Our People Will Be Healed

Directed by Alanis Obomsawin

Canada, 2017 (documentary, 97 minutes, colour, English)

Also known as "Le chemin de la guérison"

Image: © National Film Board of Canada

Video (National Film Board of Canada)

Film Description:
"Our People Will Be Healed [...] reveals how a Cree community in Manitoba has been enriched through the power of education. The Helen Betty Osborne Ininiw Education Resource Centre in Norway House, north of Winnipeg, receives a level of funding that few other Indigenous institutions enjoy. Its teachers help their students to develop their abilities and their sense of pride. In addition to teaching academic subjects, the school reconnects students with their ancestral culture."
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by:	Alanis Obomsawin
Produced by:	Alanis Obomsawin, Annette Clarke
Narrator:	Alanis Obomsawin
Film Editing:	Alison Burns
Music:	Michel Dubeau, Lauren Bélec
Production Company:	Office national du film du Canada / National Film Board of Canada

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Notes about Our People Will Be Healed

Shown at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2017.

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Quote about Our People Will Be Healed

"'Everywhere I go, I really listen to a lot of people, and many ideas come from that,' [Alanis Obomsawin] says, describing her system. 'So when I went to Norway House and I saw this school, it was just unbelievable.' Obomsawin is referring to the Helen Betty Osborne Ininiw Education Resource Centre, a school built on the site of a residential school that actively strives to undo the damage caused by those older institutions that engaged in robbing their students of their culture. Obomsawin's cameras are there to catch that process, which includes kids being re-taught their native Cree language, or older kids going on a wilderness canoe trip that connects them to an ancient way of life. And, yes, Obomsawin, who is 85 years old, was there for it."
-- Randall King (source)

Bibliography for Our People Will Be Healed

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

King, Randall. "85-year-old filmmaker telling a story of hope." Interview with Alanis Obomsawin. Winnipeg Free Press, November 4, 2017.
Nicoll, Doreen. "Alanis Obomsawin: legendary filmmaker releases her 50th film." Interview with Alanis Obomsawin. Herizons, vol. 32, no. 1, Spring 2018.
Patch, Nick. "50 films & counting; Alanis Obomsawin sees her work telling Indigenous people's stories not as a career, but as a mission." Interview with Alanis Obomsawin. Toronto Star, September 9, 2017.

Web Sites about Our People Will Be Healed

National Film Board of Canada. "NFB -- Our People Will Be Healed." National Film Board of Canada. http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=59480#nav-version.
Office national du film du Canada. "ONF -- Le chemin de la guérison." Office national du film du Canada. http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/fr/notre-collection/?idfilm=66685. [in French]