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Are there any movies like horror or suspense films to burn this First Nation’s boarding school concept into our collective conscious?
by vmception 5y ago
Are there any movies like horror or suspense films to burn this First Nation’s boarding school concept into our collective conscious?
- michael1999 5y agoThere's definitely some exciting new fiction out there, but you don't need fiction to render the memory of these prison schools searing. https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/st-anne-residential-school-opp-documents https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/08/25/cover-up-of-residential-school-crimes-a-national-shame.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SFfMnmR-b0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_tcCpKtoU0 http://sisis.nativeweb.org/resschool/sep1997.html
- michael1999 5y agoAnd the Truth and Reconciliation Commission final report is public. It's right there to read. Volume 4 is "Missing Children and Unmarked Burials". http://www.trc.ca/about-us/trc-findings.html http://www.trc.ca/about-us/trc-findings.html Pressure is building right now to fund these projects and make a proper accounting of the unmarked and uncounted dead. This is just one of dozens of crime scenes. Consider telling your MP you support this effort.
- michael1999 5y agoBut if you want genre fiction, Blood Quantum is fun and timely. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Quantum_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Quantum_(film)