The gift of diabetes

Whitford, Brion (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: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (59 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in. (DVD)
Publisher: [Montréal] : National Film Board of Canada, c2005.

Content descriptions

Creation/Production Credits Note:	Directors, O. Brion Whitford and John Paskievich; writer, O. Brion Whitford; producers, Joe MacDonald, John Paskievich.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator, O. Brion Whitford.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Restrictions: Licensed for use within the Selkirk College region only.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.