⭐ 6.2/10
Movie • 1990
Where the Spirit Lives
“A moving tribute to a young girl's courage and indomitable spirit...”
Synopsis
In 1937, a young First Nations girl named Ashtecome is kidnapped along with several other children from a village as part of a deliberate Canadian policy to force First Nations children to abandon their culture in order to be assimilated into white Canadian/British society. Taken to a boarding school where she's forced to adopt Western Euro-centric ways and learn English, often under brutal treatment, she has the support of one sympathetic white teacher.
Release date
1990-06-06
Original language
EN
Status
Released
Popularity
2
