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Where the Spirit Lives (1989) is a drama film about Aboriginal children in Canada being taken from their tribes to attend residential schools for assimilation into majority culture. Written by Keith Ross Leckie and directed by Bruce Pittman, it aired on CBC Television in 1989. The film starred Michelle St. John as Amelia, a young First Nations girl captured and confined to the residential school system of the 1930s. The system was an attempt to have aboriginal youth to assimilate into the majority European-Canadian culture. Amelia resists assimilation and plans her escape. The film's cast includes Ann-Marie MacDonald and David Hemblen as teachers at the school.
Original Release
10/27/1989
US Release
06/06/1990
Cast
Name | Character |
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Michelle St. John | Amelia / Komi |
Kim Bruisedhead Fox | Anataki |
Marianne Jones | Komi's Mother |
Gus Chief Moon | Ka-moos-ee / Ka - moos - ee |
Clayton Julian | Abraham / Pita |
Margaret Cozry | Grandmother |
Marge Fox | Anataki's Mother |
Ron White | Taggert / Taggart |
Ann-Marie MacDonald | Kathleen |
Sean Mulcahy | Priest |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Michelle St. John | Amelia / Komi |
Kim Bruisedhead Fox | Anataki |
Marianne Jones | Komi's Mother |
Gus Chief Moon | Ka-moos-ee / Ka - moos - ee |
Clayton Julian | Abraham / Pita |
Margaret Cozry | Grandmother |
Marge Fox | Anataki's Mother |
Ron White | Taggert / Taggart |
Ann-Marie MacDonald | Kathleen |
Sean Mulcahy | Priest |
Sam Malkin | Mr. Crawford |
Doris Petrie | Miss Weir |
Chapelle Jaffe | Miss Appleby |
Tina Louise Bomberry | Assistant Supervisor #2 / Asst. Supervisor #2 |
Barbara Wheeldon | Matron |
David Hemblen | Reverend Buckley |
John Friesen | Mr. Babcock |
Heather Hess | Rachel |
Cynthia Debassige | Esther |
Franklin Doss | George |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Paul Stephens | Executive Producer |
Heather Haldane | Producer |
Eric Jordan | Producer |
Scott Shepherd | Producer |
Mary Young Leckie | Producer |