1 option
Two worlds colliding / the National Film Board of Canada presents ; written and directed by Tasha Hubbard ; producer, Bonnie Thompson ; Western Centre - English Program, National Film Board of Canada.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police--Complaints against--Saskatchewan--Saskatoon.
- Police.
- Police misconduct--Saskatchewan--Saskatoon.
- Police misconduct.
- Indians of North America--Crimes against--Saskatchewan--Saskatoon.
- Indians of North America.
- Racism--Saskatchewan--Saskatoon.
- Racism.
- Indians of North America--Crimes against.
- Police--Complaints against.
- Saskatchewan--Saskatoon.
- Genre:
- Documentary-style films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (49 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:
- Two Worlds Colliding chronicles the painful story of what came to be known as Saskatoon's infamous "freezing deaths," and the schism between a fearful, mistrustful Aboriginal community and a police force that must come to terms with a shocking secret. One frigid night in January 2000, a Native man, Darrell Night, finds himself dumped by two police officers in -20° C temperatures in a barren field on the city outskirts and finds shelter at a nearby power station. He survives the ordeal but is stunned to hear that the frozen body of another Aboriginal man is discovered in the same area. Days later, another victim, also Native, is found. When Night comes forward with his story, he sets into motion a chain of events: a major RCMP investigation into several suspicious deaths, the conviction of the two constables who abandoned him and the reopening of an old case, leading to a judicial inquiry. It remains to be seen whether the gulf between the two worlds can be bridged.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Andrea Menard.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, George Hupka ; editor, Harley Michailuck ; original music, Ross Nykiforuk.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Western Centre - English Program, National Film Board of Canada, c2004.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed August 3, 2015).
- Publisher Number:
- nf-twc Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.