We Were Children

About We Were Children

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. There were 80 of these 'residential schools' across the country.

Tim Wolochatiuk's We Were Children is a 2012 documentary film. At 88 minutes long, it arrived in March 2012.

Its themes are indigenous peoples, residential school, and canadian history.

Lyna Hart appears as Self, Ross McMillan as Father Y, Glen Anaquod as Self, and Alicia Hamelin as Lyna (4 Yrs Old). The screenplay is by Jason Sherman. It streams on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States.