Documentary to focus on survivors

The Bandwagon, will be a two-hour documentary if all goes well will be released in 2010. Co-produced by Jannica Hoskins and Randy Bezeau the documentary is made in the hope of giving a voice to the thousands of First Nations who were forced to endure residential school in the 1960s and into the 80s and make positive changes to the way Canada handles child apprehension.
This summer the pair is traveling cross-country interviewing residents, politicians and policy-makers in order to examine Aboriginal adoption and the so-called 60's scoop. The thousands of children taken from their homes some without even their parents knowledge and forced into residential schools will have their story told.
The first part of the documentary will be on the root motivations of why forced adoption policies were created.
Next on the agenda is to study traditional methods of raising children, focusing on the variations offered by each territory. Lastly, the documentary will look at how Aboriginal territories are coping with foster care and Native adoptions in this modern day.
The project has been flourishing along with Hoskins own path of self-discovery.
"I started asking questions and looking for answers as to why my parents, primarily my father, raised us to pretend we weren't Cree. I realized this was quite common," said Hoskins.
While Hoskins was on her journey, trying to comprehend why her family had denied they were Cree, she began to examine the origins of the many social problems plaguing Aboriginal peoples realizing they were closely linked if not almost the same.
"That is when we started to unravel this huge question, which eventually led us to residential schools and the whole mindset of the government during the time of confederation that really influenced genocidal policy," explained Hoskins.
Instead of waiting for possible funding, Hoskins and Bezeauhave financed this project on there own and opted not to have ownership of the final project.
"We wanted to share all of the ownership with all of the individuals that are on camera," said Hoskins.