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Hollow water / the National Film Board of Canada presents ; director: Bonnie Dickie ; producer: Joe MacDonald ; narration written by Bonnie Dickie, Tina Mason.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Restorative justice--Manitoba.
- Restorative justice.
- Sex offenders--Rehabilitation--Manitoba.
- Sex offenders.
- Indian children--Abuse of--Manitoba.
- Indian children.
- Indian children--Abuse of.
- Healing circles.
- Sexual abuse victims.
- Sex offenders--Rehabilitation.
- Manitoba.
- Sexual abuse victims--Manitoba.
- Healing circles--Manitoba.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (48 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Montréal, Québec] : [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, [2015]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- More than a decade ago, members of a tiny Ojibway reserve on the shores of Lake Winnipeg set out to take justice into their own hands. Hollow Water, in Central Manitoba, is home to 450 people--many of them victims of sexual abuse. The offenders have left a legacy of pain and denial, addiction and suicide. By law, they were the responsibility of the Manitoba justice system. But jail had not stopped offenders in the past. "Punishing people and telling them they needed to heal, didn't make sense," says one community counsellor. Instead, Hollow Water chose to bring the offenders home to face justice in a community healing and sentencing circle. Based on traditional practices, this unique model is reuniting families and healing both victims and their offenders. Hollow Water documents the moving journey of one family, torn apart by years of abuse, who struggle to confront their past. This is a powerful tribute to one community's ability to heal and change.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Joy Keeper.
- Credits:
- Music performed by Onjida, Jody T. Gaskin ; cinematographers, Ian Elkin [and 3 others] ; editor, David McGunigal.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: National Film Board of Canada, c2000.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed July 29, 2015).
- Publisher Number:
- nf-hollow Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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