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We Were Children

03/03/2012

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1hr 28min

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Documentary

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Lyna Hart
  • Ross McMillan
  • Glen Anaquod
  • Alicia Hamelin
  • Jade Hamelin

    Directors

  • Tim Wolochatiuk
  • Richard Duffy
  • Danielle Dumesnil
  • Sam Vint
  • Reed Makayev

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • Canada

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • Ojibwa

Cast

Lyna Hart

Self

Ross McMillan

Father Y

Glen Anaquod

Self

Alicia Hamelin

Lyna (4 Yrs Old)

Jade Hamelin

Lyna (10 Yrs Old)

Jennie Morin

Lyna (18 Yrs Old)

Rebecca Gibson

Sister Mary

Rene Batson

Glen (6-7 Yrs Old)

Brun Montour

Glen (12 Yrs Old)

Justin Courchene

Glen (Adult)

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