Sleeping Children Awake (1992)

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary outlines the history of Canada's residential school system and its impact on First Nations people. It was produced and directed by Rhonda Kara Hanah.

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What happens

Sleeping Children Awake is a Canadian feature-length, documentary video outlining the history of the residential school system and its effect on generations of First Nations’ people. The video was first released in 1992, to a premiere theatrical screening and broadcast on Thunder Bay Television. The documentary has a running time of 50 minutes and 50 seconds. It was produced and directed by the independent filmmaker Rhonda Kara Hanah. Lakehead University and Thunder Bay Television funded the documentary. Hanah used her own resources to begin work on the production, until the financing from Lakehead and Thunder Bay Television was established. After its release, the video won a number of awards for its portrayal of the residential school system. The documentary was recognized for its role in combatting racism and religious intolerance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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