Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place (1988)
- Directed by
- Alanis Obomsawin
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 29 min
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary examines an Indigenous-run addiction treatment center in Canada. It shows how colonialism and racism have contributed to substance abuse, and shares the stories of people finding healing through culturally based care.
informativeearnestsoberhopefulreflectivepersonalcompassionategrounded
More like this
- Come Clean
- No Address (1988)
- Crazywater (2013)
- The Myths of Mental Illness (1988)
- Through a Blue Lens (1999)
- Waseskun (2016)
- Calling the Shots (1988)
- Drug Addict (1948)
This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.
Browse movies and series
press Enter to search by title, your filters still apply · for something by mood, tap Discover
Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers
Loading movies…