified as a drama, it should be shown in every history class across the United States, right after the lesson on the first "Thanksgiving".