we can ' t make the same mistake twice
“we can’t make the same mistake twice” premiered at the 2016 toronto international film festival on september 13 .
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we can' t make the same mistake twice premieres at tiff on september 13th. it will screen at film festivals across the country over the next several months .
in we can’t make the same mistake twice, director alanis obomsawin records the history and first - hand experience of residential schools, whose trauma is being replicated through foster care .
obomsawin' s documentary is called, we can' t make the same mistake twice. she explains that it' s meant to reflect the mistakes made by the canadian government over many generations .
we can' t make the same mistake twice screens oct. 22, 10 a. m. , at the tiff bell lightbox as part of the imaginenative film and media arts festival (urltoken) .
well, okay, i don' t really wonder that. because i know that i won' t. i know that i won' t be able to handle that because the second time i cried at tiff today was during alanis obomsawin' s epic documentary we can' t make the same mistake twice, a film that chronicles the canadian government' s systematic, discriminatory abuse of first nations children .
the celebrated filmmaker' s latest film is about blackstock, and the fight she led against the canadian government, alleging the federal government under - funds first nations children living on - reserve. the nfb film, we can' t make the same mistake twice, will premiere at the toronto international film festival on september 13th .
cindy blackstock spent nine years fighting the federal government over under - funding indigenous children. legendary documentary maker alanis obomsawin watched her every step of the way — and made a film about it. they both join brent in advance of the opening of
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we can' t make the same mistake twice is revelatory not only because of its content, but because of its deceptively radical form. it' s compiled largely of legal tribunals, and to the bored viewer may play like two - plus hours of cpac coverage. but that cameras were allowed into these hearings, in which our nation' s abominable shame is laid wrenchingly bare, is itself a revelation .
in 2007, the child and family caring society of canada and the assembly of first nations filed a landmark discrimination complaint against indian affairs and northern development canada. they argued that child and family welfare services provided to first nations children on reserves and in yukon were underfunded and inferior to services offered to other canadian children. veteran director alanis obomsawin’s documentary we can’t make the same mistake twice documents this epic court challenge, giving voice to the tenacious childcare workers at its epicentre .
in 2007, the child and family caring society of canada and the assembly of first nations filed a landmark discrimination complaint against indian affairs and northern development canada. they contended that child and family welfare services provided to first nations children on reserves and in yukon were underfunded and inferior to services offered to other canadian children. the veteran director alanis obomsawin’s we can’t make the same mistake twice documents this epic court challenge, giving voice to the tenacious child - care workers at its epicenter .
in 2007, the child and family caring society of canada and the assembly of first nations filed a landmark discrimination complaint against indian affairs and northern development canada. they contended that child and family welfare services provided to first nations children on reserves and in yukon were underfunded and inferior to services offered to other canadian children. the veteran director alanis obomsawin' s we can' t make the same mistake twice documents this epic court challenge, giving voice to the tenacious child - care workers at its epicenter .
interested in telling first nations stories from all over canada have contributed their voices to help the next generation of decision makers understand the current status of aboriginal issues as well as how we got here. as canadians these films provide proof that our governments haven’t always acted in the best interests of all of its people. it’s up to us to hold them accountable now that we know of the injustices that have occurred in the past and present; may we never have to deal with them in the future. we can’t make the same mistake twice screens wednesday sep 28, 6: 30 pm at globe downstairs and thursday sep 29, 4: 00 pm at globe upstairs. director alanis obomsawin and interviewee dr. cindy blackstock will be in attendance at both screenings .
the rights of first nations children take center stage in this landmark documentary, the 50th by legendary filmmaker alanis obomsawin. we can’t make the same mistake twice follows the historic discrimination complaint filed against the government of canada in 2007 by the first nations child & family caring society of canada and the assembly of first nations. led by cindy blackstock, the head of the caring society, they argued that child and family welfare services provided to first nations children on reserves were underfunded and inferior to those offered to other canadian children. over the course of the next three years, blackstock and her allies tenaciously fought for what they knew was right in the face of overt—and covert—challenges .
