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2013 Canadian film
Hi-Ho Mistahey!
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Directed by
| Alanis Obomsawin
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Production
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Distributed by
| National Film Board of Canada
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Release date
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- 7 September 2013
(
2013-09-07
)
(
TIFF
)
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Running time
| 99 min 43 s
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Country
| Canada
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Hi-Ho Mistahey!
is a 2013
National Film Board of Canada
feature documentary film by
Alanis Obomsawin
that profiles
Shannen's Dream
, an activist campaign first launched by Shannen Koostachin, a
Cree
teenager from
Attawapiskat
, to lobby for improved educational opportunities for
First Nations
youth.
[1]
The film premiered on 7 September 2013 at the
2013 Toronto International Film Festival
. It was subsequently named first runner-up for the festival's People's Choice Award in the documentary category, behind
Jehane Noujaim
's
The Square
.
[2]
The film's title is Cree for "I love you forever." Obomsawin has said she heard about Koostachin's story from children's rights activist
Cindy Blackstock
.
[3]
Obomsawin had been in the community of Attawapiskat working on this film when the Attawapiskat housing and infrastructure crisis broke. So she put this project aside and completed her film
The People of the Kattawapiskak River
, before completing
Hi-Ho Mistahey!
[4]
The film was a shortlisted nominee for the
Canadian Screen Award
for Best Feature Length Documentary at the
2nd Canadian Screen Awards
.
[5]
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