Ikwe

I saw this movie in a Western Canadian history class. Good film-discusses the darker side of the fur trade and contact between Europeans and Aboriginals 200 years ago. The film is about a young woman who is encouraged by her father (the chief) to marry a European fur trader. The relationship serves as a metaphor for the clash of cultures.

There is one scene where the camera is on the shore, looking out over the lake. if you watch way in the distance you can see a motor boat going by.....oops. That was the only historic inaccuracy i noticed. Also the credits say it was filmed in Winnipeg. It was actually filmed near the small town of Seymourville, 200 km's north east of Winnipeg on the shore of lake Winnipeg. Many of the actors credited with the smaller parts are locals that were recruited to star in the film. they built a native settlement on a beach near the town, and all the scenes in and around the village were filmed there.. I'm not sure where the other scenes at the trading post and the fort were filmed

I liked this program because it was historically detailed and accurate. It was common thing to see intermarrying between First Nations women and white men back in the days of the Fur Trade. In this program, a Scottish trader ends up marrying the chief's daughter. Of course, I think the marriage was completely arranged by the other traders and it was doomed to fail right from the start, and it clearly showed too. The trader only wanted to marry her for financial gain and didn't care to know anything about her ways. But I was real surprised at Ikwe's attitude towards her being with him in marriage. I thought for sure that he would have been strongly opposed to them being married but if he didn't seem to care about it, then I would have to think that maybe he was probably in on something that he didn't want his daughter knowing anything about. But anyways, as it turned out, the "relationship" failed miserably since she wanted to leave him so desperately. Besides, who could blame her?? I personally don't!! LOL She had every right and reason to leave him since the white trader was only up to no good with her right from the beginning.

Well........ anyways........... that's my input on this program and why I gave this a 6 out of 10.