Residential School Filmes
- 2018
Indian Horse
Indian Horse72018HD
Follows the life of Native Canadian Saul Indian Horse as he survives residential school and life amongst the racism of the 1970s. A talented hockey...
- 2023
Bones of Crows
Bones of Crows7.72023HD
Cree matriarch Aline Spears survives a childhood in Canada’s residential school system to continue her family’s generational fight in the...
- 2021
V.C. Andrews' Pearl in the Mist
V.C. Andrews' Pearl in the Mist7.42021HD
Ruby is hopeful for a new start with her twin sister as they continue their education at an all-girl's boarding school. However, she soon endures...
- 2013
Rhymes for Young Ghouls
Rhymes for Young Ghouls6.7682013HD
In 1976, a Mi'gMaq teenager plots revenge against the sadistic Indian agent who imprisoned her in a residential school where rape and abuse are...
- 1971
Christmas at Moose Factory
Christmas at Moose Factory81971HD
A study of life at Christmastime in Moose Factory, an old settlement mainly composed of Cree families on the shore of James Bay, composed entirely of...
- 2022
Lakota Nation vs. United States
Lakota Nation vs. United States22022HD
Poet Layli Long Soldier crafts a searing portrait of her Oyate’s connection to the Black Hills, through first contact and broken treaties to...
- 2012
We Were Children
We Were Children7.52012HD
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...
- 2017
The Last Stop
The Last Stop7.82017HD
The Élan School was a for-profit, residential behavior modification program and therapeutic boarding school located deep within the woods of...
- 2022
Bill Reid Remembers
Bill Reid Remembers02022HD
Renowned Haida artist Bill Reid shares his thoughts on artistry, activism and his deep affection for his homeland in this heartwarming tribute from...
- 2013
A Common Experience
A Common Experience02013HD
A poetic exploration of the multi-generational affects of Canada's Indian Residential School system, based on the personal trials of Aboriginal...
- 2017
In Jesus’ Name: Shattering the Silence of St. Anne's Residential School
In Jesus’ Name: Shattering the Silence of St. Anne's Residential School02017HD
A poignant all-Indigenous English and Cree-English collaborative documentary that breaks long-held silences imposed upon indigenous children who were...
- 1992
Surviving Columbus
Surviving Columbus01992HD
This Peabody Award-winning documentary from New Mexico PBS looks at the European arrival in the Americas from the perspective of the Pueblo Peoples.
- 2023
Double M Country
Double M Country02023HD
Carrie Davis was part of the child removal system near the end of the Sixties Scoop. With guidance from her uncle Emmett Sack and the community,...
- 2017
Holy Angels
Holy Angels02017HD
Documentary about the Holy Angels Residential School in Alberta, where hundreds of First Nations children were imprisoned.
- 2019
Haida Modern
Haida Modern02019HD
In the 50 years since he carved his first totem pole, Robert Davidson has come to be regarded as one of the world’s foremost modern artists....
- 2010
Pudana: Last of the Line
Pudana: Last of the Line62010HD
A little Nenets girl Neko is taken against her will from her home to a boarding school in a remote Russian village. Forced to adapt to a foreign...
- 2017
Consume
Consume02017HD
Residential school survivor Jacob struggles to hang onto his family as his demons threaten to manifest.
- 2021
I am the Warrior: A Residential School Story
I am the Warrior: A Residential School Story02021HD
"I Am the Warrior: A Residential School Story" depicts the struggling relationships between a mother and daughter fox after the mother has suffered...
- 2007
The Fallen Feather: Indian Industrial Residential Schools and Canadian Confederation
The Fallen Feather: Indian Industrial Residential Schools and Canadian Confederation02007HD
Between 1879 and 1986, upwards of 100,000 children in Canada were forcibly removed and placed into Indian Industrial Residential Schools. Their...
- 2015
Clouds of Autumn
Clouds of Autumn82015HD
The carefree childhood existence of an Indigenous brother and sister is torn apart when the sister is forced to attend a Residential School far from...