NFB Collection
Puberty - Part 2
197517 min 30 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Alanis Obomsawin
Elder Marie Leo recounts her experiences going through puberty. Growing up on the Líl̓wat Nation near Mount Currie, B.C., Marie details the important process of preparing for womanhood. The various tasks and duties she undertakes demonstrate a complex, beautiful journey a young Líl̓wat person undergoes as they welcome adulthood and increased responsibilities.
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.
Availability
Subject categories
- Families > AdolescentsIndigenous Families
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Adolescents and Young AdultsBritish Columbia
- Children and Youth > Indigenous YouthSexuality
- Health & Wellbeing > Children’s Health Women’s Health
- Indigenous Peoples: Canada > Interior Salish
Credits
- director
- Alanis Obomsawin
- voice
- Marie Leo