CinemaOSMovie · 1990 · 1h 36m · PG

Where the Spirit Lives

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

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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 byBruce Pittman

Status: Released
Runtime: 1h 36m
Language: EN
Released: June 6, 1990

Studios

CBC

Atlantis FilmsAmazing Spirit Productions Ltd.

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited

Starring

Michelle St. John

Michelle St. John

Komi / Amelia

Kim Bruisedhead Fox

Anataki

Marianne Jones

Komi's Mother

Gus Chief Moon

Ka - moos - ee

Clayton Julian

Pita / Abraham

Margaret Cozry

Grandmother

Marge Fox

Anataki's Mother

Ann-Marie MacDonald

Ann-Marie MacDonald

Kathleen

Sean Mulcahy

Priest

Sam Malkin

Sam Malkin

Mr. Crawford

Creative team

Directed by: Bruce Pittman
Written by: Keith Ross Leckie
Produced by: Mary Young Leckie
Scott Shepherd

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