once the tribunal did finally take the case, it clearly made a decision all voices were to be heard and at length; obomsawin honours that approach, which often makes the film ponderously discursive. so, although the government argued that evidence about the residential schools would be prejudicial to its case, that topic was admitted, and we hear both a scholar' s lengthy history of the schools and one survivor' s detailed experience. some editing would have brought the film more dramatically to the point: that foster care is now replicating the residential school trauma .
we can' t make the same mistake twice ,
says robert joseph, hereditary chief of b. c.' s gwawaenuk nation, native activist and residential school survivor .
veteran abenaki filmmaker alanis obomsawin was in the courts and the hearing rooms with her camera and has produced we can' t make the same mistake twice for the national film board of canada. the film, made up largely of testimony at the various hearings, is an odd example of form matching content: it will take a committed audience to sit through two hours and 45 minutes of dry legal arguments and administrative minutiae often well removed from the tragic tales of the children in question, but those viewers who do will experience for themselves the frustration and outrage engendered by this mind - numbingly bureaucratic approach to a human crisis. if there was any strong argument to be made in the government' s favour, obomsawin doesn' t show it: in her film, the lawyers and bureaucrats defending federal policies mainly look sheepish .
when i grow up, i want to be alanis obomsawin. at 84 years old she has the same energy and spirit as person a quarter of her age. during a lecture given at mount royal university on tuesday, she passionately articulated her reasons for making documentary films as vehicle to change the world and provided an example of where this was true in alberta. we watched a film called richard cardinal: cry from a diary of a métis child. this film from the 1980s helped open up a conversation about aboriginal child welfare in alberta and as a result policy changes were made. fast forward 30 years to alanis’s latest film we cannot make the same mistake twice deals with same issues of aboriginal children being removed from their homes due to chronic lack of funding rather than other measures being taken first .
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ao: the biggest challenge was to get into the courtroom to film what was happening there. it’s really a historical moment because we’ve never been allowed to do this before .
ao: my advice is based on documentary filmmaking but i think it applies to everyone. be aware and figure out if this is what you really want to do and why. it can be difficult, and you have to really believe in what you’re doing, but if you’re passionate, no one can stop you .
ao: i just watched animated short by amanda strong, “ four faces of the moon. ” it is so beautiful. she’s got voices speaking many different indigenous languages saying the same word, and through the images and the few words you hear, it tells you the history of the people. i am still thinking about it .
so this kind of stuff - - the public don' t realize what that means ,
says obomsawin .
all that is taking away all the human aspect of a life of a child .
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the government always said,' look at all the money that we spent ,
explains obomsawin .
so the public that hears this, they say look at all the money they' re spending on indigenous people and they' re complaining .
obomsawin depicts canadian politics in the whole of their procedural banality, with the guiding notion being that it was precisely this ho - hum plainness that enabled the historical oppression of first nations peoples, whose language we stole to name our stupid country in the first place .
[ alanis obomsawin' s ] never been a flashy or self - consciously dexterous director, and yet she' s managed - here and elsewhere - one of the greatest tricks a documentarian can pull .
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blackstock says obomsawin is the perfect person to tell the story of the human rights case .
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i think most listeners can understand that ,
says blackstock .
it' s a huge amount of time in a childhood, and what was so frustrating is that the legal technicalities that the federal government relied upon were all about fairness for the government. never once in the nine years of this trial did they ever advance an argument about the best interest of the kids .
heart wrenching and beautiful. i couldn' t stop crying. such real, committed and resilient people, and such a shameful colonial legacy. it' s time for justice and love. thank you !
