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We Were Children
2012
Directed by
Tim Wolochatiuk
88 min
For over 130 years till 1996, more than 100,000 of Canada's First Nations children were legally required to attend government-funded schools run by various Christian faiths. There were 80 of these 'residential schools' across the country. Most children were sent to faraway schools that separated them from their families and traditional land. These children endured brutality, physical hardship, mental degradation, and the complete erasure of their culture. The schools were part of a wider program of assimilation designed to integrate the native population into 'Canadian society.' These schools were established with the express purpose 'To kill the Indian in the child.' Told through their own voices, 'We Were Children' is the shocking true story of two such children: Glen Anaquod and Lyna Hart.
Ratings
3.5
Crew
Associate Producer
Director of Photography
Production Designer
First Assistant Director
Original Music Composer
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Assistant Production Coordinator
Second Assistant Director Trainee
Third Assistant Director
Set Production Assistant
Production Accountant
Details
Release Date
2012-03-03
Runtime
88 min
Original Language
English
Languages
English
Ojibwa
Production Companies
Countries
Canada
Genres
Documentary