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The gift of diabetes [videorecording (DVD)] / directed by O. Brion Whitford with John Paskievich ; written by O. Brion Whitford ; producers, Joe MacDonald, John Paskievich.

Whitford, Brion. (Added Author). Paskievich, John. (Added Author). National Film Board of Canada. (Added Author).

Summary:

Filmmaker Brion Whitford is an Ojibway who lives with the pain of advanced diabetes. As his health worsened, his interest in his own culture grew. Follows Brion's struggle to regain his health by learning about the medicine wheel, a holistic tool grounded in Aboriginal understanding of the interconnectedness of all dimensions of life. Also explores the historical trauma of colonization and how it continues to affect Aboriginal people's psychological and physical well being.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Montreal] : National Film Board of Canada, c2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:
No "skip" segments.
System Details Note:
DVD-R format. No scene indexing.
Language Note:
Closed captioned.
Subject: Whitford, Brion > Health.
Diabetics > Canada > Biography.
Diabetes > Alternative treatment.
Indians of North America > Medicine > Canada.
Medicine wheels > Canada.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Native peoples > Canada > Medicine.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Interurban Library RC 660.4 G54 2005 (Text) 26040002895536 Media Volume hold Available -


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