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Shirley Cheechoo

"Silent Tears"Silent Tears
(1997, 28 min. Narrative) CANADA
Producer: Shirley Cheechoo (Cree)
Associate Producer: Heather Rae (Cherokee)
Director: Shirley Cheechoo (Cree)
Produced by: Spoken Song Productions Inc.; National Film Board of Canada; Banff Centre for the Arts

Based on the filmmaker's own life, this film presents a family facing a life-and-death situation in the backwoods of northern Canada.

Image credit: Shirley Cheechoo - courtesy of the filmmaker; Still from Silent Tears

Shirley Cheechoo
Heather Rae

First Nations/First Features

1997 Native American Film and Video Festival

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