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Because They Are Different
Catalogue Number: NFB526085
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Richard Gilbert
Directors: Jack Ofield
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Character Education, Documentary, Early Childhood Education, Education, First Nations Studies, Indigenous Issues, Indigenous Peoples, Social Issues, Social Studies, Special Education
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1964
Running Time: 27:58
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Because They Are Different 
Catalogue Number: NFB526085
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Richard Gilbert
Directors: Jack Ofield
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Character Education, Documentary, Early Childhood Education, Education, First Nations Studies, Indigenous Issues, Indigenous Peoples, Social Issues, Social Studies, Special Education
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1964
Running Time: 27:58
Click here for pricing
This short documentary explores issues surrounding the integration of Canadian Indigenous people into social institutions such as the non-Indigenous school systems and workforce. Questions arise about the viability and desirability of integration, and old prejudices are revealed in interviews and commentary from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians.