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Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 10, 2019

Runtime

1h 5m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

80%

Original Title

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

Director

Alanis Obomsawin

Description

The story of a young boy forced to spend all five years of his short life in hospital while the federal and provincial governments argued over which was responsible for his care, as well as the long struggle of Indigenous activists to force the Canadian government to enforce “Jordan’s Principle” — the promise that no First Nations children would experience inequitable access to government-funded services again.