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Description

1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 84 min.)) : sound, color

Access

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Credits

Directed by Bruce Mcdonald.

Cast

Ryan Black, Adam Beach, Lisa LaCroix, Michael Greyeyes, Kevin Hicks, Jennifer Podemski, Sandrine Holt.

Summary

Director Bruce McDonald explores life in a northern Ontario native reservation. This drama, based on a book by W.P. Kinsella, examines the tension between Native Canadians and Anglos in Canada from a Native perspective. Silas Crow, who lives on a Northern Ontario reserve, wants to take a mechanic's course with his friend Frank Fencepost. But before he can enroll, the teen must write a short narrative describing his home. The film is a series of alternatively poignant vignettes from Crow's narrative.

Audience

Rated R.

System Details

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Note

GMD: electronic resource.

Subject

Indigenous peoples -- Ontario -- Sucker Lake -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.

Indigenous peoples -- Ontario -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.

Murder -- Ontario -- Sucker Lake -- Fiction.

Indigenous teenagers -- Ontario -- Fiction.

Indigenous teenagers -- Ontario -- Sucker Lake -- Fiction.

Added Author

Dennis, Brian,

McKellar, Don, 1963-

McDonald, Bruce, 1959-

Hicks, Kevin,

Holt, Sandrine,

Black, Ryan,

Podemski, Jennifer,

Beach, Adam, 1972-

Frizzell, John, 1966-

Greyeyes, Michael,

Jewison, Norman, 1926-2024

LaCroix, Lisa.,

Kinsella, W. P.

Added Title

hoopla (Digital media service)

Music No.

MWT11547644