nearly a decade earlier in 2007, dr. cindy blackstock among others raised the alarm bells that the aboriginal child welfare system had problems. this january, yes you read that correctly, january 2016, they won their case against the canadian government who constantly tried to delay and have the case dismissed. in april 2016, the tribunal issued another order to the canadian government to pick up the pace on implementing the january ruling. with the release of this film to educate canadians about what has happened in the courts, hopefully they can help speed up this process .
this pattern of the federal government using racial discrimination against children as a fiscal restraint measure continues, and i pray every day that the government will see the light and stop the practice. but it' s going to take canadians rising up and saying that we no longer want to be a country that pays for anything on the backs of kids ,
says blackstock .
in 2007, two aboriginal groups brought a human rights complaint against the federal government, alleging its child welfare policies discriminate against first nations children. by limiting the federal funding available, the government deprived children on reserves of the level of service provided by provincial and territorial governments to non - aboriginal children and aboriginal children off the reserves. furthermore, the federal policies were encouraging child welfare authorities to place first nations children in foster care because they didn' t have the resources to intervene with the families .
never once in the nine years of this trial did they [ the federal government ] ever advance an argument about the best interest of the kids .
i just think that her ability to tell that story, and for the public to see this story being told, not just through her lens, but to see the government witnesses themselves ,
explains blackstock ,
i' m hoping it really awakens the canadian consciousness in ways that we' ve never seen before .
much of this documentary while in the context of the tribunal gave insight into the history of first nations people; from experiences in residential schools to culturally significant ceremonies regarding children. alanis does a fantastic job of providing archival images and footage to accompany some of the testimony provided by the various witnesses. giving the viewers a chance to read the highlighted sections of the documents in question, keeps them engaged in the proceedings as well as provide tangible proof that the canadian government has in fact known about these issues for decades but hasn’t done anything to solve the problems. i particularly enjoyed the footage towards the end of film when dr. robert joseph, hereditary chief of the gwawaenuk first nation, spoke about the ceremonies regarding a child’s place in his community. alanis followed up his voice with images he described .
the federal government fought the case every step of the way, at one point having the complaint dismissed. but that decision was overturned, and the tribunal case dragged on, with a decision coming nine years after the complaint had originally been filed .
in this documentary, distinguished filmmaker alanis obomsawin focuses her lens on the landmark discrimination case filed by the assembly of first nations and the child and family caring society of canada against indian affairs and northern development canada in 2007. obomsawin exposes injustices to the community by showing how the child and welfare services provided to them are vastly inferior to the services available to other canadian children, while giving voice to the childcare workers at the heart of the battle .
the subject who is truly loyal to the chief magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures .
the tribunal issued a further compliance order due to the lack of action on the earlier ruling, and blackstock expects another order to be issued this autumn .
obviously, many people feel there' s a repetition of the model of the residential schools in terms of removing the children ,
says obomsawin .
this is the reason why there is so much sickness of the mind and physical sickness in our indigenous population — because of the way they are treated .
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blackstock first took her complaint before the canadian human rights tribunal in february 2007. the case ended nine years later, on january 26, 2016, when the tribunal ruled that the federal government does discriminate against first nations children .
ao: the main reason for making the film is to educate. it’s for the public at large to understand what the real story is about: the fact that our children living on reserves do not have equal rights in relation to other canadian children when it comes to education and health services .
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today, blackstock is the executive director of the first nations child and family caring society of canada. in 2007, together with the assembly of first nations, blackstock filed a complaint with the canadian human rights tribunal alleging that first nations children were being discriminated against through the under - funding of services provided to children living on reserves .
during the trial, blackstock filed an access to information request for documents withheld by the federal government. it was through those documents that she learned the canadian government had been gathering personal information about her .
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the new film from celebrated documentarian alanis obomsawin (kanehsatake: 270 years of resistance) chronicles the events following the filing of a human - rights complaint by a group of activists, which charged that the federal government' s woefully inadequate funding of services for indigenous children constituted a discriminatory practice .
this activity is made possible by the voters of minnesota through a minnesota state arts board operating support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund, and a grant from the wells fargo foundation .
ao: this film was totally funded by the national film board of canada, the finest institution in this country, because it gives a voice to all nations in canada. i’ve directed 49 films and produced one as well, so i’ve made a total of 50 films with the nfb. my next film about norway house will be the fiftieth film i’ve directed with the nfb .
