where the spirit lives pt3

Where the Spirit Lives (1989) is a drama film about Aboriginal children getting taken from their tribes to attend residential schools. The film starred Michelle St. John as Amelia, a young First Nations girl captured and forcibly confined to the residential school system of the 1930s. The system was an attempt to force aboriginal youth to assimilate into white culture; in the film, Amelia resists this kind of assimilation and attempts to plan her escape. The film's cast also includes Ann-Marie MacDonald and David Hemblen as teachers at the school.

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[Kyuuqsoft]

@supersinem1 Actually, many years ago, when the aboriginals still lives in the teepee, many aboriginal used the washroom in the woods, because there is no toilet in the woods. In Europeans, they're different, because Europeans are more polite than Aboriginals.

Most people outside of Europe, Northern Africa, and Asia, used the bathroom in the woods or a forest. Today, using the washroom in the floor has considered a bad manners. so always use the toilet. when using the washroom not on the floor.

[meenah62]

Very sad, and a shame for those children to be taken from their families, abused and then assimilated into what was called to be "acceptable" in a white man's society. Many lives ruined, many even died.

[waskewitch123]

my dad went to a school like this when he was a kid

[shannoncommodore]

sad movie :(



[montexan18]

@groovylocks

haha na I meant having a vhs player is hard!

[groovylocks]

@montexan18 playing one is easy. Put it in, press play (troubleshooting: if it keeps stopping and ejecting, press rewind.). Getting it online is a bitch.

[supersinem1]

hahahahaha he peed on the floor davie "P

[joshingjen]

Awesome, I like this movie!

[montexan18]

thank god you exist, there is no way I would be able to play a vhs, way too low tech for these days.

[CrazyNative4]

cool