The Water Walker
Catalogue Number: SRM000
Producer: Seeing Red Media
Producers: Salas, Stevie
Directors: Burns, James
Producing Agencies: Seeing Red 6 Nations
Subject: Canadian History, Canadian Social Issues, Canadian Social Studies, Character Education, Citizenship Education, Documentary, Environmental Studies, Family Studies/Home Economics, First Nations Studies, Health and Medicine, Holidays, Indigenous Issues, Indigenous Peoples, Social Issues, Social Sciences, Social Studies, Women's Studies
Language: English
Grade Level: 6 - 8, 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2019
Running Time: 13:54
The Water Walker is a short documentary, tracing the roots, passion and perseverance of teenaged climate activist Autumn Peltier.
At 15 years old, Autumn Peltier, the Anishinabek Nation chief water commissioner, had already spent half of her life fighting for water. Motivated by stories of children growing up without access to drinkable tap water and elders forced to walk every day to claim water rations, Autumn embarked on a mission to bring clean drinking water to Indigenous communities across Canada. Directed by James Burns, the film follows Autumn's journey from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory, on Manitoulin Island, to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City as she fights for the rights of Indigenous communities across Canada.
Starring Autumn Peltier, narrated by Graham Greene.
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