We Were Children

For over 130 years till 1996, more than 100,000 of Canada's First Nations children were legally required to attend government-funded schools run by various Christian faiths. There were 80 of these 'residential schools' across the country. Most children were sent to faraway schools that separated them from their families and traditional land . These children endured brutality, physical hardship, mental degradation, and the complete erasure of their culture. The schools were part of a wider program of assimilation designed to integrate the native population into 'Canadian society.' These schools were established with the express purpose 'To kill the Indian in the child.' Told through their own voices, 'We Were Children' is the shocking true story of two such children: Glen Anaquod and Lyna Hart.

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We Were Children är en dokumentärfilm från 2012, regisserad av Tim Wolochatiuk. I rollerna ses bland andra Lyna Hart, Ross McMillan, Glen Anaquod och Alicia Hamelin.

Med en speltid på 1 timmar och 28 minuter är We Were Children en produktion från Canada. Originalspråket är engelska. Hos tittarna har filmen ett snittbetyg på 7.2 av 10 baserat på 11 röster. På Filmotek uppdaterar vi löpande var du kan streama, hyra eller köpa We Were Children i Sverige.