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Finding Dawn

Finding Dawn

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 2006

Runtime

1h 13m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Finding Dawn

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

Director

Christine Welsh

Description

Acclaimed Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh presents a compelling documentary that puts a human face on a national tragedy: the murders and disappearances of an estimated 500 Aboriginal women in Canada over the past 30 years. This is a journey into the dark heart of Native women's experience in Canada. From Vancouver's Skid Row to the Highway of Tears in northern British Columbia, to Saskatoon, this film honours those who have passed and uncovers reasons for hope. Finding Dawn illustrates the deep historical, social and economic factors that contribute to the epidemic of violence against Native women in this country.