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about half of the 20 people who bothered to show up walked out. maybe they thought it seemed boring or didactic. but sometimes the truth is such .
mentorship is very important. i give master classes at universities across the country and i’m currently mentoring two filmmakers through the national screen institute. there’s a lot going on, so i’m very impressed with the possibilities for women to have easier access .
with canada' s 150th approaching, there is much talk of reconciliation with aboriginal people: obomsawin has painstakingly exposed the official attitudes that might get in the way .
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she feels in her heart and soul the preciousness of children. and in many ways this is what the story is about. it' s about 163, 000 children right now who are living their lives in canada, but are being told by the federal government that they' re not worth the money ,
says blackstock .
ao: i want them to have a clear understanding of the true story concerning the rights of our people. human rights are children’s rights, and children’s rights are human rights .
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it seemed like an issue of basic fairness but the federal government proceeded to fight tooth and nail, dragging out the case with a series of jurisdictional disputes and appeals for six years. in 2013, the assembly of first nations and the first nations child and family caring society finally made it before a human rights tribunal, which ruled in their favour last january .
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alanis obomsawin: master filmmaker alanis obomsawin has been making documentaries through the national film board of canada since the 1960s. one of the most significant voices in documentary filmmaking, obomsawin is committed to sharing indigenous perspectives in her expansive body of work, which now stands at 50 features and shorts .
ao: this particular story has to do with education, and education and children are the main reasons why i live. my concern is always about children and the educational system in this country .
with canada' s 150th approaching, there is much talk of reconciliation with aboriginal people: obomsawin has painstakingly exposed the official attitudes that might get in the way .
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canadian documentarian alanis obomsawin describes cindy blackstock as
the strongest person i' ve ever met .
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on the other hand, a long section about jordan' s principle – that jurisdictional disputes should not be allowed to delay payment – builds slowly but relentlessly toward a devastating indictment of ottawa' s penny - pinching motivations. the house of commons had voted unanimously to adopt jordan' s principle, so named for a seriously ill child who spent the entire five years of his life in a winnipeg hospital because no one could agree which level of government was to pay for his care if he was discharged. but the federal bureaucrats applied the new principle so narrowly that an $ 11 - million fund set aside to cover its costs was never needed. in the film' s most bitter moment, an indigenous affairs official explains how the team who worked on applying jordan' s principle, which the government has avoided recognizing in a single case, was awarded a public service prize .
blackstock says that the 189 government staffers monitoring her activity found no other motive because there was no other motive .
blackstock says she is still waiting for substantial change to take effect following the tribunal' s ruling in january .
ao: i have a very soft spot for tiff because they were the first festival to invite me to attend, for my 1984 film “incident at restigouche, ” back when they used to have another name, the festival of festivals. it was very well received and i’ve always had a very good connection with tiff since the beginning .
they were trying to find' other motives' so they could get the case thrown out on frivolous and vexatious grounds ,
explains blackstock .
so they were looking for some other motive, personal issue or grudge that i might have, so they could bring that to the attention of the court and have it thrown out .
the film' s primary subject is cindy blackstock, a woman whose compassion and spirit as a social worker and advocate of first nations' rights are only faintly comprehensible to me: a fat, white, canadian man of scotch - english - irish derivation who enjoys the full privileges of citizenship and moans about paying taxes. over the course of nearly three hours obomsawin chronicles blackstock' s tireless mission to advocate for the rights of first nations children, arguing that the lack of funding allocated to these communities essentially functions as a modern reproduction of the historically abusive and shameful residential school system, which ex - pm stephen harper, despite his many, many faults, publicly apologized for before leaving office .
