The Red Dress

Scott, Michael, (film director.). Valenta, Vladimir, (film producer.). Kroitor, Roman, (film producer.). Nachtigall, Dieter, (film producer.). Radford, Tom, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: Renowned Mťis author and screenwriter Maria Campbell explores themes of cultural identity, sexual assault, and the familial impact of colonialism in The Red Dress, echoing the themes of her seminal memoir, Halfbreed. Kelly is a Mťis man without treaty or hunting rights, struggling to sustain his traditional life. His daughter Theresa longs for a red dress from France that she believes will give her power and strength, as the bear claw once did for her great-grandfather Muskwa. When Theresa escapes an assault and Kelly turns his back on his daughter, he realizes that he must reconnect with his culture in order to make things right. Today, the red dress is a powerful symbol recognizing the more than 1,000 missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. .

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (27 min., 47 sec.) : sound
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2017.
Copyright: ♭1978

Content descriptions

General Note:	Agency:.Produced by the NFB in cooperation with the English Program, Prairie Centre, CBC, ATEC Canada, Alberta Education Communications Corporation, and Access Alberta for the National Museum of Man.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Michael Scott ; producer, Vladimir Valenta ; executive producer, Roman Kroitor, Dieter Nachtigall ; associate producer, Tom Radford ; script, Maria Campbell ; camera, David De Volpi ; sound, Hans Oomes ; editing, Anne Wheeler ; sound editing, Bernard Bordeleau, Donald Douglas ; re-recording, Hans Peter Strobl ; music, Roger Deegan.
Participant or Performer Note:	Cast, Tommy Banks, Abbie Burnstick, Jackson Davies, Yvonne Lois Lee, Tom Radford, Sam Sinclair, Shannon Two Feathers.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1978.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).