Places Not Our Own
MovieTitle | Places Not Our Own |
User score | 5 |
Release date | Jan 1, 1986 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Derek Mazur |
Production country | Canada |
Production companies | ONF | NFB |
Run time | 57 min. |
By 1929, Canada's west, which had been home to generations of Métis, was taken over by the railroads and new settlers. The Métis became a forgotten people, relegated to eking out a living as best they could. In Places Not Our Own, Rose l'Esperance, a Métis, is determined that her children will have a normal life and an education. Her hopes reside in her daughter Flora, but the harshness of their situation culminates in a devastating and dramatic event.