It's Hard to Get It Here

198444 min 29 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Norma BaileyIan Elkin

Production: Norma BaileyMichael ScottIan ElkinJan D'Arcy

Script: Bob LowerO. Brion Whitford

It's Hard to Get It Here documents the lives of three young Native people trying to cope with urban life. Bernice is an unemployed single mother; Mousie is intermittently employed, emotionally tied to the Reserve, but committed to staying with Emma, their son, and her daughters from a previous marriage. Their experiences in Winnipeg fall into the middle range; there are no happy endings, but no unhappy ones either.

Subject categories

  • Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Adolescents and Young AdultsCultural ConflictPrairies
  • Social Issues > Indigenous PeoplesUrban LifeYoung Adults

Credits

director
Norma Bailey
Ian Elkin
producer
Norma Bailey
Michael Scott
Ian Elkin
executive producer
Jan D'Arcy
Michael Scott
script
Bob Lower
O. Brion Whitford
camera
Ian Elkin
sound
Norma Bailey
editing
Lara Mazur
Norma Bailey
sound editing
Ken Rodeck
re-recording
Clive Perry
narrator
O. Brion Whitford
music
Ron Halldorson