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Where the Spirit Lives

1990 · 1h 36m · Drama

A moving tribute to a young girl's courage and indomitable spirit...

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7.5

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Overview

In 1937, a young First Nations girl named Ashtecome is kidnapped along with several other children from a village as part of a deliberate Canadian policy to force First Nations children to abandon their culture in order to be assimilated into white Canadian/British society. Taken to a boarding school where she's forced to adopt Western Euro-centric ways and learn English, often under brutal treatment, she has the support of one sympathetic white teacher.

Cast

Michelle St. John

Michelle St. John

Komi / Amelia

Kim Bruisedhead Fox

Anataki

Marianne Jones

Komi's Mother

Gus Chief Moon

Ka - moos - ee

Clayton Julian

Pita / Abraham

Margaret Cozry

Grandmother

Marge Fox

Anataki's Mother

Ann-Marie MacDonald

Ann-Marie MacDonald

Kathleen

Sean Mulcahy

Priest

Sam Malkin

Sam Malkin

Mr. Crawford

Doris Petrie

Doris Petrie

Miss Weir

Chapelle Jaffe

Chapelle Jaffe

Miss Appleby

Tina Louise Bomberry

Asst. Supervisor #2

Barbara Wheeldon

Matron

John Friesen

John Friesen

Mr. Babcock

Heather Hess

Rachel

Crew

Details

Release date
June 6, 1990
Status
Released
Original language
English
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
PG
Genres
Drama

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