Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:ONF NFB
Puberty Part 2
DirectorAlanis Obomsawin
17 min
Plot
Elder Marie Leo recounts her experiences going through puberty Growing up on the Lílwat Nation near Mount Currie BC Marie details the important process of preparing for womanhood The various tasks and duties she undertakes demonstrate a complex beautiful journey a young Lílwat person undergoes as they welcome adulthood and increased responsibilities 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
