this river

Dawn Crey. Ramona Wilson. Daleen Kay Bosse. These are just three of the estimated 500 Indigenous women who have gone missing or been murdered in Canada over the past thirty years. Directed by acclaimed Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh, Finding Dawn is a compelling documentary that puts a human face to this national tragedy. This is an epic journey into the dark heart of Indigenous women's experience in Canada. From Vancouver's skid row, where more than 60 women are missing, we travel to the Highway of Tears in northern British Columbia, and onward to Saskatoon, where the murders and disappearances of Indigenous women remain unresolved. Along the road to honour those who have passed, we uncover reason for hope. It lives in Indigenous rights activists Professor Janice Acoose and Fay Blaney. It drives events such as the annual Women's Memorial March in Vancouver and inspires communities all along the length of Highway 16 to come together to demand change. Finding Dawn illustrates the deep historical, social and economic factors that contribute to the epidemic of violence against Indigenous women in this country. It goes further to present the ultimate message that stopping the violence is everyone's responsibility.

Cette rivière expose sous un angle très presonnel l'insoutenable déchirement que représente la recherche d'un être cher porté disparu. Kyle Kematch et Katherena Vermette ont tous deux connu cet immense chagrin. L'une des sœurs de Kyle est disparue il y a plus de cinq ans. Il travaille aujourd'hui pour l'organisme bénévole Drag the Red, qui mène des recherches dans la rivière Rouge afin de trouver des indices qui auraient un lien avec des membres disparus de la communauté autochtone. Katherena est une poète et une auteure dont toutes les œuvres s'inspirent d'un drame familial survenu il y plus de vingt ans. Bien que les circonstances de la perte que chacun d'eux a subie diffèrent, Kyle et Katherena incarnent la beauté, la dignité, la résilience et le militantisme né du besoin d'agir.

It took one little boy, Jordan River Anderson, and his determined family to ensure that thousands of First Nations children can today receive the same standard of health care as the rest of the Canadian population. In Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger, Alanis Obomsawin chronicles the long legal fight against a system that caused injustices and suffering that resulted in the establishment of Jordan's Principle, which ensures First Nations children get the services they need when they need them.