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one of the arguments in the case was that first nations children were being unnecessarily removed from their homes because of a lack of services provided on reserve. a disproportionate number of indigenous children are removed from their homes in comparison to non - indigenous children .
both blackstock and obomsawin spoke with day 6 host brent bambury about why it was important to share the story with a wider film audience .
activists file a human - rights complaint against the canadian government' s inadequate funding of services for indigenous children claiming it' s discriminatory .
when blackstock was working as a social worker in british columbia, she noticed the difference between services provided to indigenous and non - indigenous children .
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obomsawin’s deft documentary lens gives us a rare and detailed glimpse into the canadian legal system as a remarkable story of courage, conviction and justice unfolds .
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obomsawin goes on to tell a story from the canadian human rights tribunal hearing, in which blackstock describes a scenario in which an organization is paid to take care of 500 children, when in fact they have 690 children under their care .
ao: i’m very encouraged by the fact that you see more and more women making films and it’s been made easier to access money. female filmmakers need more funds and more space to function — to be encouraged to tell their stories .
after watching the film, i think people will understand that this has been going on for many decades and is really a misunderstood issue. many canadians think that indigenous people get a lot of money, more than other children, and that’s totally false .
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government officials had monitored blackstock' s facebook page, took screen - shots and copied information that was then shared among government staff .
i just feel it' s our job as adults to stand up for kids when something wrong is happening, and that' s what i was doing .
i just feel it' s our job as adults to stand up for kids when something wrong is happening, and that' s what i was doing ,
she says .
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i wonder if i' ll ever love something enough to handle seeing it torn away from me, and from its family; to be swept away and beaten and indoctrinated in a culture that' s not its own; to learn to hate itself, and still be able to hunker down, find some strength inside of me, and get on with my life, as if it' s no big deal .
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another amazing documentary alanis... . once again, thank you for opening up our eyes !
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is this what a democratic transition looks like? myanmar authorities fear what reuters journalists have exposed. fo… urltoken
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canada is a different place than it was even ten years ago. many first nation film makers and those
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we ca n't make the same mistake twice is a 2016 canadian documentary film by alanis obomsawin about the first nations activist cindy blackstock and her court case against the federal government of canada for underfunding social services to children living on first nations reserves . the film details how the federal government has resisted applying jordan 's principle to restitution efforts . also appearing in the film is assembly of first nations lawyer david nahwegahbow , who describes the government 's efforts to avoid living up to its agreements with indigenous peoples . to make the film , obomsawin followed the case for six years , recording testimony from all sides . we ca n't make the same mistake twice is the 49th film that obomsawin has directed for the national film board of canada — with her 50th , norway house , in production . 
we can't make the same mistake twice is a 2016 canadian documentary film by alanis obomsawin about the first nations activist cindy blackstock and her court case against the federal government of canada for underfunding social services to children living on first nations reserves. the film details how the federal government has resisted applying jordan's principle to restitution efforts. also appearing in the film is assembly of first nations lawyer david nahwegahbow, who describes the government's efforts to avoid living up to its agreements with indigenous peoples. to make the film, obomsawin followed the case for six years, recording testimony from all sides. we can't make the same mistake twice is the 49th film that obomsawin has directed for the national film board of canada — with her 50th, norway house, in production.
we can't make the same mistake twice is a 2016 canadian documentary film by alanis obomsawin about the first nations activist cindy blackstock and her court case against the federal government of canada for underfunding social services to children living on first nations reserves. the film details how the federal government has resisted applying jordan's principle to restitution efforts. also appearing in the film is assembly of first nations lawyer david nahwegahbow, who describes the government's efforts to avoid living up to its agreements with indigenous peoples. to make the film, obomsawin followed the case for six years, recording testimony from all sides. we can't make the same mistake twice is the 49th film that obomsawin has directed for the national film board of canada — with her 50th, norway house, in production.