Residential School Movies

  • 2017
    In Jesus’ Name: Shattering the Silence of St. Anne's Residential School

    In Jesus’ Name: Shattering the Silence of St. Anne's Residential School

    In Jesus’ Name: Shattering the Silence of St. Anne's Residential School

    02017HD

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

    In Jesus’ Name: Shattering the Silence of St. Anne's Residential School
  • 2017
    In the Beginning was Water and Sky

    In the Beginning was Water and Sky

    In the Beginning was Water and Sky

    92017HD

    A haunting and visually stunning fairytale that blends the horrors of fantasy and the real life historical events of colonization and Indian Boarding...

    In the Beginning was Water and Sky
  • 2020
    Stories Are in Our Bones

    Stories Are in Our Bones

    Stories Are in Our Bones

    02020HD

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

    Stories Are in Our Bones
  • 2021
    Fly on the Wall: Canada’s Residential School Legacy

    Fly on the Wall: Canada’s Residential School Legacy

    Fly on the Wall: Canada’s Residential School Legacy

    02021HD

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

    Fly on the Wall: Canada’s Residential School Legacy
  • 2007
    The Fallen Feather: Indian Industrial Residential Schools and Canadian Confederation

    The Fallen Feather: Indian Industrial Residential Schools and Canadian Confederation

    The Fallen Feather: Indian Industrial Residential Schools and Canadian Confederation

    02007HD

    Between 1879 and 1986, upwards of 100,000 children in Canada were forcibly removed and placed into Indian Industrial Residential Schools. Their unique...

    The Fallen Feather: Indian Industrial Residential Schools and Canadian Confederation
  • 1962
    The Eyes of Children

    The Eyes of Children

    The Eyes of Children

    01962HD

    Christmastime at the Roman Catholic-run Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia.

    The Eyes of Children
  • 2017
    Among the Forest

    Among the Forest

    Among the Forest

    02017HD

    A young boy finds himself alone in the forest, fighting for survival, after escaping a residential school.

    Among the Forest
  • 2006
    Muffins for Granny

    Muffins for Granny

    Muffins for Granny

    02006HD

    Muffins for Granny is a remarkably layered, emotionally complex story of personal and cultural survival. McLaren tells the story of her own grandmothe...

    Muffins for Granny