Beyond the Shadows. n.p.: Gryphon Productions, 1992. - Available at kanopystreaming.com
This is a twenty-eight-minute documentary packed with heartfelt testimony by First Nation peoples in Canada who suffered "multi-generational rape" in boarding schools. The quote from the documentary is literal and figurative: children were often abused culturally, physically, emotionally, and sexually over decades. Multi-generational trauma continues to reverberate through First Nation communities.
In addition to testimony, the documentary demonstrates First Nation peoples healing themselves through workshops with trained professionals. The healing shown is in small and larger groups--affirming one another, telling their stories, and developing creative ways of expressing the pain through theater.
This documentary is a reminder that the legacy of abuses against First Nation peoples has a long way to go before being acknowledged and addressed, and much longer before being redressed.
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