Only the Devil Speaks Cree
(2002, 32 min.) CANADA
Director: Pamela Matthews (Cree)

The life of the filmmaker's mother inspires this piece on the boarding school, an education in loneliness, intolerance, and abuse for generations of First Nations people. Fictional passages capture Sadie's experiences at a religious school, in contrast to the film's life-affirming view of Native survival.

Image credit: Audience at Club Red Radio, 2000 Native American Film and Video Festival - Photograph by Amalia Córdova, NMAI; Only the Devil Speaks Cree