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'We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice': Vancouver International Film Festival


October 06, 2016 to October 13, 2016


In this stirring documentary, veteran director Alanis Obomsawin takes on the landmark legal case of First Nations Child and Family Caring Society et al. v Attorney General of Canada. This case shows how far we have yet to go as a nation in embracing, or even accepting, the idea of Truth and Reconciliation. The film chronicles the events following the 2007 filing of a human rights complaint by the FNCFCS and the Assembly of First Nations. The complaint, which is brought forward by advocate Cindy Blackstock of the FNCFCS, charges that Canada has systemically discriminated against First Nations children- both on-reserve and in the Yukon - on the basis of race and/or national or ethnic origin by providing inequitable and insufficient funding for child welfare services.

The Film will screen at the Vancouver International Film Festival on Oct 6 at 5:30PM and on Oct 13th at 12:30PM.

Tickets can be purchased on viff.org - https://www.viff.org/Online/

Time: Thursday, October 6, 2016 - 5:30pm & Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 2:00pm
Venue: SFU Gold Corp Centre
Location: 149 West hastings Vancouver, BC
Website: http://www.viff.org/Online/
For information contact: info@viff.org
Phone: 604.683.3456
Categories: Arts & Culture

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