{{italic title}} {{Infobox film | name = Waseskun | image = | alt = | caption = | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | director = Steve Patry | producer = Nathalie Cloutier<br>Denis McCready | writer = Steve Patry | screenplay = | story = | based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | starring = | narrator = | music = | cinematography = | editing = Natalie Lamoureux | studio = <!-- or: | production_companies = --> | distributor = <!-- or: | distributors = --> | released = {{Film date|2016}} | runtime = 1h 20m | country = Canada | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Waseskun''''' is a 2016 documentary film written and directed by Steve Patry about the Waseskun Healing Centre,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/aboriginal/002003-2000-eng.shtml |title=Correctional Service Canada Healing Lodges |publisher=Government of Canada, Correctional Service of Canada|language=en|access-date=January 20, 2017}}</ref> a Correctional Service of Canada healing lodge run by Canadian Indigenous people for Indigenous inmates, situated in Quebec's Lanaudière region.<ref name="Caron" /><ref name=":0" />
The title of the film and the facility, ''waseskun'', is a Cree word describing the moment when clouds part after a storm and sunshine breaks through. The director lived with inmates three to four days a week over the course of an entire year, to record their experiences as well as build trust. The film shows how the facility combines traditional healing practices with crafts, sport as well as personal confessions. Inmates are shown recounting experiences of childhood abuse, and working to break the cycle of abuse and addiction.<ref name="Caron">{{cite news |last=Caron |first=Dominique |url=http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/805765/documentaire-cinema-autochtone-waseskun |title=Waseskun, documentaire-choc dans un centre de détention autochtone du Québec|access-date=January 20, 2017|work=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|date=September 29, 2016|language=fr-ca}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/480240/documentaire-delinquants-en-guerison|title=Délinquants en guérison |last=Lévesque |first=François |newspaper=Le Devoir|language=fr|access-date=January 20, 2017}}</ref>
The film was produced by the National Film Board of Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2016/09/30/une-prison-sans-barbeles |title=Une prison sans barbelés|last=Quessy |first=Geneviève|website=Le Journal de Montréal|access-date=January 20, 2017|language=fr-ca}}</ref> It received two Canadian Screen Award nominations, for Best Feature Length Documentary and Best Editing in a Documentary, at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170118150400/http://etcanada.com/news/196011/2017-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-revealed/ "2017 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Revealed"]. ''ET Canada'', January 17, 2017.</ref>
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==External links== *{{NFB film|waseskun_en/}} *{{IMDb title|6109784}}
Category:2016 films Category:Correctional Service of Canada Category:Documentary films about First Nations in Canada Category:National Film Board of Canada documentaries Category:Quebec films Category:Documentary films about the penal system in Canada Category:2016 English-language films Category:2016 Canadian films Category:English-language documentary films Category:Films directed by Steve Patry