The Red Dress

Kelly, a non-status Indian living a traditional outdoor life, watches his daughter Theresa feel the pull of the white world while staying proud of her heritage.

A 1970s NFB drama about Indigenous identity and the pull between tradition and modern life.

Kelly is a non-status Indian, best suited, it seems, to a traditional outdoors lifestyle. His daughter, Theresa, is proud of the ways of her people, but she is also drawn to the world of the white man. The Red Dresstells

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