Kwekanamad : the wind is changing
Type
Audio/Visual
Authors
Category
Audio Visual and Multimedia Materials
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Publication Year
1999
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada, Canada
Tags
Art museums -- Ontario -- Ottawa -- Planning, Indigenous peoples -- Canada, Suicide victims -- Family relationships, First Nations -- Community development, First Nations -- Arts, First Nations -- Museums, First Nations -- Suicide -- Adolescents, Art museums -- Planning, Documentary films, Ontario -- Ottawa, Annie Smith-St-Georges, Indigenous Peoples -- Canada -- Ethnic Identity, Ethnic identity, Ontario
Description
"Annie Smith-St-Georges is an Algonquin mother and wife whose son Yanik ended his life in 1990. In memory of her son and all young Natives struggling to find meaning in life, Annie envisioned the building of a National Aboriginal Arts and Performance Centre in Ottawa, to be designed by Douglas Cardinal. In this film, we meet Annie and her husband during the final year of their crusade for the Centre, eight years after the death of their son. The film centres around Annie's memories, and her relationships with her family, her friends (including Métis author Bernard Assiniwi) and her community (including Algonquin elder William Commanda)."--WorldCat.org.
Number of Copies
1