Michelle St. John
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Biography: Michelle St. John is a Canadian actress, singer, producer and director and a member of the Wampanoag Nation in the northeastern United States. She has been involved in creative projects in theatre, film, television and music since the 1980s. Her directorial debut, Colonization Road, is a 2016 feature-length documentary that premiered at imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Birthday: August 26, 1967
Age: 57 years old
Gender: Female
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Pocahontas
Overview: Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.
Genres: Adventure Animation Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-06-14
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Rez Carz
Overview: Abandoned cars rest silently in fields for decades, still holding secret conversations within their bodies.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-12
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White Lies
Overview: How can a smart middle class girl suddenly turn into a devoted right wing debater? That's what happens with Catherine when she meets the charismatic leaders of the neo-nazi organization NIM. Catherine, a first-year university student who feels alienated from the liberal campus, joins a hate group through the Internet and becomes their voice, only to gradually question their beliefs even as she becomes more deeply involved.
Genres: Drama Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-29
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The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
Overview: A high school is rocked by a contentious debate over whether or not "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" should be removed from its library for language concerns.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-27
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Where the Spirit Lives
Overview: In 1937, a young First Nations (Canadian native) girl named Ashtecome is kidnapped along with several other children from a village as part of a deliberate Canadian policy to force First Nations children to abandon their culture in order to be assimilated into white Canadian/British society. She is taken to a boarding school where she is forced to adopt Western Euro-centric ways and learn English, often under brutal treatment. Only one sympathetic white teacher who is more and more repelled by this bigotry offers her any help from among the staff. That, with her force of will, Ashtecome (forced to take the name Amelia) is determined to hold on to her identity and that of her siblings, who were also abducted.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-06-06
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Du lügst
Overview: The true story of an eleven year old girl who has a reputation for telling tall tales. So when she accuses her father of molesting her, will anybody believe her story?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-22
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The Business of Fancydancing
Overview: Seymour Polatkin is a successful, gay Indian poet from Spokane who confronts his past when he returns to his childhood home on the reservation to attend the funeral of a dear friend.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-14
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Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave
Overview: An archaeological expedition journeys to Manitoba, Canada, in search of a legendary crucifix supposedly buried in an ancient Viking grave.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-05
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Spirit Rider
Overview: Jesse Threebears is a troubled Native-American teen who has been tossed from one foster home to the next since his mother died when he was an infant. Finally, he is taken in by his grandfather who, after a ten year stint in prison, is living on the reservation. With the help of his grandfather and several others who live on the reservation, Jesse begins to learn about his heritage and how to come to terms with his troubled life.
Genres: Family Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-08-23
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Coyote Summer
Overview: Teenage Callie has a wild streak. When her mother goes to London on business, she sends Callie to her sister's ranch for a dose of hard work and responsibility. Callie is sullen, at first, naturally, but perks up at the sight of a beautiful but wild black horse. When she overhears of the horse's destruction, due to his inability to be tamed, she arranges to steal the horse with a fellow ranch hand named Rafe. In hiding, the two begin to calm the horse and start his training. It works. But, will their hideaway be discovered?
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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The Road Forward
Overview: The Road Forward is an electrifying musical documentary that connects a pivotal moment in Canada’s civil rights history—the beginnings of Indian Nationalism in the 1930s—with the powerful momentum of First Nations activism today. Interviews and musical sequences describe how a tiny movement, the Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood, grew to become a successful voice for change across the country. Visually stunning, The Road Forward seamlessly connects past and present through superbly produced story-songs with soaring vocals, blues, rock, and traditional beats.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-30
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9B
Overview: The story of a young idealistic teacher and his struggle with a class of difficult students in a northern British Columbia school.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-06
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Smoke Signals
Overview: Young Native American man Thomas is a nerd in his reservation, wearing oversize glasses and telling everyone stories no-one wants to hear. His parents died in a fire in 1976, and Thomas was saved by Arnold. Arnold soon left his family, and Victor hasn't seen his father for 10 years. When Victor hears Arnold has died, Thomas offers him funding for the trip to get Arnold's remains.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-26
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Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
Overview: When news of John Smith's death reaches America, Pocahontas is devastated. She sets off to London with John Rolfe, to meet with the King of England on a diplomatic mission: to create peace and respect between the two great lands. However, Governor Ratcliffe is still around; he wants to return to Jamestown and take over. He will stop at nothing to discredit the young princess.
Genres: Animation Family Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-04
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Geronimo
Overview: The story of the greatest Native American warrior who, together with the rest of his Apache tribesmen, defied American and Mexican Armies in 1867. Finally caught and sent to a reservation camp, he eluded a military force of 5000 for 18 months before finally surrendering to the government.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-05
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