Documentary ·History ·TV Movie · France · 2021 · 1h 13m

Killing the Indian in the Child

Tuer l'indien dans le coeur de l'enfant

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Director
Gwenlaouen Le Gouil
Cast
Gwenlaouen Le Gouil as Self - Narrator (voice) Edmund Metatawabin as Self - Residential School Survivor Mike Metatawabin as Self - Residential School Survivor Charlie Angus as Self - Politician Justin Trudeau as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Crew
Soline Braun — Editor Olivier Adelen — Original Music Composer Gwenlaouen Le Gouil — Writer Caroline Kelsch — Producer Heike Lettau — Producer
Synopsis

The Indian Act, passed in Canada in 1876, made members of Aboriginal peoples second-class citizens, separated from the white population: nomadic for centuries, they were moved to reservations to control their behavior and resources; and thousands of their youngest members were separated from their families to be Christianized: a cultural genocide that still resonates in Canadian society today.

Mood & Themes
sexual abuseracismontario, canadaforced conversioncanadian historynative canadiancanadian politicsforced assimilationcultural genocide
Key Collaborators
Gwenlaouen Le Gouil Director Soline Braun Editor Olivier Adelen Original Music Composer Gwenlaouen Le Gouil Writer Caroline Kelsch Producer Heike Lettau Producer
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