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Where the Spirit Lives

Where the Spirit Lives (1989)

Drama | 96 minutes
4,00 1 votes

Genre: Drama

Duration: 96 minuten

Country: Canada

Directed by: Bruce Pittman

Starst: Michelle St. John, Kim Bruisedhead Fox and Marianne Jones

IMDb score: 7,4 (318)

Releasedate: 6 June 1990

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Where the Spirit Lives plot

"A moving tribute to a young girl's courage and indomitable spirit..."

Canada, 1937. Under the pretense of an outing, the government kidnaps a number of Native American children and sends them to a boarding school, where they must forget their origins and become "civilized" people. Unable to feel at home in white culture, Amelia attempts to flee.

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Michelle St. John Michelle St. John

Komi / Amelia

Kim Bruisedhead Fox Kim Bruisedhead Fox

Anataki

Marianne Jones Marianne Jones

Komi's Mother

Gus Chief Moon Gus Chief Moon

Ka - moos - ee

Clayton Julian Clayton Julian

Pita / Abraham

Margaret Cozry Margaret Cozry

Grandmother

Marge Fox Marge Fox

Anataki's Mother

Ann-Marie MacDonald Ann-Marie MacDonald

Kathleen

Sean Mulcahy Sean Mulcahy

Priest

Sam Malkin Sam Malkin

Mr. Crawford

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