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Nos histoires - Ça devait être fait

2008 22 min
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Nos histoires - Ça devait être fait explore le lourd héritage des pensionnats autochtones par l'entremise de deux femmes extraordinaires ayant pris l'étonnante décision de retourner à l'école qui a si profondément bouleversé leur vie. Ce film intimiste et touchant témoigne de la force et de la dignité dont elles ont fait preuve pour défendre leur cause et changer les choses à leurs propres conditions.

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Nos histoires - Ça devait être fait explore le lourd héritage des pensionnats autochtones par l'entremise de deux femmes extraordinaires ayant pris l'étonnante décision de retourner à l'école qui a
si profondément bouleversé leur vie. Ce film intimiste et touchant témoigne de la force et de la dignité dont elles ont fait preuve pour défendre leur cause et changer les choses à leurs propres conditions.

Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) Education Women Women - Portraits All subjects
Indigenous Cinema
  • None
    Tessa Desnomie
    Lucas Hart
    Todd Bryanton
    Cody Gamracy
    Ron Scott
    Rob Bryanton
    Evan Rust
    Leslie Stafford
  • direction
    Tessa Desnomie
  • editing
    Chris Bailey
  • narration
    Tessa Desnomie
  • camera
    Jeremy Drummond
  • artist
    Owen Gieni
  • music - interpretation
    Todd Bryanton
  • sound editing
    Al Sherbin
    Evan Rust
    David J. Taylor
  • colour correction
    Jack Tunnicliffe
  • online editing
    Trevor Bennett
  • location photographer
    Kiriako Iatridis
  • production coordinator
    Monique Perron
    Rolande Petit
  • program administrator
    Cyndi Forcand
  • production supervisor
    Scott Collins
  • associate producer
    Stephanie Scott
  • producer
    Joe MacDonald
  • executive producer
    Derek Mazur

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Education

Ages 16 to 18
School subjects
Indigenous Studies - History/Politics Indigenous Studies - Identity/Society Indigenous Studies - Issues and Contemporary Challenges

Ideal for class discussion, essays, and research on the realities of residential schools and actions that can be taken to make positive change within unjust systems. Discuss how taking action to ignite change for social justice is imperative in the reshaping of Canada’s future, to ensure the harms of the past do not continue. What are the long-term effects of malnutrition and physical and psychological abuse on children? Research nutrition experiments done on students at residential schools and discuss whether this was ethical. If healthy and nurturing supports are not put in place for children who suffer abuse, what are the common long-term social implications? What sort of healing support systems can be put in place to encourage healing for adults who suffered abuse as children? 

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