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Record information – Brief We Were Children
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:2012Item number (ISN):565781Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADIAN TELEVISION FUNDAccession:2015-0028Media:VideoPart:1 of 1Production date:2012Production company:Eagle Vision
Entertainment One
National Film Board of CanadaProduction credit:director, Tom Wolochatiuk; producer, David Christensen; Kyle Irving; executive producer, Laszlo Barna; Loren Mawhinney; Lisa Meeches; secnario, Jason Sherman; photography, Kim Bell; Jeremy Benning; editing, John Whitcher; music, Shawn PierceCast credit:Rene Batson, Taya Ayotte Bourns, Alice Dano, Justin Ducharme, Darcy Fehr, Darren Felbel, Rebecca Gibson, Kristen Harris, Ashley Hirt, Robert Kostyra, Daina Leitold, John B. Lowe, Ross McMillan, Curtis Moore, Fawnda Neckoway, Jacqueline Rano, Rachel Seenie, Jon Ted WynneDescription:This feature film shows the impact of the Canadian government's residential school system conveyed through the eyes of two children who were forced into residential schools. Young children were taken from their homes and placed in church-run boarding schools, where they suffered physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, the impact of which has lasted with them until their adult lives. This film features both interviews with survivors as well as dramatic re-enactments. <88mn 00s>Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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