Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair (2021)

Directed by

Alanis Obomsawin

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film shows Senator Murray Sinclair accepting an award for his work on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It also includes firsthand accounts from survivors of Indian residential schools.

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What happens

Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Alanis Obomsawin and released in 2021. The film intercuts excerpts of former Canadian senator Murray Sinclair's 2016 acceptance speech, when he was presented with an award by the World Federalist Movement-Canada in honour of his role as chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, with the personal testimonies of various survivors of the Canadian Indian residential school system. The film premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, as part of its special Celebrating Alanis retrospective of Obomsawin's films. The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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