1990 · 1h 36m · Movie
Where the Spirit Lives
A moving tribute to a young girl's courage and indomitable spirit...
Drama
In 1937, a young First Nations girl named Ashtecome is kidnapped along with several other children from a village as part of a deliberate Canadian policy to force First Nations children to abandon their culture in order to be assimilated into white Canadian/British society. Taken to a boarding school where she's forced to adopt Western Euro-centric ways and learn English, often under brutal treatment, she has the support of one sympathetic white teacher.
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In theaters: June 6, 1990
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