The Red Dress

197827 min 47 secFilm: Fiction

Réalisation: Michael Scott

Production: Vladimir ValentaRoman KroitorDieter NachtigallTom Radford

Scénarisation: Maria Campbell

Produced by the NFB in cooperation with the English Program, Prairie Centre, CBC, ATEC Canada, Alberta Education Communications Corporation, and Access Alberta for the National Museum of Man.

Renowned Métis author and screenwriter Maria Campbell explores themes of cultural identity, sexual assault, and the familial impact of colonialism in The Red Dress, echoing the themes of her seminal memoir, Halfbreed. 

Kelly is a Métis man without treaty or hunting rights, struggling to sustain his traditional life. His daughter Theresa longs for a red dress from France that she believes will give her power and strength, as the bear claw once did for her great-grandfather Muskwa. When Theresa escapes an assault and Kelly turns his back on his daughter, he realizes that he must reconnect with his culture in order to make things right. Today, the red dress is a powerful symbol recognizing the more than 1,000 missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. 

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Catégories de sujets


  • Famille > AdolescentsConflits familiauxFamilles autochtonesRelations parents-enfants
  • Peuples autochtones au Canada (Premières Nations et Métis) > JeunesseEnfantsConflit culturelIdentité culturelleVie familialeProvinces des Prairies
  • Droit et Criminalité > Femmes et les filles autochtones disparues et assassinées

Générique


réalisateur
Michael Scott
producteur
Vladimir Valenta
producteur exécutif
Roman Kroitor
Dieter Nachtigall
producteur associé
Tom Radford
scénario
Maria Campbell
caméra
David De Volpi
son
Hans Oomes
montage
Anne Wheeler
montage sonore
Bernard Bordeleau
Donald Douglas
ré-enregistrement
Hans Peter Strobl
musique
Roger Deegan
interprète
Tommy Banks
Abbie Burnstick
Jackson Davies
Yvonne Lois Lee
Tom Radford
Sam Sinclair
Shannon Two Feathers