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Jordan River Anderson, the messenger / the National Film Board of Canada presents ; a film by Alanis Obomsawin ; director/writer, Alanis Obomsawin ; producer, Alanis Obomsawin ; National Film Board of Canada, Quebec & Atlantic Centre.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anderson, Jordan River--Health.
- Anderson, Jordan River.
- Indian children--Services for--Canada.
- Indian children.
- Indian children--Canada--Social conditions.
- Indians of North America--Civil rights--Canada.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Civil rights.
- Social conditions.
- Indian children--Services for.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (65 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Available from some providers with title: Jordan River Anderson messenger
- Place of Publication:
- [Montréal, Québec] : [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, [2020]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioning available.
- 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:
- This film tells the story of how the life of Jordan River Anderson initiated a battle for the right of First Nations children to receive the same standard of social, health and educational services as the rest of the Canadian population.
- Credits:
- Editor, Alison Burns ; camera, Maarten Kroonenburg [and 5 others] ; original music by Lauren Bélec, Michel Dubeau.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: National Film Board of Canada, ©2019.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 18, 2020).
- Publisher Number:
- nf-jordan Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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