Where the Spirit Lives
1989Where the Spirit Lives is a 1989 television film about Aboriginal children in Canada being taken from their tribes to attend residential schools for assimilation into majority culture. Written by Keith Ross Leckie and directed by Bruce Pittman, it aired on CBC Television on October 29, 1989.[2] It was also shown in the United States on PBS on June 6, 1990, as part of the American Playhouse series[3][4] and was screened at multiple film festivals in Canada and the United States.
The film stars Michelle St. John as Amelia, a young Kainai girl captured and confined to the residential school system of the 1930s. The system was an attempt to have aboriginal youth to assimilate into the majority European-Canadian culture. Amelia resists assimilation and plans her escape. The film's cast includes Ann-Marie MacDonald and David Hemblen as teachers at the school.
Kinostart: | 1989 | ||
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Genre: | Filmdrama | ||
Herstellungsland: | Kanada | ||
Originalsprache: | Englisch | ||
Farbe: | Farbe |
Regie: | Bruce Pittman | |
Kamera: | René Ōhashi | |
Musik: | Buffy Sainte-Marie | |
Produzent: | Heather Haldane | |
Darsteller: | Michelle St. John |
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1990 | Gemini Awards Gemini Best TV Movie | Gewinner |
1990 | Gemini Awards Gemini Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series | Gewinner |
1990 | Gemini Awards Gemini Best Performance by a Supporting Actress | Gewinner |
1990 | Gemini Awards Gemini Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series | Gewinner |
1990 | Lucas - International Festival of Films for Childr Lucas Children's Section | Gewinner |
1990 | Gemini Awards Gemini Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series | Nominiert |
1990 | Gemini Awards Gemini Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series | Nominiert |
1989 | Chicago International Film Festival Gold Plaque Television Production - Feature Film Made for TV - Network Special Achievement in Direction | Gewinner |
1989 | Vancouver International Film Festival Most Popular Canadian Film | Gewinner |