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The Amendment
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Languages available:
- English
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- French
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Keywords :
- Child
- culture
- elder
- generations
- Indian Act
- language
- relations with whites
- school
- transmission
Synopsis
An experimental documentary explores the boarding-school experience and its aftermath in the northern Quebec First Nations community of Kitcisakik.
Awards
- 2008 - Best Indigenous Language Production Award - ImagineNATIVE Festival, Toronto
- 2008 - Prix de l’image Sony - Festival Filmer à tout prix, Bruxelles, Belgique
- 2009 - Identity Award - Festival de cine de los Pueblos Indigenas y las naciones sin de Valparaiso, Chili
- 2009 - Third Place, International Aboriginal Peoples Category - VI Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Cuzco, Pérou
Film crew
Kevin Papatie, Maranda Gunn