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User Rating:
6.6/10   29 votes
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Director:

Paul Unwin

Writer:

Blake Corbet (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

25 May 2008 (Canada) more

Genre:

Drama more

Awards:

6 wins & 4 nominations more

User Comments:

for a Canadian political film, this is a fun romp more (3 total)


Cast

  (Credited cast)
Billy Merasty ... Elijah Harper
Tina Louise Bomberry ... Elizabeth Harper
Gregory 'Dominic' Odjig ... Teenage Elijah
Michael Peterson ... 5-year-old Elijah
Lola Sanchez ... Cassandra Harper

Currie Graham ... Gary Filmon
Glen Gould ... Phil Fontaine
Siigwan Ferland ... Teen Holly Harper

Gary Farmer ... Ray
Maury Chaykin ... Howard Pawley

Rachelle White Wind Arbez ... Young Elizabeth Harper
Lorne Cardinal ... Chief Archie
Morris Birdyellowhead ... Charcoal
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Erik J. Berg ... Random kid

Mariam Bernstein ... Nurse
John Bluethner ... Speaker of the House

Daniel Boiteau ... Boy
Cory Cassidy ... Photographer
Terri Cherniak ... Diagnosis Nurse #2

David Stuart Evans ... Receptionist

Darren Felbel ... Security Guard
Deena Fontaine ... Irate native woman
Francis Fontaine ... Elderly legislator
Elijah Harper ... Himself
Muriel Hogue ... Diagnosis Nurse #1
Shannon Jacques ... Secretary

Matt Kippen ... Gord Mackintosh

Daina Leitold ... Rhoda (scenes deleted)
Vicki Marentette ... Security Woman #1 (as Victoria Marentette)
Stephen Eric McIntyre ... Hip Disc Jockey

Gabrielle Miller ... Jill the Reporter
Fred Mitchell ... Goliath Harper
Patty Mousseau ... Fighting Woman #2
Brian Mulroney ... Himself (archive footage)
Tracey Nepinak ... Fighting Woman #1 (as Tracy Nepinak)

Wayne Nicklas ... Protestant Minister

Mike O'Brien ... Lloyd Girman

Adriana O'Neil ... Legislator
Wilma Pelly ... Very Old Native Woman
Susanna Portnoy ... Mrs. Billet
Garry Richard ... Elijah's Father
Lora Schroeder ... Screaming Woman

Andrea Shawcross ... Gord's Wife

Jeff Skinner ... Mr. Billet
Diane Stubbington ... Security Woman #2

Gordon Tanner ... Jean Chretien
Blake Taylor ... Lowell Murray
Pierre Trudeau ... Himself (archive footage)
Warren Louis Wiltshire ... Doorman
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Additional Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English | Cree

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada


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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
for a Canadian political film, this is a fun romp, 25 May 2008
8/10
Author: bengleson from British Columbia

The Meech Lake debacle was a pivotal event in Canadian political history. The film tells the story of Elijah Harper, a first nations icon fortuitously situated in the Manitoba LegislatureIt is, at once, a serious portrait of the times and a highly entertaining examination of Harpers life and the events which put him at the throat of Canada. The actual politics of the matter were tedious, even for a political junkie like me. This film gave me a new appreciation of the issues,as well as a valuable,and hopefully useful, perspective on aboriginal people and some of their challenging issues. Bottom line, this is a well made film, episodic and clearly designed to use humor to teach history. It should be shown in Canada's classrooms.

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