2000-73, 43 minutes, 1987 Gil Cardinal searches for his natural family and an understanding of the circumstances that led to his coming into foster care as an infant. “Foster Child” is a documentary – unstaged and unrehearsed—about the process of that discovery, beginning with his fruitless attempt to see his...
2000-72, 48 minutes, 1998 This film traces six years in the lives of two inner-city Aboriginal teenagers struggling to turn their lives around. Request
2000-71, 47 mintues, 2007 In 1967 when Winnipeg first hosted the Pan American Games, ten outstanding athletic teenage boys were chosen to run 800 kilometers over an ancient message route with the Games torch. When the runners arrived at the stadium, they were not allowed to enter with the torch....
2000-70, 54 minutes, 1994 “Keepers of the Fire” profiles Canada’s Native “warrior women” who are protecting and defending their land, their culture and their people in time-honored tradition of their foremothers. Request
2000-69, 73 minutes, 2002 This film is the story of Annie Mae Aquash’s remarkable life and her brutal murder. It is a moving tribute from the women who were closest to her. All are still trying to understand why she met such a violent death. Follow them on their journey...
2000-68, 49 minutes, 1998 The Gift explores the powerful bond and spiritual relationship that continues to exist between people and corn. Before colonization, corn was widely used as a beverage, a food staple, an oil and a ceremonial object. It was respected and revered as a critical part of creation....
2000-67, 52 minutes, 1997 Although they could not be conscripted, when World War II was declared, thousands of Canadian Aboriginal men and women enlisted and fought alongside their non-Native countrymen. While they fought for freedom for others, ironically the Aboriginal soldIers were not allowed equality in their own country. Request
2000-66, 40 minutes, 2004 This program discusses the invaluable contributions the Native Americans made to our early frontier heritage and shows how many of those same healing plants and herbs are an important source of today’s modern methods of maintaining health. Request
2000-65, 43 minutes, 2010 Some of Canada’s finest Aboriginal filmmakers – from Newfoundland and Labrador to British Columbia – come together in this collection of 13 short films on the subject of nationhood. Request
2000-64, 43 minutes, 2010 February 28, 2006. Members of the Iroquois Confederacy blockage a highway near Caledonia, Ontario, to prevent a housing development on land that falls within their traditional territories. Request
