Knowledge

We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice

Source 📝

348: 200: 158:
lawyer David Nahwegahbow, who describes the government's efforts to avoid living up to its agreements with Indigenous peoples. To make the film, Obomsawin followed the case for six years, recording testimony from all sides.
223: 298: 279: 429: 385: 424: 378: 439: 252: 454: 419: 371: 182: 469: 414: 178: 88: 464: 444: 434: 459: 143:
and her court case against the federal government of Canada for underfunding social services to children living on
409: 359: 449: 155: 165:
is the 49th film that Obomsawin has directed for the National Film Board of Canada—with her 50th,
136: 330: 144: 151: 280:"TIFF 2016 Women Directors: Meet Alanis Obomsawin — "We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice"" 201:"Alanis Obomsawin documents Cindy Blackstock's fight for equality for Aboriginal children" 8: 404: 63: 303: 325: 140: 132: 48: 30: 224:"We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice exposes Canada's barriers to reconciliation" 355: 398: 347: 319: 299:"Scenes from TIFF, Day 4: Bearing witness to films that tell the truth" 354:
This article related to a Canadian documentary film of the 2010s is a
150:
The film details how the federal government has resisted applying
181:. Subsequent Canadian film festival screenings included the 2016 253:"There's no stopping legendary documentarian Alanis Obomsawin" 205: 154:
to restitution efforts. Also appearing in the film is
430:
Documentary films about Indigenous rights in Canada
396: 379: 246: 244: 425:National Film Board of Canada documentaries 386: 372: 250: 241: 321:We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice 217: 215: 183:imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival 179:2016 Toronto International Film Festival 131:is a 2016 Canadian documentary film by 440:Canadian Aboriginal and indigenous law 397: 277: 221: 251:Brownstein, Bill (10 November 2016). 212: 342: 332:We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice 163:We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice 128:We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice 22:We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice 13: 455:English-language documentary films 420:Films directed by Alanis Obomsawin 14: 481: 313: 346: 222:Taylor, Kate (21 October 2016). 470:Canadian documentary film stubs 415:English-language Canadian films 292: 271: 194: 1: 188: 465:2010s documentary film stubs 445:2010s English-language films 358:. You can help Knowledge by 278:Berger, Laura (2016-09-15). 7: 435:Documentary films about law 79:13 September 2016 10: 486: 341: 177:The film premiered at the 172: 460:2010s Canadian film stubs 335:, watch on-line at NFB.ca 156:Assembly of First Nations 116: 108: 98: 70: 54: 44: 36: 26: 21: 410:2016 documentary films 145:First Nations reserves 307:, September 11, 2016. 450:2010s Canadian films 209:, September 2, 2016. 64:National Film Board 304:The Globe and Mail 228:The Globe and Mail 152:Jordan's Principle 16:2016 Canadian film 367: 366: 169:, in production. 124: 123: 477: 388: 381: 374: 350: 343: 308: 296: 290: 289: 287: 286: 275: 269: 268: 266: 264: 257:Montreal Gazette 248: 239: 238: 236: 234: 219: 210: 198: 141:Cindy Blackstock 133:Alanis Obomsawin 86: 84: 49:Cindy Blackstock 40:Alanis Obomsawin 31:Alanis Obomsawin 19: 18: 485: 484: 480: 479: 478: 476: 475: 474: 395: 394: 393: 392: 339: 316: 311: 297: 293: 284: 282: 276: 272: 262: 260: 249: 242: 232: 230: 220: 213: 199: 195: 191: 175: 101: 94: 82: 80: 73: 66: 59: 57: 17: 12: 11: 5: 483: 473: 472: 467: 462: 457: 452: 447: 442: 437: 432: 427: 422: 417: 412: 407: 391: 390: 383: 376: 368: 365: 364: 351: 337: 336: 328: 315: 314:External links 312: 310: 309: 291: 270: 240: 211: 192: 190: 187: 174: 171: 122: 121: 118: 114: 113: 110: 106: 105: 102: 99: 96: 95: 93: 92: 76: 74: 71: 68: 67: 62: 60: 55: 52: 51: 46: 42: 41: 38: 34: 33: 28: 24: 23: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 482: 471: 468: 466: 463: 461: 458: 456: 453: 451: 448: 446: 443: 441: 438: 436: 433: 431: 428: 426: 423: 421: 418: 416: 413: 411: 408: 406: 403: 402: 400: 389: 384: 382: 377: 375: 370: 369: 363: 361: 357: 352: 349: 345: 344: 340: 334: 333: 329: 327: 323: 322: 318: 317: 306: 305: 300: 295: 281: 274: 258: 254: 247: 245: 229: 225: 218: 216: 208: 207: 202: 197: 193: 186: 184: 180: 170: 168: 164: 160: 157: 153: 148: 146: 142: 138: 137:First Nations 134: 130: 129: 119: 115: 111: 107: 103: 97: 90: 78: 77: 75: 69: 65: 61: 53: 50: 47: 43: 39: 35: 32: 29: 25: 20: 360:expanding it 353: 338: 331: 320: 302: 294: 283:. Retrieved 273: 261:. Retrieved 256: 231:. Retrieved 227: 204: 196: 176: 167:Norway House 166: 162: 161: 149: 127: 126: 125: 100:Running time 72:Release date 263:15 November 259:. Postmedia 104:163 minutes 37:Produced by 27:Directed by 405:2016 films 399:Categories 285:2016-09-18 233:25 October 189:References 135:about the 83:2016-09-13 56:Production 139:activist 117:Language 45:Starring 173:Release 120:English 109:Country 81: ( 58:company 112:Canada 87: ( 206:Day 6 356:stub 326:IMDb 265:2016 235:2016 89:TIFF 324:at 401:: 301:. 255:. 243:^ 226:. 214:^ 203:. 185:. 147:. 387:e 380:t 373:v 362:. 288:. 267:. 237:. 91:) 85:)

Index

Alanis Obomsawin
Cindy Blackstock
National Film Board
TIFF
Alanis Obomsawin
First Nations
Cindy Blackstock
First Nations reserves
Jordan's Principle
Assembly of First Nations
2016 Toronto International Film Festival
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
"Alanis Obomsawin documents Cindy Blackstock's fight for equality for Aboriginal children"
Day 6


"We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice exposes Canada's barriers to reconciliation"


"There's no stopping legendary documentarian Alanis Obomsawin"
"TIFF 2016 Women Directors: Meet Alanis Obomsawin — "We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice""
"Scenes from TIFF, Day 4: Bearing witness to films that tell the truth"
The Globe and Mail
We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice
IMDb
We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice
Stub icon
stub
expanding it
v

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.