The Blanketing
This item is only available for Canadian orders.Catalogue Number: TM0002
Producer: Trevor Mack
Producers: Mack, Trevor
Directors: Mack, Trevor
Producing Agencies: New Canadian Cinema
Subject: Canadian History, Canadian Social Studies, Documentary, First Nations Studies, History, Indigenous Issues, Indigenous Peoples, Social Sciences, Social Studies
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2013
Running Time: 8:00
In the mid-1800s, the Tsilhqot’in First Nation of British Columbia was nearly wiped out by a devastating smallpox outbreak. The Blanketing depicts a fictional confrontation before the epidemic. Written and directed by Tsilhqot’in filmmaker Trevor Mack. Starring Sean Wei Mah, Devery Jacobs, Don Wise, and William Belleau.
Official Selection:
imagineNATIVE Film Festival
American Indian Film Festival
Red Nations Film Festival
“I had just moved from Williams Lake to Vancouver at 19 and I was really trying to find out who I was, not only as a person but culturally as well. I was also dating a great First Nations girl at the time and she was really pushing culture into my life. I also saw the result of colonization and assimilation back home and I wanted to give a reason for my people to be proud of themselves. I think First Nations people tend to take the negatives first, but we should always be focusing on the positives; we’re still here.” — TREVOR MACK ON HIS INSPIRATION FOR THE BLANKETING
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