We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice

The rights of First Nations children take center stage in this landmark documentary, the 50th by legendary filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin. We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice follows the historic discrimination complaint filed against the Government of Canada in 2007 by the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada and the Assembly of First Nations. Led by Cindy Blackstock, the head of the Caring Society, they argued that child and family welfare services provided to First Nations children on reserves were underfunded and inferior to those offered to other Canadian children. Over the course of the next three years, Blackstock and her allies tenaciously fought for what they knew was right in the face of overt - and covert - challenges. (Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival)