ReconciliAction Resources: Film and Television
Resources from Film and TV
Films & Documentaries about Truth and Reconciliation
- CBC Firsthand - Colonization RoadWith his brand of hard-hitting comedy, Ryan speaks with well respected Indigenous and settler lawyers, historians, researchers and policy makers who provide history, context and solutions for colonization roads and their impact.
- The Pass System byCall Number: E92 .W57 2015Publication Date: 2015The Pass System illuminates Canada’s hidden history of racial segregation. For over 60 years, the Canadian government often denied Indigenous peoples the basic freedom to leave their reserves without a pass. Cree, Saulteaux, Dene, Ojibwe and Blackfoot elders of the prairie land where this took place tell their stories of living under and resisting the system, and link their experiences to today
We Were Children by Call Number: E96.5 .W4 2012Publication Date: 2012As young children, Lyna and Glen were taken from their homes and placed in church-run boarding schools, where they suffered years of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, the effects of which persist in their adult lives. We Were Children gives voice to a national tragedy and demonstrates the incredible resilience of the human spirit.- Buffalo, a memorial byCall Number: E96.5 .B84 2012Publication Date: 2012Buffalo, a memorial is a personal family story told within the context of the Indian Residential School experience of survival, healing and reconciliation
- The Day of the ApologySpeeches from the House of Commons on the day of the official apology for Canada's policy of Indian residential schools. Includes responses from aboriginal leaders. Features archival photographs (black and white and colour) .
- The Road FowardAvailable through the NFB. A musical documentary by Marie Clements, connects a pivotal moment in Canada’s civil rights history—the beginnings of Indian Nationalism in the 1930s—with the powerful momentum of First Nations activism today. The Road Forward’s stunningly shot musical sequences, performed by an ensemble of some of Canada’s finest vocalists and musicians, seamlessly connect past and present with soaring vocals, blues, rock, and traditional beats. A rousing tribute to the fighters for First Nations rights, a soul-resounding historical experience, and a visceral call to action.
Recorded Lectures
- Anti-racist Research as PraxisDr. Sheelah McLean at the USask Building Reconciliation Forum, March 7, 2017.
- 150 Years of Canadian ColonizationArthur Manuel is a Secwepemc-Ktunaca activist. He discusses colonization in Canada and how this systemically impoverished Indigenous Peoples for generations. If Canada is going to renew its relationship with Indigenous Peoples it must recognize the colonial relationship it has with Indigenous Peoples.
- Born Again Savage - Chief Clarence LouiePublished on Sep 8, 2014
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. First Nations peoples are starting to regain their sense of being in some areas of Canada although in some regions they are still barely surviving.