We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice

Screenings

2017 Season
Toronto

In 2007, the Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and the Assembly of First Nations filed a landmark discrimination complaint against Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada. They contended that child and family welfare services provided to First Nations children on reserves and in Yukon were underfunded and inferior to services offered to other Canadian children. The veteran director Alanis Obomsawin’s We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice documents this epic court challenge, giving voice to the tenacious child-care workers at its epicenter. 

Filmmaker(s): 
Alanis Obomsawin
Country of Production: 
Canada
Year: 
2016
163m
Language(s): 
In English
Genre: 
Documentary
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