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Women in the Shadows

Directed by Norma Bailey
Canada, 1991 (documentary, 56 minutes, colour, English)
Women in the Shadows
Image: © National Film Board of Canada

Film Description:
"This intensely personal documentary follows Indigenous writer and filmmaker Christine Welsh as she embarks on an extraordinary physical and spiritual journey in search of her Métis foremothers. It is the story of one Métis woman's reconciliation with her past and her people--a coming to terms with loss and with the price that has been paid for assimilation, and a celebration of survival."
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Christine Welsh
Produced by: Christine Welsh, Signe Johansson, Tony Snowsill, Ginny Stikeman
Participants: Carmen Roenspiess, Jessica Wallman, David Zelionka, Brenda Knoll, Jamie Sarophim, Sophia Stone, Sharon Moberly, Debra Piapot
Film Editing: Lara Mazur
Production Company: Direction Films, National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada
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