We Were Children (2012)
3.8 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 28min
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- Synopsis:
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. - Actors:
- Rene Batson, Taya Ayotte Bourns, Alice Dano, Justin Ducharme, Darcy Fehr, Darren Felbel, Rebecca Gibson, Kristen Harris, Ashley Hirt, Robert Kostyra, Daina Leitold, John B. Lowe, Ross McMillan, Curtis Moore, Fawnda Neckoway, Jacqueline Rano, Rachel Seenie, Jon Ted Wynne
- Genres:
- Drama
- Countries:
- Canada
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