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• Title:Forgotten warriors / director, Loretta Todd ; narration written by Loretta Todd ; European unit director, Gil Cardinal ; executive producer, Graydon McCrea ; producers, Michael Doxtater, Carol Geddes, Jerry D. Krepakevich ; a National Film Board of Canada Studio 1 production.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Todd, Loretta.
  Xwi7xwa Collection
  National Film Board of Canada.
  
• Published/Created:[Montreal] : National Film Board of Canada, ©2008.
  

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  • Location:XWI7XWA LIBRARY audio-visual Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: DVD PF T63 F67 2008
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• FNHL (Xwi7xwa) Subjects: Indigenous Peoples--Veterans.
  Indigenous Peoples--Wars.
  
• Library of Congress Subjects:Indian veterans--Canada.
  World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Indian.
  Films for the hearing impaired.
  
• Description:1 videodisc (51 min., 15 sec.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
  
• Terms governing use:Restrictions: Site license. UBC faculty, staff & students only.
  
• Credits:Camera, Savas Kalogeras ; cinematography, Jim Jeffrey, Ali Kazami, Jean-Pierre Lachapelle, Kirk Tougas ; editors, Shirley Claydon, Gerald K. Wilson ; narrator, Gordon Tootoosis ; theme music, Russell Wallace.
  
• Cast:Nathaniel Arcand (native soldier), Michele Audette (woman), Bertha Twinn (mother).
  
• Summary:Follows the participation of Canadian aboriginal men and women in World War II and how through the Canadian Soldier Veteran's Settlement Act they lost thousands of acres of land upon their return to Canada. Veterans share their war memories and healing processes. Archival materials and dramatic re-creations are woven together with poignant interviews, as surviving Aboriginal veterans share their unforgettable memories of war and recount their determined struggle for equality when they returned. They travel back to Europe to perform a sacred circle for friends left behind in foreign grave sites.
  
• Notes:Originally produced in 1997.
  Produced with the assistance of Secretary of State.
  Stereo.
  DVD video.
  Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.