In the second of Alanis Obomsawin’s narrative shorts, the lone First Nations student at a 1940s school finds solace and strength in her imagination.
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In the second of Alanis Obomsawin’s narrative shorts, the lone First Nations student at a 1940s school finds solace and strength in her imagination.