Residential School Movies

A study of life at Christmastime in Moose Factory, an old settlement mainly composed of Cree families on the shore of James Bay, composed entirely of...

A poetic exploration of the multi-generational affects of Canada's Indian Residential School system, based on the personal trials of Aboriginal...

Young native Indian Shi-Shi-Etko will soon be taken away from her home to begin her formal western education at a residential school, which were...

In this layered short film, filmmaker Janine Windolph takes her young sons fishing with their kokum (grandmother), a residential school survivor who...

Filmed on the island of Haida Gwaii, this documentary depicts the ongoing resistance and resurgence of the Haida people and their culture against the...

Renowned Haida artist Bill Reid shares his thoughts on artistry, activism and his deep affection for his homeland in this heartwarming tribute from...

“Kill the Indian to save the man” was the catchphrase of The Carlisle Indian Industrial School, a boarding school opened in Pennsylvania...

The Élan School was a for-profit, residential behavior modification program and therapeutic boarding school located deep within the woods of...

A poignant all-Indigenous English and Cree-English collaborative documentary that breaks long-held silences imposed upon indigenous children who were...

For more than 100 years, thousands of Indigenous children died while in Canada’s residential school system. Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones...

Residential school survivor Jacob struggles to hang onto his family as his demons threaten to manifest.

Follows the life of Native Canadian Saul Indian Horse as he survives residential school and life amongst the racism of the 1970s. A talented hockey...

Documentary about the production of Bunk #7.

In the 50 years since he carved his first totem pole, Robert Davidson has come to be regarded as one of the world’s foremost modern artists....

"I Am the Warrior: A Residential School Story" depicts the struggling relationships between a mother and daughter fox after the mother has suffered...

In 1976, a Mi'gMaq teenager plots revenge against the sadistic Indian agent who imprisoned her in a residential school where rape and abuse are...

Documentary about the Holy Angels Residential School in Alberta, where hundreds of First Nations children were imprisoned.

If you want to find world-class artisans, the small northern Labrador community of Hopedale offers you some of the best. Created through the St....

Cree matriarch Aline Spears survives a childhood in Canada’s residential school system to continue her family’s generational fight in the...

Ruby is hopeful for a new start with her twin sister as they continue their education at an all-girl's boarding school. However, she soon endures...