Women in the Shadows
Women in the Shadows
| 01 January 1991 (USA)
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Filmed on location in Saskatchewan from the Qu'Appelle Valley to Hudson Bay, the documentary traces the filmmaker's quest for her Native foremothers in spite of the reluctance to speak about Native roots on the part of her relatives. The film articulates Métis women's experience with racism in both current and historical context, and examines the forces that pushed them into the shadows.

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Karry

Best movie of this year hands down!

TrueJoshNight

Truly Dreadful Film

Mabel Munoz

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

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Marva

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

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