Name: TORONTO: The Pass System Documentary
Start: 2016-04-01T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2016-04-01T21:00:00-04:00

From the Northwest Resistance of 1885 and for over 60 years, the Canadian Government denied many Indigenous peoples of the prairies the basic freedom to leave their reserves, all the while knowing there was no basis in law for the policy. This investigative documentary features Cree, Saulteaux, Dene, Ojibwe and Blackfoot Elders and their stories of living under and resisting the system, revealing a little-known picture of life under segregation. In Canada.

Free for Ryerson Students. Tickets available for non-Ryerson Students!

Watch the trailer for the film here: https://vimeo.com/125253802

Directions!
http://www.ryerson.ca/maps/

“This powerful film draws from Elders’ memories and historical artifacts in order to detail the history of the pass system – yet another example of the regulation and control of Indigenous people through colonial policies created by the Canadian state.” – Idle No More

DIRECTOR Alex Williams NARRATION Tantoo Cardinal EDITOR Igal Hecht

Starring: Indigenous Elders, artists, and historians from Treaty Areas 4, 6 & 7 (Saskatchewan and Alberta).

MUSIC Cris Derksen EXECUTIVE PRODUCER James Cullingham

PRODUCED IN ASSSOCIATION WITH TAMARACK PRODUCTIONS http://WWW.TAMARACKPRODUCTIONS.COM

Presented in association with Divest Ryerson, Indigenous Students’ Association, and Racialized Students’ Collective

Follow the film on facebook for upcoming screenings and to see some of the original pass system documents: facebook.com/thepasssystem

and on twitter: twitter.com/ThePassSystem

RECENT PRESS:

TORONTO STAR: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/01/10/the-pass-system-explores-dark-chapter-in-canadian-history.html

NOW MAGAZINE: https://nowtoronto.com/news/canada-s-secret-history-of-segregation/

CBC ABORIGINAL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/dark-history-canada-s-pass-system-1.3454022

TIFF: http://tiff.net/theslate/alex-williams-pass-system