Spirit to Soar

Spirit to Soar (2021)


Summary

Between 2000 and 2011, seven First Nations high school students in Thunder Bay died. Five were found in rivers surrounding Lake Superior. All were forced to leave their homes in order to attend school. Anishinaabe/Polish Canadian journalist Tanya Talaga brought international attention to this tragedy through her award-winning non-fiction book Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City. Talaga returns to Thunder Bay and her ancestral roots to talk with the family members, Indigenous community leaders and youth whose resilience in the face of unjust colonial systems provide a path forward.

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Directing Tanya Talaga Director
Directing Michelle Derosier Director
Production Nida Marji Producer
Production Shivani Srivastava Producer
Production Rose LeMay Producer
Production Tanya Talaga Executive Producer
Production Stuart Coxe Executive Producer
Writing Tanya Talaga Writer
Editing Eui Yong Zong Editor
Editing Adam Phipps Editorial Services
Crew Sean Stiller Cinematography
Sound Zoe Gordon Sound
Visual Effects Justin Stephenson Animation