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FILM CATALOGUE

Search the Winnipeg Film Group's Film Catalogue for independent Canadian films dating back to 1973.

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Urban Eclipse: Rising Tides of Kekekoziibii (Shoal Lake 40 First Nation)

By Jesse Green, Vanda Fleury-Green | 01:17:10 | Documentary | 2010-12-18

Filmmaker Jesse Green travels to his home community of Shoal Lake 40 interviewing people about the impacts of the City of Winnipeg aqueduct in the 100+ years since it was built. Weaving in interviews with historians and archival material Green builds a strong case about the exploitation of his community.

Dory

By John Kozak | 00:48:00 | Drama, Narrative-Fiction | 01/01/1990

Tennessee Williams meets Alfred Hitchcock. It's a hot summer night. Dory and her sister live in an isolated prairie farmhouse with Dory's infant daughter Becky. With the evening comes mental and physical abuse. Sister Dory, you see is quite mad.

My Boy

By Sage | 00:25:00 | Documentary | 1/03/18

In 2014 Lydias son, Colten Pratt, went missing off the streets of Winnipeg. In the weeks that followed, Lydia was met with adversity as she tried desperately to find her son. It seemed to her, that the plight of a lost Aboriginal man fell on deaf ears. Weeks turned to months, months turned to years.…

I am the Captain of this Ship

By Roger D. Wilson (Cooper) | 00:05:57 | Documentary, Experimental | 1/01/18

Numbness, dissociation, and isolation were the only survival techniques he knew and the forest and his own mind became his stage and his safeguard.

Surfacing

By Trevor Kristjanson | 00:04:58 | Narrative-Fiction | 1/04/17

A woman deals with trauma during a guided meditation session with her therapist.

Clean

By Danielle Sturk | 00:02:44 | Documentary, Experimental | 01/11/2015

A woman comes clean in a car wash.

Exploitation

By Luther Alexander | 00:04:50 | Drama | 19/11/2014

In Canada's backyard, a colonial history of oppression and cultural genocide against Aboriginal women has created a vicious cycle of poverty, greed, addiction and abuse. And in the streets these women must overcome their situations in order to survive and at the same time, have their stories known and understood.

Last Bastard, The

By Ashley Fester | 00:20:36 | Drama, Narrative-Fiction | 02/01/2015

Mrs. Reynolds confusion and denial surrounding her husbandâs abuse of their adopted daughter May, (stolen from her reserve) leads her to foster only boys. Everything seems to be under control, until their neighborâs daughter, Abigale Tate is dropped off for the day.

A Common Experience

By Shane Belcourt | 00:10:16 | Documentary, Drama | 01/06/2013

A poetic exploration of the multi-generational affects of Canada's Indian Residential School system, based on the personal trials of Aboriginal playwright Yvette Nolan.

Sacred Seven, The

By Jordan Molaro | 00:09:14 | Narrative-Fiction | 01/01/2010

The Sacred Seven is an inspiring story about Mellissa, a seven year old foster child who grounds herself with the Seven Sacred Teachings taught by the late Elder Dorris Campbell. This film offers a mere glimpse into the realm of a neglectful foster home and how one child strives to establish balance.

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