Off to School: Filmic False Equivalence and Indian Residential School Scholarship
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane Griffith
Historical Studies in Education, vol. 30, no. 1, From Centennial to Sesquicentennial in Canada: Transformative Research in the History of Education, Spring, 2018, pp. 69-
Description
Compares two short documentaries: Off to School (1958), produced by the National Film Board and Alanis Obomsawin's Christmas at Moose Factory (1971). Discusses how popular and scholarly representations of the schools have changed since the first film was made.