Freedom Road: Women / Ikwewag 2019

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Shoal Lake 40 women talk about their struggles, and those of their parents and grandparents, in trying to raise their families in a hazardous state of enforced isolation. Everyone in the community has a harrowing story of a loved one falling through the ice while trying to get across the lake, with pregnant women and new mothers fearing for their babies and having no choice but to make the trek in dangerous conditions. The film shows the key role of the community’s women in demanding funding for the road from three levels of government, and how their reconnection to culture and ceremony give them the strength to keep going.

Homepage https://www.nfb.ca/film/freedom_road_women-ikwewag/
Release Date 2019-01-01
Runtime 12m
Directors Angelina McLeod, Tyler Funk, Darin Clausen
Producers Alicia Smith, David Christensen, Michelle van Beusekom
Writer Angelina McLeod