Keyword: first nations

Pour toi Flora

8.3

2022

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\Pour toi Flora\ is the story of Algonquin siblings, who spent their youth in an Indian Residential School in the 1960s and who are now trying to make peace with this painful past. From the moment they were forcibly removed from the parents by religious authority to the events that led them back to each other forty-five years later, this dramatic mini-series intertwines different times in their lives to tell the story of one Indigenous familys forced estrangement and the path it took to heal.

Blood Quantum

5.8

2019

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The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mikmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are strangely immune to the zombie plague.

Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives

6

1992

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Ten women, most of them in Vancouver or Toronto, talk about being lesbian in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: discovering the pulp fiction of the day about women in love, their own first affairs, the pain of breaking up, frequenting gay bars, facing police raids, mens responses, and the etiquette of butch and femme roles. Interspersed among the interviews and archival footage are four dramatized chapters from a pulp novel, Forbidden Love: Laura leaves her hick town and heads for the city, where she meets Mitch in a bar. Sparks fly, and so do laughter and joy. Ann Bannon, one of the writers of those paperback novels about forbidden love, talks about the genre.

Wildhood

7.5

2021

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Two brothers embark on a journey to find their birth mother after their abusive father had lied for years about her whereabouts; along the way, they reconnect with their indigenous heritage and make a new friend.

We Are Still Here

6.2

2022

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Comprises of eight stories by and about First Nations people.

Bones of Crows

6.6

2022

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Cree code talker Aline Spears survives her traumatic past in Canadas residential school system to continue her familys generational fight against systemic starvation, racism and sexual abuse.

Trick or Treaty?

6.4

2014

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This documentary profiles Indigenous leaders in their quest for justice as they seek to establish dialogue with the Canadian government. By tracing the history of their ancestors since the signing of Treaty No. 9, these leaders aim to raise awareness about issues vital to First Nations in Canada: respect for and protection of their lands and their natural resources, and the right to hunt and fish so that their societies can prosper. In recent years, an awareness-raising movement has been surfacing in First Nations communities. In this powerful documentary, those who refuse to surrender are given a chance to speak out.

Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy

8.2

2021

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Witness the work of community members with substance-use disorder, first responders, and health professionals in the Kainai First Nation as they bring hope and change through harm reduction to Blackfoot people.

The Lake of Scars

7.7

2022

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In a corner of Victoria exists a place of astounding beauty and rare archaeological and environmental significance. On the verge of being lost forever, an unlikely partnership could see it saved.

Dance Me Outside

7.3

1994

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A story of life on a First Nations reserve in Ontario: Silas and Frank are trying to get into college to train to be mechanics but they find themselves having to deal with girls, family - and murder.

Indian Horse

7.3

2017

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Follows the life of Native Canadian Saul Indian Horse as he survives residential school and life amongst the racism of the 1970s. A talented hockey player, Saul must find his own path as he battles stereotypes and alcoholism.

There's Something in the Water

6.8

2019

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The injustices and injuries caused by environmental racism in her home province, in this urgent documentary on Indigenous and African Nova Scotian women fighting to protect their communities, their land, and their futures.

Incident at Restigouche

7.4

1984

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Documentary about a 1981 raid by the Quebec Provincial Police on a reserve in Quebec.