A Historic Survival


CACHE Productions in association with Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery presents the story of local Red Deer community Kokums Bertha Poor and Rosina Winnie as they remember their experience of residential school in northern Saskatchewan.


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accepted at THE NATIONAL SCREEN INSTITUTE ONLINE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL



A Historic Survival is a powerful short film inspired by Senator Murray Sinclair after he spoke at Red Deer College in March of 2016. This project is informed by a history that Canada is attempting to reconcile.

A Historic Survival is a powerful story of two people sharing and using their childhood experiences to imagine better world. Please see Being Kokum, the story of Rosena Winnie and Bertha Poor, along with Lynn Mulder, making their community in Central Alberta a better place to live.