Helen Betty Osborne. You are a hero, we learned about your story in high school. Your story taught me to be the strong indigenous woman I am today.

I remember watching this as a child, with my grandmother. it was so sad, how my own grandmother worried about us going out and about, because we are indigenous. nothing much has changed over the years. I wish can find all our missing & murdered aboriginal sisters 💜💜

@jbee4874

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!💜💜

@roxanalandaverde4778

2 жыл бұрын

I never forget about this movie and I’m 33

@Ethan2Tone

Жыл бұрын

@@FishermanClay8108 You can’t even write in the language you forced us to speak. We are a lot stronger now than we once were. The moronic hypocrisy in your simple chimp brain is bitter sweet. Considering men like you hide in the shadows of your separatist racism filled with insecurities making it easy for me to realize the real broken man is you. Always was you. The true savage is you and your predecessors.

@frankstared

Жыл бұрын

Stay safe but know too that there are people out there who want justice and a world based on equity.

@CindyCrane-fq8hb

8 ай бұрын

My friend Kelsey was murdered by her boyfriend. He got 2 months in jail and released.

I remember watching this as an 8 years old on French CBC. I’m 40 today and I realize how it affected me. I feel this should be studied in schools, maybe not elementary but junior or high schools for sure. It’s an important piece to show the reality of indigenous women in this country.

@frankstared

Жыл бұрын

Preceded and flowed with contextual and enriching dialogoical (Freire. 1968) pedagogy, it should be standard viewing for every single high-school student in Canada...twice.

@anarivera8852

11 ай бұрын

What did the french to Algerians, they called them indigènes. They raped their women, they murdered them, they enfumed them. They drove a genocide there, but no one talked about it, because the indigènes were « no people » for them.

The scene of Cornelius Bighetty at the store talking to his girlfriends murderer was so perfect considering how the scene set didn’t set the mood until you find out it’s Cornelius once he get picked up for his girlfriends murder. This story is so prolific and under represented in Canada. It shows the true underlying racism in Canada. It’s still the same.

Thank you Michael Mahonen and the cast and the crew for bringing this story to life. Helen "Betty" Osborne was 2nd cousins with my mother and she remembers them visiting Cross Lake the community an hour from Norway House. And she says they were nice Betty, Justine and her mother.

@juliannaanda8210

5 жыл бұрын

My condolences, my Native sister. Times are slowly changing for the better but our struggle continues in Canada. It has inspired to volunteer with Human Traffiking, particularly of Native women & children for the past few years. If I save one woman & one child I shall feel that I have made my contribution as Great Spirit has asked of me. Blessings to you & yours. x

@teresalinton5898

3 жыл бұрын

im so sorry

I live in Flin Flon, and as we approach the 50th anniversary of this crime, I will be using this book and movie to teach my Grade 8 class about this very important piece of local history, as The Pas is our neighbouring town. I went to Betty's memorial this summer at Clear Water Lake and it was very moving. This film is excellent, as are the performances all-around. I was in high school when it aired and it has always stuck with me. Thank you, Mr. Mahonen for bringing the tragic figure that was Lee Colgan to life.

I first watched this in 1991 and have watched a few more times. It's the most intense and heartfelt writing, acting and directing.

This film was aired on croatian national tv in the early nineties. I was maybe 7 or 8 and this story shook me deeply. I was looking for this to rewatch, but I couldn’t find it. Thank you so much for posting.

I remember seeing bits and pieces of this miniseries on TV, probably because my parents didn't want me to watch it. It's interesting to see it again. Thank you for taking the time to post this, Michael. I hope all is well.

Michael I remember how this movie affected me, when I first watched it several years ago on the CBC. I was a 7 year old from Sask., approximately 225 miles south west of The Pas, when Helen Betty Osborne was murdered. Right down to the 'Hockey Night In Canada' game that Bud Colgan was viewing, this movie encapsulates life as it was in so many small northern towns at that time. As others have stated, I knew very little about Betty Osborne, this movie spurred me to research online, it is astounding how much it was an open secret, and how justice was never really delivered for the Osborne family. You did a remarkable job in the movie, I read you were playing a teen from the early 1900's on 'Road To Avonlea' in the morning, shifting to Lee Colgan after years of drinking, in the afternoon! Your Gemini win was truly deserved

@SUNMAYDEN518

5 жыл бұрын

good post

Such a tragic story. I feel like it would be a good film to help bring attention to the missing and murder women. Your transformation from a carefree youth to a tormented man was so well done! It must have been a challenge to play that character.

@teresalinton5898

3 жыл бұрын

yes it was a tragic movie

@teresalinton5898

3 жыл бұрын

agree

This is so messed up! Remember watching it as a little girl and feeling disgusted at how stupid people can be just because someone is another ethnicity. I been looking for this movie for years and thought I was going crazy cause I swore up and down this movie existed but could never find it. Thanks for uploading!♥️

I lived in The Pas when the case was reopened,I was there for 18 months,I noticed how hush hush this crime was even then .This made me so disgusted with those who went unpunished and held the secret,I’m white from BC also a first generation Canadian from Britain,and I have a immense respect for the natives of this land in Canada and USA,what the white man has done is horrifying ,absolutely NO RESPECT,not even for their own kind. Rest In Peace Betty,and prayers for all family and friends. This case really had a disturbing effect on me and still dose .

