The Pass System

The Pass System is a Canadian documentary film released in 2015, focusing on the former Canadian government policy known as the pass system, which enforced the segregation of First Nations people on their reserves.

The film was extensively researched, directed, and produced by Alex Williams, with narration provided by Tantoo Cardinal. James Cullingham served as the executive producer, and Cris Derksen composed the music for the documentary.

With the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, and the community, the film was produced in association with Tamarack Productions. Its premiere took place in Vancouver, British Columbia, as part of the 2015 Vancouver International Film Festival.

The Pass System initially aired on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network on April 13, 2016. Subsequently, it was broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's main network on June 19, 2016, at 1 p.m.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ Benjoe, Kerry (November 26, 2015). "First Nation reserves prior to 1960s were 'open-air prisons,' says Saskatoon filmmaker behind The Pass System". Leader-Post. Postmedia Network. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
^ Deerchild, Rosanna (November 29, 2015). "The pass system: another dark secret in Canadian history". Unreserved. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
^ "The Pass System". VIFF. Retrieved 13 December 2015.

External links

Official website

Violence and discrimination against Indigenous peoples in Canada

Background

Settler colonialism	Gradual Civilization Act Numbered Treaties Indian Act Role of the RCMP
Genocide	Residential school system gravesites list / Chanie Wenjack Forced sterilization First Nations nutrition experiments Sixties Scoop Kimelman Report High Arctic relocation RCMP dog killings
Racism	Stereotypes Pass system Potlatch ban Indian agents Indian hospitals

Specific
issues

Structural violence and discrimination	Birth alerts Child poverty Climate change Criminal sentencing Mass incarceration Food insecurity Foster care Healthcare inequality Brian Sinclair Joyce Echaquan Long-term DWAs
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women	Highway of Tears list of victims Winnipeg serial killings Immaculate Basil Tina Fontaine Pamela Holopainen Tammy Lamondin-Gagnon Serena McKay Helen Betty Osborne Jean Virginia Sampare Loretta Saunders Amber Tuccaro Lisa Marie Young
Police brutality and misconduct	Violence against Wetʼsuwetʼen protesters 2020 Gustafsen Lake standoff Ipperwash Crisis Inquiry Death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet Killing of Chantel Moore Saskatoon freezing deaths Neil Stonechild Judge David William Ramsay

Responses

Commissions and inquiries	IRSSA Truth and Reconciliation Commission Holiday National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Legal	An Act to amend the Criminal Code for trafficking of minors Project E-Pana United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act

Related
topics

Indigenous land claims	Specific claims British Columbia Treaty Process Yukon Land Claims Land Back
Land protection and Water protection	Burnt Church Crisis Caledonia land dispute Clayoquot protests Keystone Pipeline Oka Crisis Old-growth logging protests Trans Mountain pipeline Unistʼotʼen Camp
Media	Portrayals of the residential school system list Finding Dawn Foster Child Highway of Tears Missing and Murdered The Pass System Pig Girl Quiet Killing Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child Rustic Oracle Secret Path This River Taken The Unnatural and Accidental Women