NFB Collection
Puberty Part 1 - Kwaozán'tsut ti pál7a 1 (Salish Version)
197514 min 17 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Alanis Obomsawin
An intimate portrait of Marie Leo, a Sto:lo woman who was adopted into a Líl̓wat family as a baby. Marie’s gentle narrative of her remarkable early childhood demonstrates a deep connection to culture, land and family that continues to endure.
This short is part of the L’il’wata series. In the early 1970s, at the outset of her documentary career, Alanis Obomsawin visited the Líl̓wat Nation, an Interior Salish First Nation in British Columbia, and created a series of shorts that provide personal narratives about Líl̓wat culture, histories and knowledge.
Remastered on DVD in 2009.
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Subject categories
- Families > AdolescentsIndigenous Families
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Adolescents and Young AdultsBritish ColumbiaPortraitsResidential SchoolsWomen
- Children and Youth > Coming of Age StoriesIndigenous Youth
- Women - Portraits > Indigenous Women
- Intangible Culture & Literature > Biographies, Autobiographies
- Justice System & Indigenous People > Family Law, Child Welfare, Adoption
- Roles & Relationships > Feminism & Women
- Indigenous Peoples: Canada > Interior SalishStó:lo
- Education > Residential Schools History, Personal Accounts, Experience
Credits
- director
- Alanis Obomsawin
- voice
- Marie Leo