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Suckerfish
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

Video > Documentary
Contributors
Jackson, Lisa; National Film Board of Canada.
Description
"When she was around 8, Lisa Jackson began to suspect that she was part Native. Then her mother told her that their Indian name was Nahmabin, or Suckerfish. When she was 10, Lisa fled Toronto to live with relatives in Vancouver to escape her mother's depression, alcoholism and prescription drug abuse - legacies of the residential school experience. Twenty years later, as she sifts through memories and letters from her mom, Lisa constructs a portrait of a woman whose drive to love her daughter triumphed over her demons of addiction."

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Holding Library
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia
Statement of Responsibility
written, produced and directed by Lisa Jackson.
Publication Information
[Montreal] : National Film Board of Canada
Physical Description
1 videodisc (8 min.) : digital, sd., col. 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Title from disc surface.;"A National Film Board of Canada release"--container.;"0104297"--disc surface.
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