Pour Toi Flora = Dear Flora Uncomfortable Truth
The children at residential school are comforted by the friendships they have created, but some bonds of trust and intimacy are betrayed.
Inspired by true events. The moving story of an Algonquin brother and sister, who, in the 1960s, were taken away from their parents and sent to an Indian residential school. Years later both siblings are still trying to make peace with their painful past.
Primary Title
- Pour Toi Flora = Dear Flora
Episode Title
- Uncomfortable Truth
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 9 November 2023
Start Time
- 21 : 30
Finish Time
- 22 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Series
- 1
Episode
- 3
Channel
- Whakaata Maori
Broadcaster
- Whakaata Maori
Programme Description
- Inspired by true events. The moving story of an Algonquin brother and sister, who, in the 1960s, were taken away from their parents and sent to an Indian residential school. Years later both siblings are still trying to make peace with their painful past.
Episode Description
- The children at residential school are comforted by the friendships they have created, but some bonds of trust and intimacy are betrayed.
Classification
- G
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- French
Captioning Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Off-reservation boarding schools--Canada
- Indigenous peoples--Canada--History
- Indigenous peoples--Canada--Social conditions
- Indigenous peoples--Canada--Government relations
- Native peoples--Education--Canada
- Indigenous peoples--Canada--Residential schools
- Television programs--Canada
Genres
- Drama
- History
Contributors
- Sonia Bonspille Boileau (Director)
- Sonia Bonspille Boileau (Writer)
- Dominique Pétin (Actor)
- Marco Collin (Actor)
- Sara Rankin Kistabish (Actor)
- Russell Flamand (Actor)
- Virginie Fortin (Actor)
- Samian (Actor)
- Marc Simpson-Threlford (Director of Photography)
- Dominique Desrochers (Art Director)
- Jason Brennan (Producer)
- Véronique Charbonneau (Executive Producer)
- Isabelle Malenfant (Editor)
- Nish Media (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Off-reservation boarding schools--Canada
- Indigenous peoples--Canada--History
- Indigenous peoples--Canada--Social conditions
- Indigenous peoples--Canada--Government relations
- Native peoples--Education--Canada
- Indigenous peoples--Canada--Residential schools
- Television programs--Canada