CBC Short Docs The Secret Path: Freedom to Speak
CBC Short Docs The Secret Path: Freedom to Speak
A group of inmates at Toronto South Detention Centre are studying Secret Path, Gord Downie and Jeff Lemire’s graphic novel about Chanie Wenjack. Chanie was a young Anishinaabe boy who died while running away from residential school in 1966 — simply because he wanted to go home. Many themes in Chanie’s story resonate with these inmates: isolation, identity, fear, anger, the desire for freedom. This short captures a discussion within the walls of the jail and reveals how Chanie's story has had a profound impact on each of these incarcerated individuals.
- 2017
- 00:08:18
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/12/2017
Metadata
- Subjects
- Wenjack, Charlie, 1954-1966 [CSH] Prisoners -- Books and reading -- Canada [LCSH] Prisoners -- Canada -- Attitudes [LCSH] Social work with criminals -- Canada [LCSH] Native prisoners -- Education -- Canada [CSH] Prisoners -- Education -- Canada [LCSH] Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- Canada [LCSH] Native criminals -- Rehabilitation -- Canada [CSH] Literacy programs -- Canada [LCSH] Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- Social aspects -- Canada [LCSH] Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Residential schools [CSH] Indigenous peoples -- Education -- Canada -- History [LCSH] Indigenous peoples -- Crimes against -- Canada [LCSH] Canadian literature [LCSH] Social sciences [LCSH] Education [LCSH] Indigenous peoples -- Study and teaching -- Canada [LCSH] Law -- Study and teaching [LCSH]
- Team
- Barbara Margetts (Director), Gordon Downie (Producer), Mike Downie (Producer), Patrick Sambrook (Producer), Stuart Coxe (Producer)
- Closed captioning
- Not available
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