Film·1990·PG·1h 36m

Where the Spirit Lives

Drama

In 1937, a young First Nations girl named Ashtecome is kidnapped along with several other children from a village as part of a deliberate Canadian policy to force First Nations children to abandon their culture in order to be assimilated into white Canadian/British society. Taken to a boarding school where she's forced to adopt Western Euro-centric ways and learn English, often under brutal treatment, she has the support of one sympathetic white teacher.

Directed by Bruce Pittman

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Cast

12 credited

Michelle St. John
Michelle St. JohnKomi / Amelia
Kim Bruisedhead Fox
Kim Bruisedhead FoxAnataki
Marianne Jones
Marianne JonesKomi's Mother
Gus Chief Moon
Gus Chief MoonKa - moos - ee
Clayton Julian
Clayton JulianPita / Abraham
Margaret Cozry
Margaret CozryGrandmother
Marge Fox
Marge FoxAnataki's Mother
Ann-Marie MacDonald
Ann-Marie MacDonaldKathleen
Sean Mulcahy
Sean MulcahyPriest
Sam Malkin
Sam MalkinMr. Crawford
Doris Petrie
Doris PetrieMiss Weir
Chapelle Jaffe
Chapelle JaffeMiss Appleby

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