Alanis Obomsawin documents Cindy Blackstock’s fight for equality for Aboriginal children – CBC
Canadian documentarian Alanis Obomsawin describes Cindy Blackstock as “the strongest person I’ve ever met.”
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.
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.
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.
