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Urban Elder

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Overview

Meet Vern Harper, Urban Elder, who walks the "Red Road" in a fast-paced, urban landscape. The camera follows Vern as he leads a sweat lodge purification ceremony, watches his 11-year-old daughter Cody at a classical ballet rehearsal, conducts a private healing ceremony, participates in a political march of 150,000 people, and counsels Indigenous prisoners at Warkworth Federal Prison.

Keywords

urban life
first nations
indigenous community
indigenous canadians

Details

Status: Released
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: Canada
Cast: Rodney Bobiwash,Laura Spencer,Dan Smoke,Vern Harper,Sylvia Maracle
Director: Robert S. Adams
Producer: Louise Lorr,Robert S. Adams,Peter Starr
Cinematography: John Holosko
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0251456