Freedom Road: Women / Ikwewag
2019•12m•Released
Documentary
Shoal Lake 40 women talk about their struggles, and those of their parents and grandparents, in trying to raise their families in a hazardous state of enforced isolation. Everyone in the community has a harrowing story of a loved one falling through the ice while trying to get across the lake, with pregnant women and new mothers fearing for their babies and having no choice but to make the trek in dangerous conditions. The film shows the key role of the community’s women in demanding funding for the road from three levels of government, and how their reconnection to culture and ceremony give them the strength to keep going.
Director
Angelina McLeod
Writer
Angelina McLeod
Languages
English
Studio
ONF | NFB
Cast
Tania Bruyere
Self
Roxanne Greene
Self
Ann Redsky
Self
Angelina McLeod
Self
Production
Company
ONF | NFB
Producer
Alicia Smith
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