Directed by Sean Stiller the HotDoc film ‘Returning Home’ runs a thread amid a global pandemic between the lingering trauma of Canada’s residential schools and the looming threat of extinction of the Pacific salmon in Canadian history.
‘Returning Home’ depicts Secwépemc filmmaker Sean Stiller following Phyllis Jack Webstad, the founder of Orange Shirt Day on a cathartic nationwide educational tour as her family struggles to heal multigenerational wounds at home in Secwépemc territory whose social fabric and way of life of their community is threatened by a multi-year federal fishing moratorium.
This HotDoc film would be showcased at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema in Toronto’s neighborhood on Aug 12 at 6:30 pm, Aug 13 at 1:30 pm, and 6:30 pm, Aug 14 at 6:30 pm, and Aug 15 and 16 at 4:30 pm.
The documentary depicts a repetition of the history being witnessed by the indigenous communities similar to the extermination of the prairie bison that so many Indigenous peoples relied on for survival. Returning Home illuminates a path to reconciliation and shares teachings on how to begin to heal and live in harmony with our natural world.
Being a year-round home for first-run Canadian and international documentary films, Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema is a historic, century-old community cinema that also showcases special presentations. It also showcases many of the city’s independent film festivals and offers some specialized fiction film programming.
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema is proud to be part of the Bloor St. Culture Corridor (BCC), launched in April 2014 with its corridor running approximately 1.6 km along Bloor Street, from Bathurst Street to Bay Street, and is home to a dozen permanent world‐class arts organizations presenting professional arts and cultural events for the public year‐round in destination venues.
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