Trial at Fortitude Bay (1994)

Directed by

Vic Sarin

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lawyer defends an Inuk teenager charged with sexual assault. The boy and his village elders believe he has already atoned under their traditional system, but the prosecutor wants him punished under Canadian law. The film shows the clash between these two legal systems.

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What happens

Trial at Fortitude Bay is a television film released in 1994 and directed by Victor Sarin. It stars Henry Czerny, Raoul Trujillo, and Lolita Davidovich. Davidovitch plays Giana Antonelli, an attorney assigned to defend an Inuk youth from charges of sexual assault against a minor. The boy, Paloosie (played by Paul Gordon), asserts that he has not committed a crime, and the village elders believe that he has already made up for it. Czerny plays Daniel Metz, a prosecuting attorney eager to punish Paloosie under Canadian law. The film highlights the conflict between governmental and traditional systems of law, and also Canada's conflicts with the native peoples over self governance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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