
Movie·1990·1h 36m
Where the Spirit Lives
A moving tribute to a young girl's courage and indomitable spirit...
Directed By
Bruce Pittman
Country
Canada
Language
English
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The Story
In 1937, a young First Nations (Canadian native) 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. She is taken to a boarding school where she is forced to adopt Western Euro-centric ways and learn English, often under brutal treatment. Only one sympathetic white teacher who is more and more repelled by this bigotry offers her any help from among the staff. That, with her force of will, Ashtecome (forced to take the name Amelia) is determined to hold on to her identity and that of her siblings, who were also abducted.
Written By
Keith Ross Leckie
Producer
Paul Stephens, Mary Young Leckie
Cinematography
Rene Ohashi
Music
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Editor
Michael Todd
Themes
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Audience Score
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