We Were Children
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For over 130 years till 1996, more than 100,000 of Canada's First Nations children were legally required to attend government-funded schools run by various Christian faiths. There were 80 of these 'residential schools' across the country. Most children were sent to faraway schools that separated them from their families and traditional land. These children endured brutality, physical hardship, mental degradation, and the complete erasure of their culture. The schools were part of a wider program of assimilation designed to integrate the native population into 'Canadian society.' These schools were established with the express purpose 'To kill the Indian in the child.' Told through their own voices, 'We Were Children' is the shocking true story of two such children: Glen Anaquod and Lyna Hart.
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Cast
44 people
Lyna Hart
Self
Ross McMillan
Father Y
Known for
The Lazarus Project
The Saddest Music in the World
Jason Sherman
Tim Wolochatiuk
Laszlo Barna
Glen Anaquod
Self
David Christensen
Alicia Hamelin
Lyna (4 Yrs Old)
Kyle Irving
Jade Hamelin
Lyna (10 Yrs Old)
Also in
Crash Site
Jessica Lo
Jennie Morin
Lyna (18 Yrs Old)
Tim Wolochatiuk Director · Jason Sherman Writer Shawn Pierce Composer
Budget $16M · United States release March 3, 2013 · Produced in Canada
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Budget
$16,500,000
Production
Eagle Vision
Production
eOne
Production
Canada
Produced in
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Ojibwa
Release dates
Canada · March 3, 2012
Theatrical
United States · March 3, 2013
Cinequest Film Festival
Netherlands
November 15, 2012 · Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival
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