Drama

Where the Spirit Lives

- A moving tribute to a young girl's courage and indomitable spirit...

In 1937, a young First Nations (Canadian native) girl named Ashtecome is kidnapped along with several other children from a village as part of a deliberate Canadian policy to force First Nations children to abandon their culture in order to be assimilated into white Canadian/British society. She is taken to a boarding school where she is forced to adopt Western Euro-centric ways and learn English, often under brutal treatment. Only one sympathetic white teacher who is more and more repelled by this bigotry offers her any help from among the staff. That, with her force of will, Ashtecome (forced to take the name Amelia) is determined to hold on to her identity and that of her siblings, who were also abducted.

Release Date : 1990-06-06

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Atlantis FilmsCBCAmazing Spirit Productions Ltd.

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Cast

Character Name : Komi / Amelia

Original Name : Michelle St. John

Gender : Female

Character Name : Anataki

Original Name : Kim Bruisedhead Fox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Komi's Mother

Original Name : Marianne Jones

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ka - moos - ee

Original Name : Gus Chief Moon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pita / Abraham

Original Name : Clayton Julian

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grandmother

Original Name : Margaret Cozry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anataki's Mother

Original Name : Marge Fox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kathleen

Original Name : Ann-Marie MacDonald

Gender : Female

Character Name : Priest

Original Name : Sean Mulcahy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Crawford

Original Name : Sam Malkin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Weir

Original Name : Doris Petrie

Gender : Female

Character Name : Miss Appleby

Original Name : Chapelle Jaffe

Gender : Female

Character Name : Asst. Supervisor #2

Original Name : Tina Louise Bomberry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Matron

Original Name : Barbara Wheeldon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Babcock

Original Name : John Friesen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rachel

Original Name : Heather Hess

Gender : Male

Character Name : Esther

Original Name : Cynthia Debassige

Gender : Male

Character Name : George

Original Name : Franklin Doss

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rose

Original Name : Darlene Shilling

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sarah

Original Name : Margaret Martina

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ruth

Original Name : Sarah Williams

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Barrington

Original Name : Patricia Collins

Gender : Female

Character Name : Komi's Father

Original Name : Graham Greene

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rachel's Mother

Original Name : Rudy Medicine Crane

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reverend Buckley

Original Name : David Hemblen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Taggart

Original Name : Ron White

Gender : Male

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