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In Jesus' name : Shattering the silence of St. Anne's Residential School
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

2017
Video > Documentary
Related School
St. Anne's (ON)
Contributors
Enberg, Susan, G.; Metatawabin, Edmund; Susan G. Enberg Productions.
Description
"In Jesus' Name: Shattering the Silence of St. Anne's Residential School is a poignant all-Indigenous English and Cree-English collaborative documentary film that breaks long-held silences imposed upon children who were interned at the notoriously violent St. Anne's Residential School in Fort Albany First Nation, Ontario. First Nations children from all over the western James Bay region suffered isolation from family and community as well as physical, sexual, spiritual and cultural abuse at the hands of the Catholic Oblates of Mary Immaculate and the Sisters of Charity. Some were abused by other students who had learned violent behaviours from their 'caregivers.' While Chief Wilton Littlechild imparts some of what he learned from his six years as a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner, seven St. Anne's survivors publicly share their acutely emotional stories, some for the very first time. The film also brings to light how, in this era of truth and reconciliation, the Canadian government continues to try to silence knowledge of abuses that occurred at St. Anne's by withholding evidence from the survivors as they seek compensation for harms done to them when they were just children"--http://www.mcintyre.ca/titles/SGE000.
Language
English; Cree

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Alternate Title(s)
Shattering the silence of St. Anne's Residential School
Statement of Responsibility
Susan G. Enberg Productions Inc. ; producers, Susan G. Enberg, Edmund Metatawabin ; director, Susan G. Enberg.
Publication Information
Orangeville, ON : McIntyre Media Inc.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (42 min.) : sound, colour with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally produced as a documentary in 2017.
This video contains material that may be disturbing to some viewers. The producers of this film recommend that mental health supports be made available to audiences.
Director of photography, Ilan Waldman ; editor, Susan G. Enberg.
In English and Cree. Closed captioned.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Educational use and Personal use. http://copyright.ubc.ca/dvd-restrictions
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