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Quiet Killing
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'Quiet Killing' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Kim O'Bomsawin and released in 2018.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1088280/kim-obomsawin-documentaire-ce-silence-qui-tue "Kim OBomsawin tend la main avec le documentaire Ce silence qui tue"]. Ici Radio-Canada Manitoba, March 9, 2018. An examination of the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women, the film explores the reasons why indigenous women are uniquely vulnerable to violence by juxtaposing the stories of some missing or murdered women with the personal testimonies of women who are doing activism on the issue and women who have personally survived incidents of violence.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/espaces-autochtones/1087280/ce-silence-qui-tue-documentaire-choc-femmes-autochtones-disparues-assassinees-kim-obomsawin-michele-rouleau "Ce silence qui tue : documentaire-choc sur les femmes autochtones disparues et assassines"]. Ici Radio-Canada Espace Autochtones, March 5, 2018.
The film's original French version premiered theatrically at the Rendez-vous Qubec Cinma in 2018,[https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/521364/rendez-vous-quebec-cinema-celles-qui-meurent-et-celles-qui-restent "Femmes autochtones: celles qui meurent et celles qui restent"]. 'Le Devoir', February 27, 2018. and the film was broadcast as an episode of APTN's television documentary series 'Perspectives APTN' in both English and French versions.
The film won the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social or Political Documentary Program at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/csa-nonfiction-gala-1.5072719 "Gord Downie's Secret Path, Amazing Race and CBC News among Canadian Screen Awards winners"]. CBC News, March 26, 2019.
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Category:2018 films
Category:2018 documentary films
Category:Documentary films about First Nations
Category:Quebec films
Category:Donald Brittain Award winning shows
Category:Documentary films about violence against women
Category:Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls movement
Category:Documentary films about crime in Canada
Category:2010s French-language films
Category:French-language Canadian films
Category:2010s Canadian films
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