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How thick is your blood?

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Documentary

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With moving stories from a range of characters from her Kahnawake Reserve, Mohawk filmmaker, Tracey Deer, reveals the divisive legacy of more than a hundred years of discriminatory and sexist government policy to expose the lingering "blood quantum" ideals, snobby attitudes and outright racism that threaten to destroy the fabric of her community.

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

78 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

16 October 2008

Country

Canada

Cast

Tracey Deer

Tracey Deer

Narrator

Hilda Nicholas

Hilda Nicholas

Narrator

Akwiratékha Martin

Akwiratékha Martin

Narrator

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