New documentary shows lengths taken to find missing family members – CBC

Efforts of Winnipeg volunteer group Drag the Red highlighted in This River

CBC News Posted: Sep 04, 2016

In This River, Katherena Vermette trains an intimate and personal lens on the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women, and shows the lengths families will go to bring their loved ones home.

In 1991, Vermette’s brother went missing from Winnipeg, and six months later his body was found just north of Grand Beach, Man. In the documentary, Vermette’s story of loss is woven into the current issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women.

“I wasn’t comfortable sharing [my] story without bringing it into a contemporary context, because unfortunately it’s not an uncommon experience,” says Vermette, a Winnipeg-based Métis author and filmmaker.