Where the Spirit Lives

1989

Where 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.

Quelle: Wikipedia(englisch)
Kinostart:1989
weitere Titel:
Where the Spirit Lives
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
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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
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