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Cast
Michelle St. John | As: Komi / Amelia | |
Kim Bruisedhead Fox | As: Anataki | |
Marianne Jones | As: Komi's Mother | |
Gus Chief Moon | As: Ka - moos - ee | |
Clayton Julian | As: Pita / Abraham |
Storyline
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.
Tagline: | A moving tribute to a young girl's courage and indomitable spirit... |
Certification: | PG |
Cast
Michelle St. John |
Komi / Amelia |
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Kim Bruisedhead Fox |
Anataki |
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Marianne Jones |
Komi's Mother |
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Gus Chief Moon |
Ka - moos - ee |
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Clayton Julian |
Pita / Abraham |
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Margaret Cozry |
Grandmother |
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Marge Fox |
Anataki's Mother |
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Ann-Marie MacDonald |
Kathleen |
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Sean Mulcahy |
Priest |
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Sam Malkin |
Mr. Crawford |
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Doris Petrie |
Miss Weir |
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Chapelle Jaffe |
Miss Appleby |
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Tina Louise Bomberry |
Asst. Supervisor #2 |
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Barbara Wheeldon |
Matron |
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John Friesen |
Mr. Babcock |
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Heather Hess |
Rachel |
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Cynthia Debassige |
Esther |
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Franklin Doss |
George |
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Darlene Shilling |
Rose |
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Margaret Martina |
Sarah |
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Sarah Williams |
Ruth |
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Patricia Collins |
Mrs. Barrington |
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Graham Greene |
Komi's Father |
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Rudy Medicine Crane |
Rachel's Mother |
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David Hemblen |
Reverend Buckley |
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Ron White |
Taggart |
Directed By
Bruce Pittman |
Director |
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Writing Credits
Keith Ross Leckie |
Writer |
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Production Crew
Paul Stephens |
Executive Producer |
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Heather Haldane |
Producer |
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Eric Jordan |
Producer |
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Arlene Berman |
Casting |
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Scott Shepherd |
Producer |
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Mary Young Leckie |
Producer |
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Nancy Harvey |
Production Manager |
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Edited By
Michael Todd |
Editor |
Costume and Makeup
Nicole Demers |
Makeup Artist |
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Sylvie Krasker |
Costume Design |
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Perry Kutsch |
Hairstylist |
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Sound
Buffy Sainte-Marie |
Music |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Rene O'Hashi |
Director of Photography |
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Lighting
Art Department
Tim Bider |
Art Direction |
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Jane Manchee |
Set Decoration |
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Valanne Ridgeway |
Production Design |
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Other Crew
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