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2012 44 min
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Ce documentaire nous présente Rene Catcheway et Melvin Delorme, deux jeunes Autochtones issus de milieux perturbés qui risquent d’échouer leur secondaire. Or, Randy Baleski, enseignant et ancien boxeur, croit au pouvoir transformateur de la boxe. Melvin et Rene multiplient les entraînements exténuants, et constatent que la boxe est davantage un mode de vie qu’un sport. Mais est-ce suffisant pour leur permettre de rompre avec une existence jalonnée de coups durs?

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Ce documentaire nous présente Rene Catcheway et Melvin Delorme, deux jeunes Autochtones issus de milieux perturbés qui risquent d’échouer leur secondaire. Or, Randy Baleski, enseignant et ancien boxeur, croit au pouvoir transformateur de la boxe. Melvin et Rene multiplient les entraînements exténuants, et constatent que la boxe est davantage un mode de vie qu’un sport. Mais est-ce suffisant pour leur permettre de rompre avec une existence jalonnée de coups durs?

Sports and Leisure Education Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) Social Issues All subjects
Indigenous Cinema
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    Ervin Chartrand
    John Blerot
    Ginette D'Silva
    Faye Yoneda
    Monique Perron
  • direction
    Ervin Chartrand
  • producer
    Joe MacDonald
  • editor
    Craig Guiboche
  • director of photography
    Reil Munro
    Charles Konowal
    Jonathan Bland
  • location sound recorder
    Kirby Hammond
  • production assistant
    Roger Boyer
  • online editing
    Joe Owens
  • colorist
    Joe Owens
  • transcripts
    Sharon Murphy
  • sound mixing
    John Blerot
  • production supervisor
    Mark Power
    Scott Collins
  • marketing director
    Leslie Stafford
    Kelly Fox
  • program administrator
    Cyndi Forcand
    Darin Clausen
  • executive producer
    Derek Mazur
    David Christensen

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Ages 13 to 17
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Health/Personal Development - Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution Indigenous Studies - Identity/Society
Before screening the film, ask students to brainstorm metaphors that originated with the sport of boxing; then, with partners or in small groups, discuss how these metaphors can be used to describe everyday situations. After viewing the film, discuss what metaphors might apply to the life stories of Rene Catcheway and Melvin Delorme. Ask students what advice they would give Catcheway and Delorme’s teachers. If they were friends with either of the film’s subjects, what would they want to say to them?
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