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Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

Documentary

8.0

Release Date

September 10, 2019

Duration

65 min

Status

Released

Language

en

Overview

The story of a young boy forced to spend all five years of his short life in hospital while the federal and provincial governments argued over which was responsible for his care, as well as the long struggle of Indigenous activists to force the Canadian government to enforce “Jordan’s Principle” — the promise that no First Nations children would experience inequitable access to government-funded services again.

Casts

Alanis Obomsawin

Narrator (voice)

Alanis Obomsawin

Jordan River Anderson

Self (archive footage)

Jordan River Anderson

Cindy Blackstock

Self

Cindy Blackstock

Ernest Anderson

Self - Jordan's father

Ernest Anderson

Stefanie Wiens

Self - Occupational therapist

Stefanie Wiens

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