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- Stolen Sisters: Discrimination and Violence Against Indigenous Women in
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Link to Report: http://www.amnesty.ca/stolensisters/amr2000304.pdf
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Women Make Movies
FILM ON MURDERED & MISSING
ABORIGINAL WOMEN IN CANADA
Finding
Dawn
A
film by Christine
Welsh
Canada,
2006, 73 minutes, Color, VHS/DVD
Order No. W08943
FINDING
DAWN
puts a human face on a tragedy that has received precious little attention –
and one which is surprisingly similar to the situation in Ciudad Juarez, on the
other side of the U.S. border. Dawn Crey, Ramona Wilson and Daleen Kay Bosse
are just three of the estimated 500 Aboriginal women who have gone missing or
been murdered in Canada over the past 30 years. Acclaimed Métis filmmaker Christine
Welsh embarks on an epic journey to shed light on these murders and
disappearances that remain unresolved to this day. She begins at Vancouver’s
skid row where more than 60 poor women disappeared and travels to the “Highway
of Tears” in northern British Columbia where more than two dozen women (all but
one Native) have vanished.
This engrossing film illustrates the deep historical, social and economic
factors that contribute to the epidemic of violence against Aboriginal women.
It highlights the disturbing, world-wide culture of impunity that allows
murders of women – especially those who are poor, indigenous, or sex workers –
to go unsolved and unpunished. Recommended viewing for courses in Native and
Indigenous studies, women’s studies, sociology, psychology and courses that
cover issues of violence against women.
Women Make Movies Contact
Liza Brice - lb@wmm.com
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