Indian Horse, a film based on the late Richard Wagamese’s bestselling novel, opened in theaters April 2018. Wagamese was a masterful storyteller as well as a long-time columnist for Canadian Dimension; however, people (especially settler Canadians)
Official trailer of the 8 X one hour docu-drama TV series "1491: The Untold Story of the Americas Before Columbus."
The script read by the speakers is composed entirely of formal addresses made to the aboriginal peoples of Canada for both the Residential School's and colonialism more generally.
Apology from Laina Brown on Vimeo.
Forced into residential school, Aline Spears and her siblings are plunged into a fight for survival that shapes the Spears family for generations.
Chief Dr. Jospeh's Chapel address at Aboriginal Awareness week.
First Contact takes six average Canadians, all with strong opinions about Indigenous People, on a unique 28-day journey into Indigenous Canada. Leaving their everyday lives behind the six will travel deep into Winnipeg, Nunavut, Alberta, Northern Ont
Trailer - Little Bird is coming soon to Crave and APTN lumi! The six-part limited series follows an Indigenous woman on a journey to find her birth family, and uncover the hidden truth of her past.
Murder in Big Horn crafts a powerful portrait of tribal members and their communities within Big Horn County, Montana battling an epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) that has been prevalent since colonization. Directed by Razelle Benally and Matthew Galkin, the three-part docuseries examines the circumstances surrounding many of these cases, told solely through the perspectives of those involved: Native families, Native journalists, and local law enforcement officers. On SHOWTIME.
Terry LeBlanc speaking at Briercrest Chapel at Aboriginal Awareness Week 2016.
This documentary chronicles the story of Darrell Night, a Native man who was dumped by two police officers in a barren field on the outskirts of Saskatoon in January 2000, during -20° C temperatures.
Two Worlds Colliding, Tasha Hubbard, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
In this feature film, the profound impact of the Canadian government’s residential school system is conveyed through the eyes of two children who were forced to face hardships beyond their years.
We Were Children, Tim Wolochatiuk, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
The film shows the confrontation between police and a 1969 demonstration by Mohawks of the St. Regis Reserve on the bridge between Canada and the United States near Cornwall, Ontario.
Over the course of his incredible career, Bryan Trottier set a new standard of hockey excellence. A seven-time Stanley Cup champion (four with the New York Islanders, two with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and one as an assistant coach with the Colorado Avalanche), Trottier won countless awards and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. In 2017, he was named one of the NHL's Top 100 Players of All Time.
Trottier grew up in Val Marie, Saskatchewan, the son of a Cree/Chippewa/Metis father and an Irish-Canadian mother. All Roads Home offers a poignant, funny, wise, and inspiring look at his coming of age, both on and off the ice. It is a unique memoir in which Trottier shares stories about family, friends, teammates, and coaches, the lessons that he has learned from them, and the profound impact they have had in shaping the person he has become.