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Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
202129 min 19 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Alanis Obomsawin
Production: Alanis Obomsawin (National Film Board of Canada)Annette Clarke (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Alanis Obomsawin
A National Film Board of Canada production.
As the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Senator Murray Sinclair was a key figure in raising global awareness of the atrocities of Canada’s residential school system. Alanis Obomsawin shares the powerful speech the Senator gave when he accepted the WFM-Canada World Peace Award, interspersing the heartbreaking testimonies of former students. The honouring of Senator Sinclair reminds us to honour the lives and legacies of the tens of thousands of Indigenous children taken from their homes and cultures, and leaves us with a profound feeling of hope for a better future
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Subject categories
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > ChildrenDiscriminationRelations with Government and Security ForcesResidential Schools
- Law and Crime > Human Rights
- History and Citizenship Education > Culture and Currents of Thought (1500-present)
- Indigenous Studies > Issues and Contemporary Challenges
- Colonizing Government Policy, Impacts & Outcomes > Impacts of Government Policy on Indigenous Peoples (General)
- Indigenous Governance General (Modern, Contemporary) > Indigenous/Federal Government Relations
- Education > Residential Schools History, Personal Accounts, Experience Residential Schools Trauma & Healing
Credits
- director
- Alanis Obomsawin
- writer
- Alanis Obomsawin
- editor
- Alison Burns
- director of photography
- Germán Gutiérrez
- location sound
- Tod Van Dyk
- sound editor
- Don Ayer
- original music
- Lauren Bélec
- Michel Dubeau
- musician
- Lauren Bélec
- Michel Dubeau
- Éloi Amesse
- re-recording
- Jean Paul Vialard
- lead animator
- Élise Simard
- compositor
- Élise Simard
- additional animation
- Devan Marinaccio
- technical consultant
- Faiyaz Jafri
- research
- Alanis Obomsawin
- archival research
- Katherine Kasirer
- rights clearances
- Katherine Kasirer
- online editor
- Denis Pilon
- graphic design
- Mélanie Bouchard
- Alain Ostiguy
- titles
- Jacques Bertrand Simard
- credits
- Jacques Bertrand Simard
- digital editing technician
- Pierre Dupont
- Marie-Josée Gourde
- Isabelle Painchaud
- Patrick Trahan
- sound technician
- Bernard Belley
- technical coordinator
- Daniel Lord
- post-production coordinator
- Amanda Roy
- marketing manager
- François Jacques
- publicist
- Nadine Viau
- assistant to Alanis Obomsawin
- Michael Shu
- legal counsel
- Dominique Aubry
- production coordinator
- Christine Williams
- senior production coordinator
- Cheryl Murgatroyd
- studio administrator
- Leslie Anne Poyntz
- producer
- Alanis Obomsawin
- executive producer
- Annette Clarke