Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:ONF NFB
Puberty Part 1
DirectorAlanis Obomsawin
14 min
Plot
An intimate portrait of Marie Leo a Stolo woman who was adopted into a Lílwat family as a baby Maries gentle narrative of her remarkable early childhood demonstrates a deep connection to culture land and family that continues to endure This short is part of the Lilwata series In the early 1970s at the outset of her documentary career Alanis Obomsawin visited the Lílwat Nation an Interior Salish First Nation in British Columbia and created a series of shorts that provide personal narratives about Lílwat culture histories and knowledge
