http://vimeo.com/50154878
This documentary offers first hand accounts of Kuper Island residential school survivors and children of these survivors, vividly outlining the true experiences of these First Nations peoples. The film has a somber feel to it, offering raw emotion expressed by these damaged generations of families due to the harmful effects the forceful removal from their cultures had on them and their families. This film would be best utilized in grades 10 through 12 classrooms as some of the tragic stories of the survivors are quite graphically descriptive. However, the real emotion shown in this film is a great way to teach students about historical empathy while teaching them the Aboriginal history of residential schooling as well.
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