Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief (movie)

Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief (movie)

  • User score: 6
  • Production country: Canada
  • Producer: Carol Geddes
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 1/1/1986
  • Run time: 28 min.

Movie description

A tribute to Indigenous women everywhere, this short documentary focuses on 5 women from across Canada. Of varied ages and backgrounds, they have achieved success in a variety of careers: as the Yukon legislature's first Indigenous woman minister (Margaret Joe), as a deck hand on a fishing boat (Corinne Hunt), as a teacher (Sophie MacLeod), as a lawyer (Roberta Jamieson), and as a band council chief (Sophie May Pierre - St. Mary’s Indian Band of the Ktunaxa Nation off the Ktunaxa Nation).

Actors

Gail Valaskakis

Gail Valaskakis

Role(s): Narrator

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