CinemaOSMovie · 2019 · 0h 12m

Freedom Road: Women / Ikwewag

Documentary

Shoal Lake 40 women talk about their struggles, and those of their parents and grandparents, in trying to raise their families in a hazardous state of enforced isolation. Everyone in the community has a harrowing story of a loved one falling through the ice while trying to get across the lake, with pregnant women and new mothers fearing for their babies and having no choice but to make the trek in dangerous conditions. The film shows the key role of the community’s women in demanding funding for the road from three levels of government, and how their reconnection to culture and ceremony give them the strength to keep going.

Directed byAngelina McLeod

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 12m
Language
EN
Released
January 1, 2019
Studios
ONF | NFB

Featuring

Cast & crew

4 credited
Starring

Tania Bruyere

Self

Roxanne Greene

Self

Ann Redsky

Self

Angelina McLeod

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Angelina McLeod
Written by
Angelina McLeod
Produced by
Alicia Smith
Alicia Smith

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