National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Unfolding over 100 years, this sweeping drama by powerhouse BC-based director, Marie Clements (Métis/Dene), tells the story of Cree matriarch Aline Spears and her family - a multi-generational epic of resilience, survival and the pursuit of justice.

Stories of hope and homecoming intersect as changemakers Ecko Aleck of the Nlaka'pamux Nation (Lytton), Alfonso Salinas of the shíshálh Nation (Sunshine Coast) and Charlene SanJenko of Splatsin of the Secwépemc Nation (Shuswap) learn and document the teachings of their Elders.

In 1967, Charlie Bittern was forced to run 80 km through a blizzard by the principal of the Birtle Indian Residential School in Manitoba. 55 years later, he's embarking on the same journey with his family at his side.

Acclaimed documentarian Alanis Obomsawin (Abenaki) blends a powerful speech by the Ojibwe former senator and Truth and Reconciliation Commission chair with powerful testimonies from survivors of the residential school system.

As a small child, Nakuset was taken from her home in Thompson, Manitoba, and adopted into a Jewish family in Montreal. With help from her Bubby, she reclaimed her Indigenous heritage.

Mi'kmaw poet and author Rebecca Thomas sets out to reclaim the language stolen from her father at residential school, while exploring the complicated past that's kept it from her.

Artist Carey Newman - Ha̱yałka̱ng̱a̱me’ (Kwakwak'awakw/Coast Salish) creates a piece called the "Witness Blanket" that commemorates the experiences of residential school survivors across Canada.

Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter revisits a monumental event in 1969, when a visionary young artist, Robert Davidson, raised Haida Gwaii's first totem pole in almost a century.

Director Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Blood Tribe, Blackfoot Confederacy / Sámi) tells the story of the Musqueam's 200-day vigil to halt a Vancouver condo development that unearthed ancestral remains.

Lyana Patrick (Stellat’en First Nation) shares her story of her family's powerful story of love and survival at Lejac Indian Residential School in northern BC.