The Crying Fields
2019
19 min
English
A discovery on a small reservation in Alberta reveals the truth behind a 70-year old lie that has changed the community and its people forever.
$40,000
A deep dive into the history of the Canadian Government and the Department of National Defence leasing First Nations reserves as practice bombing ranges during World War I and World War II. This documentary follows the Enoch Cree Nation's process of developing it's land claim against the Canadian Government following the discovery of active landmines in the heart of the nation's cultural lands and golf course in 2014, almost 70 years later.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- TELUS STORYHIVE
Keywords
- bomb
- indigenous
- world war ii
- alberta canada
- first nations
- 1940s
- edmonton
- reservation
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Top Cast
Jared Morin as Himself
Billy Morin as Himself
Hayley Morin as Narrator
Top Crew
Hayley Morin · Director, Writer
Vincent Eger · Cinematographer, Editor
Matthias MacLeod · Editor
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