We Were Children

2012
1 Std. 28 Min.

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7,7/10

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IHRE BEWERTUNG

For over 130 years till 1996, more than 100,000 of Canada's First Nations children were legally required to attend government-funded schools run by various Christian faiths. Most children were sent to faraway schools that separated them from their families and traditional land.

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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuLyna and Glen, indigenous Canadian children, experience years of mistreatment at a residential school, depicting a harsh reality faced by many in the past.Lyna and Glen, indigenous Canadian children, experience years of mistreatment at a residential school, depicting a harsh reality faced by many in the past.Lyna and Glen, indigenous Canadian children, experience years of mistreatment at a residential school, depicting a harsh reality faced by many in the past.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,7/10

760

IHRE BEWERTUNG

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8JulianJohnJunior

Review from a Native in Canada.

Hello my name is Julian, I am currently 17 years old and born 1997 to let you know my age for the future. It was an experience to see my people back in the day, and also sad. I am a Cree Native and never really got to learn my language fully, though I believe the people in my community gave up on that since we aren't getting classes for it now from grade 9 to 12. But focus on the movie. This movie is a must-see for those who want to know our history. I believe race shouldn't matter, it's sort of stupid to judge someone based on their skin. What if aliens exist? They would say we are stupid for fighting each other. Sorry if this review isn't mostly about the movie, but I have to speak my mind on how it made me think through it, not to mention I don't want to spoil too much. Just watch it, trust me.

Edit: I corrected and deleted a few sentences from this review. I'm updating this in 2025, but want the review to remain somewhat the same. I still believe this movie is a must-watch given the global acknowledgement of residential schools from when I update this.

8jzhangzq

I couldn't watch this movie in whole

I could not stomach these fragments. This movie will bring you to tears and disappointment with this past history of Canada that no one knew about until recent years. Should this movie be for truth and reconciliation? Never.

We should always talk about this.

8bendabook

An important film. I had no idea.

Pediphiles in the Catholic Church. Cruelty in the Catholic Church. This time innocent Native American children are victims of terrible crimes. Taken from their homes and abused in the name of God. These were not Gods people. Quite the opposite. Their reckoning must have been blazing.

7regineth33

Informative

This is and has been a problem with the church's no discipline or consequences they just move these sick monsters to other places... history never lies but it has a way of repeating itself until these monsters are stopped and exposed for what they really are instead of hiding behind God while committing these atrocities against innocent children.

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