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    Where the Spirit Lives

    96'

    1990-06-06

    6.2

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

    Drama

    Overview:

    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.

    WritingKeith Ross LeckieDirectingBruce Pittman

    Cast

    1

    Komi / Amelia

    Michelle St. John

    1

    Anataki

    Kim Bruisedhead Fox

    1

    Komi's Mother

    Marianne Jones

    1

    Ka - moos - ee

    Gus Chief Moon

    1

    Pita / Abraham

    Clayton Julian

    1

    Grandmother

    Margaret Cozry

    1

    Anataki's Mother

    Marge Fox

    1

    Kathleen

    Ann-Marie MacDonald

    1

    Priest

    Sean Mulcahy

    1

    Mr. Crawford

    Sam Malkin

    1

    Miss Weir

    Doris Petrie

    1

    Miss Appleby

    Chapelle Jaffe

    2

    Asst. Supervisor #2

    Tina Louise Bomberry

    1

    Matron

    Barbara Wheeldon

    1

    Mr. Babcock

    John Friesen

    1

    Rachel

    Heather Hess

    1

    Esther

    Cynthia Debassige

    1

    George

    Franklin Doss

    1

    Rose

    Darlene Shilling

    1

    Sarah

    Margaret Martina

    1

    Ruth

    Sarah Williams

    1

    Mrs. Barrington

    Patricia Collins

    3

    Komi's Father

    Graham Greene

    1

    Rachel's Mother

    Rudy Medicine Crane

    1

    Reverend Buckley

    David Hemblen

    1

    Taggert

    Ron White

    1

    Ruth

    Sarah Williams

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Canada
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. Atlantis Films
      2. CBC
      3. Amazing Spirit Productions Ltd.
    • Vote Count: 5
    • Popularity: 1.371
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Where the Spirit Lives

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