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Walker (1991)
Directed by Alanis Obomsawin
Drama · 14m
Walker is a young Aboriginal foster child whose only playmate is his dog. Jamie is a lonely young white boy who is afraid of dogs, and has some strange ideas about Aboriginal people. Walker ignores the racist jeering and taunting of the bigger boys and reaches out to Jamie. Together, they find friendship and understanding. Walker challenges racist attitudes toward Aboriginal people, and shows how children from different backgrounds can form friendships. This film is part of the Playing Fair series.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Alanis Obomsawin
- Writer
- Beatrice Mosionier
- Director of Photography
- Susan Trow
- Editor
- MeiYen Chan
- Producer
- Penny Ritco, Wolf Koenig
Details
- Release date
- 1991-01-01
- Runtime
- 14m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- ONF | NFB