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Our People Will Be Healed
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'Our People Will Be Healed' is a 2017 Canadian documentary film by Alanis Obomsawin. The film premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[http://realscreen.com/2017/08/10/tiff-17-zweig-latimer-qayumi-and-obomsawin-talk-canadian-docs/ "TIFF 17: Zweig, Latimer, Qayumi and Obomsawin talk Canadian docs"]. 'RealScreen', August 10, 2017. The film explores the Helen Betty Osborne Ininiw Education Resource Centre, an N-12 Frontier School Division school in Norway House, Manitoba where Cree students are taught about their own history and culture alongside the regular Manitoba school curriculum.[http://realscreen.com/2017/08/09/tiff-17-the-carter-effect-our-people-will-be-healed-get-world-premieres/ "TIFF 17: The Carter Effect, Our People Will Be Healed get world premieres"]. 'RealScreen', August 9, 2017.
Obomsawin previously filmed at the school during the production of 'We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice' to document the story of Jordan River Anderson, a Cree child whose death became the basis of Jordan's Principle, a federal government commitment to funding services for Indigenous children. Impressed by the school's success in helping to develop strong, healthy children, she decided to tell its story in a standalone film. The title, 'Our People Will Be Healed' is a quote from someone interviewed in the film, and Obomsawin has said she sees a new optimism for Canadian Indigenous people.
In December, TIFF named the film to its annual Canada's Top Ten list of the ten best Canadian films.[https://nowtoronto.com/movies/film-fests-and-screenings/canadas-top-ten-2017-has-glaring-omissions/ "Canada's Top Ten has some glaring omissions"]. 'Now', December 6, 2017.
In 2021 the film was selected for inclusion in Celebrating Alanis, a retrospective program of Obomsawin's films at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.[https://www.shootonline.com/news/toronto-film-fest-unveils-platform-program-slate-riz-ahmed-head-jury "Toronto Film Fest Unveils Platform Program Slate; Riz Ahmed To Head Jury"]. 'Shoot Online', August 11, 2021.
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