International Premiere
CSE 2025

Healing Dolls

Mashteuiatsh women share grief and hope making dolls, building a strong, supportive space for healing together. 
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SYNOPSIS

Testimonials from the women’s group at Mashteuiatsh Puakuteu fill this intimate short film about grief and healing. In doll-making workshops, the women share their doubts and hopes and, in doing so, build a space of strength and solidarity.

Theme(s): Feminism, First nations

DETAILS

Director | , Comité De femmes Puakuteu
Year | , 2024
Country | , Québec
Duration | 7 minutes
Original language | , French
Subtitles | , French
Sound | Charlotte Beaulieu
Editing | Alexandra Nadeau, Charlotte Beaulieu, Lysandre Leduc-Boudreau
Production | Wapikoni Mobile
Distribution | Wapikoni Mobile
Screenplay | Comité De femmes Puakuteu
Camera | Alexandra Nadeau, Lysandre Leduc-Boudreau
Cast | Aïka Raphaël, Amélie Courtois, Chantale Niquay, Cynthia Bégin, Émilie Tremblay, Kokom Germaine Dubé, Louise Bergeron, Marie-Ève Courtois, Marie-Thérèse Raphaël, Rose-May Germain, Tania Raphaël, Thérèse Raphaël-Bégin

RÉALISATION

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Comité De femmes Puakuteu

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A community organization in the Indigenous community of Mashteuiatsh, Puakuteu promotes projects for women and young people. It was founded in 2012, when a group of women from the community wanted to raise awareness about the history and lasting scars of residential schools, honouring residential school survivors, their descendants, and their families.

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