The Pass System
Saturday 1:10pm UNS
50 min.
2015
Director: Alex Williams
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The Pass System illuminates Canada’s hidden history of racial segregation. For over 60 years, the Canadian government often denied Indigenous peoples the basic freedom to leave their reserves without a pass. Cree, Soto, Dene, Ojibwe and Blackfoot Elders of the prairie land where this took place tell their stories of living under and resisting the system, and link their experiences to today. Acclaimed Cree actor and activist Tantoo Cardinal narrates this investigative look into a little-known aspect of Canadian history. Music by Aboriginal cellist and composer, Cris Derksen.
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