Where the Spirit Lives
Bruce Pittman1990-06-06
A moving tribute to a young girl's courage and indomitable spirit...
6.2
96 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Michelle St. John | Komi / Amelia | Unowned |
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Kim Bruisedhead Fox | Anataki | Unowned |
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Marianne Jones | Komi's Mother | Unowned |
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Gus Chief Moon | Ka - moos - ee | Unowned |
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Clayton Julian | Pita / Abraham | Unowned |
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Margaret Cozry | Grandmother | Unowned |
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Marge Fox | Anataki's Mother | Unowned |
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Ann-Marie MacDonald | Kathleen | Unowned |
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Sean Mulcahy | Priest | Unowned |
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Sam Malkin | Mr. Crawford | Unowned |
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Doris Petrie | Miss Weir | Unowned |
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Chapelle Jaffe | Miss Appleby | Unowned |
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Tina Louise Bomberry | Asst. Supervisor #2 | Unowned |
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Barbara Wheeldon | Matron | Unowned |
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John Friesen | Mr. Babcock | Unowned |
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Heather Hess | Rachel | Unowned |
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Cynthia Debassige | Esther | Unowned |
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Franklin Doss | George | Unowned |
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Darlene Shilling | Rose | Unowned |
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Margaret Martina | Sarah | Unowned |
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Sarah Williams | Ruth | Unowned |
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Patricia Collins | Mrs. Barrington | Unowned |
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Graham Greene | Komi's Father | Unowned |
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Rudy Medicine Crane | Rachel's Mother | Unowned |
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David Hemblen | Reverend Buckley | Unowned |
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Ron White | Taggert | Unowned |
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Sarah Williams | Ruth | Unowned |