Title Statement |
Finding dawn [DVD] / National Film Board of Canada ; producer, Svend-Erik Eriksen ; directed and written by Christine Welsh. |
Additional Contributors |
Welsh, Christine |
Publication |
Montréal, Qué.: National Film Board of Canada, c2006. |
Extent of Item |
1 videodisc (73 min., 28 secs.) |
Other Number |
000033470945 |
General Notes |
DVD. |
Production Credits |
Director of photography, Moira Simpson ; editor, Janice Brown ; original music, Bruce Ruddell. |
Performance Credits |
Narrator: Christine Welsh. |
Audience & Ratings |
Audience: General. |
Languages |
Closed-captioned. |
Terms of Use |
Public performance rights were obtained for this title. |
Summary |
Finding Dawn gets its title from Dawn Crey, one of the estimated 500 Canadian Native women who have gone missing or have been murdered in the last thirty years. Illustrates the deep historical, social and economic factors that contribute to the epidemic of violence against Native women in Canada and presents the message that stopping that violence is everyone's responsibility. |
Subjects & Genres |
By Topic |
Women--Violence against--Canada |
Indigenous women--Crimes against--Canada |
Murder victims--Canada |
Missing persons--Canada |
DVD-video discs--2007 |