This film I enjoyed very much indeed (I have always been hugely interested in the 500 nations and histories of indigenous peoples from around the worlds poor treatment). I would recommend watching it but if you want full disclosure, it unfortunately is not to be found here. For a Cree history story to be told, and directed, by an actual tribal nation member I was expecting a much more revealing production. It starts off with a narration from a woman that tells you diddly squat; thus you have no foundation to expand on. Even by films end you have still not discovered how everybody found themselves in the predicament that they all exist in. The colonial master type still exists with the usual social classification garbage going on but, though racism doesn't appear to be prevalent yet the indigenous Cree peoples are victimized! That is how the film trundles along and all you know is that the Cree are trying to save their children (from the colonial reform school/camp/academy).
Its a "Different day, same crap and nothing changes" story and, that's how life is and always will be. At least (but I won't hold my breath) until people get off the backsides and tell the totalitarians they have had enough!
A phrase that I have always thought as being near the top of the Top 10 list of absolute BS quotes is, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it". This was said by the Spaniard - and ex Harvard Professor - George Santayana ( December/16/1863 - September/26/1952). Life does not revolve around and exist in the balance of common sense and so the quotation is irrelevant! (IMHO). Mark Twain famously said: "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme."
I myself have a much less comedic thought on this. My belief is that history is a brief moment of the past but human faults are permanent and never become history; therefore humanity will never learn from them!" Arrogance, brutality, bullying, greed, violence, warmongering etc have always been more important to the majority of Homo Sapiens throughout mankind's existence!
