Mother of Many Children
1977
Synopsis
Filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin meets with Indigenous women from different First Nations, uncovering a proud matriarchal culture that has been pressured to adopt the values of white society. Women reveal how they struggle to regain a sense of equality and pass on their culture to younger generations.
Editorial
In this plentiful picture of gendered experience in Indigenous communities, all manner of grandmaternal traditions are generously shared. Just as attentive to the hardship that results from discrimination, Alanis Obomsawin underlines the vital importance of togetherness, ritual, and education.
