''For Angela'' is a 1993 short docudrama co-directed by Daniel Prouty and Nancy Trites Botkin, dramatizing the experiences of two

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women, Rhonda Gordon and her daughter Angela, who were the victims of racist harassment on a

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city bus. The two were verbally assaulted by three teenage boys at a bus stop, with the boys then continuing their racist insults aboard the bus. The following day Gordon went to the boys' school, met the principal, and confronted the offenders. The confrontation was meant to educate the boys - to challenge their stereotypes of natives and to sensitize them to the dehumanizing effects of their behavior. ''For Angela'' stars Tina Keeper as Rhonda Gordon. Produced by the

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, the film received several awards including the

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at the

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,"Short film about racism wins Gemini". ''

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'', February 13, 1995. and the award for Best Live Short Subject at the American Indian Film Festival.

References

External links

''Watch For Angela'' at NFB.ca
Films shot in Winnipeg First Nations films 1993 short films 1993 films National Film Board of Canada short films English-language Canadian films Canadian docudrama films Films set in Winnipeg Films about racism 1990s English-language films Canadian drama short films 1990s Canadian films {{1990s-Canada-film-stub