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Doug Cuthand

Doug Cuthand

Doug Cuthand is a member of the Little Pine First Nation, a Plains Cree community in Saskatchewan. A seasoned filmmaker and journalist, active since the late 1980s, he runs the Saskatoon-based production company Blue Hills Productions, and his many director/producer credits include the mini-series Big Bear, the stop-motion animation series Guardians Evolution, and NFB-produced documentarieslike The Gift of the Grandfathers (1997), Patrick’s Story (1999) and Donna’s Story (2001). He writes for the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix and Regina Leader-Post and received the 2003 Best Column Award from the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA). He’s the author of Tapwe (2005) and Askiwina: A Cree World (2007).

  • Donna's Story
    Donna's Story
    Doug Cuthand 2001 50 min
    This intimate documentary paints a portrait of one Cree woman who left life on the streets to re-emerge as a powerful voice counseling Indigenous adults and youth about abuse and addiction. Raised in foster homes and caught up in drugs and prostitution by the age of 13, Donna Gamble shares her exhilarating and tumultuous journey and what motivated her to turn her life around. Together with her mother and daughters, Donna is working to shatter the cycle of addiction that has plagued their family for generations.

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