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Where the Spirit Lives

"A moving tribute to a young girl's courage and indomitable spirit..."

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.

Top Cast

  • Michelle St. John

    Michelle St. John

    Komi / Amelia

  • Kim Bruisedhead Fox

    Kim Bruisedhead Fox

    Anataki

  • Marianne Jones

    Marianne Jones

    Komi's Mother

  • Gus Chief Moon

    Gus Chief Moon

    Ka - moos - ee

  • Clayton Julian

    Clayton Julian

    Pita / Abraham

  • Margaret Cozry

    Margaret Cozry

    Grandmother

  • Marge Fox

    Marge Fox

    Anataki's Mother

  • Ann-Marie MacDonald

    Ann-Marie MacDonald

    Kathleen

  • Sean Mulcahy

    Sean Mulcahy

    Priest

Overview

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.

Rating

6.2 / 10
5 Reviews
1 Popular

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