@teresalinton5898

3 жыл бұрын

i agree elizabeth

@martym2694

3 жыл бұрын

Every country has a dark sin in its history. The United States of America wrongly treated Indians & blacks. Britain colonized and oppressed many, middle eastern countries still murder and torture gays, women and Christians.

WHY isn't this movie on television more? It hasn't aired in well over a decade and it is one of the best movies I have ever seen! They need to get into those archives and bring all these great movies back. Wonderful job by the actors! I have been looking all over for this one! Thanks so much for posting it!

@ashleym8658

5 жыл бұрын

It's not just a movie, it's a true story.

It is so sad that this is a true story. The people in this town must be the most heartless and callous people on earth. It didn’t matter to them that a child had been brutally murdered.

@FishermanClay8108

Жыл бұрын

Racism in the 70s?

First watched this when it aired on national (US) television in the early 90s. I was spellbound. This movie, which I keep on my KZread Movie List, and a subsequent move to Minnesota, led me to a masters in history concentrating on Native American history. (Since then, my study has included that of First Nations from Canada). It was the treatment and hostility I witnessed in Minnesota regarding Native Americans further cementing my interest in this specific history. Trust me, there are persons from Minnesota, particularly "Up North," who still act in this manner toward the Native populations.

I remember watching this when I was young child with my mum, it always stuck with me, I have always loved true movies.

I saw this movie years ago on TV and was immediately struck by how little has changed today. Hopefully someday racism will be a thing of the past. Thanks for the post!

@post_mm

10 жыл бұрын

M Parker, thank you for sharing your thoughts. I think there has been progress in some regards, but some ignorance still remains. Racism is a false concept, a completely false idea altogether. Each person is an individual person and there are many things that each person decides to do or not do that determines that person's character and that has nothing to do with race. Every race has a full spectrum of individuals with different characters. Race is not a determining factor and it is a false idea. I too hope that racism will be a thing of the past. We should be past that by now. Cheers.

@teresalinton5898

3 жыл бұрын

it will never change. i worked i a law firm in d.c. i was not the least bit racist. i had an education and was bypassed for promotions by black women who has no experiece. i resented that

@esztisiha4337

2 жыл бұрын

@@post_mm 🤍egy kedvenc művész vagy számomra,családom számára.és igaz amit irsz

@teatotaler2370

Жыл бұрын

@@teresalinton5898 Oh please! You're so hard done by. Cry me a river, whiner.

Michael, you did an amazing job in this movie --- I'm from The Pas and in fact, I grew up at The Pas Airport... across from the Pumphouse. Our family moved there afterwards though, in 1978.... and we moved off in 1991 when the government housing decided to get rid of the community. I first seen this movie in high school, as it was taught to us first by the novel, then we watched the movie..... and as a teacher, I had my grade 9s read the same novel and we watched the movie too. As a citizen in the 2000s, life has improved a little but sadly, the racist remarks are still bad here. I've been trying to read the comments down below and so many people are in hope that life here has changed. .. .. Sadly no: there are still many racist things going on here.... Not as much ... but it hasn't completely disappeared. I'm not aboriginal, mind you, despite my black hair but I teach in Moose Lake, a native reserve that's about an hour into the bush from Clearwater Lake. No one has forgotten Helen and her families and there's a memorial giant stone for her at the location of the old residential school which is beside a ways from the Pumphouse at Clearwater Lake. ... There's so much I want to say and share about this matter.... It's not always easy. It's still very complicated here in The Pas... in the North ..... and there's still many 'fights' going on. :( But little by little, people are realizing that racism is wrong .... but I guess too many people are just hurting still.

@teresalinton5898

3 жыл бұрын

good post

@wpgjets4life

Жыл бұрын

@@FishermanClay8108 it is unfair to paint one town like this, when it is well known that most northern Canadian towns were identical to The Pas. In fact, there have been similar cases over decades. This murder just received a ton of publicity.

Hi Michael, thanks for sharing a clear copy of this. It is great work by all involved and imho is critical viewing in helping people understand and comes to term with the racism and oppression that Indigenous peoples in Canada (and the world over) face.

See this movie one time and you'll remember osbourne always, i saw this as a kid

Awesome work in this movie! I remember hearing about Helen Betty Osborne's murder when I was about 8 years old, which was YEARS after it had occurred. I even remember watching the news when they finally made the arrests and was stunned when the verdicts were delivered. There was no justice done, and the embarrassment or shame that the town felt afterwards gets no sympathy from me. Where was the compassion and sympathy for Osborne before, during and after she died? i don't care if you're white, native, african american or whatever, no one deserves to go through what she did. And shame on people who knew what happened and who did it and never said anything. That's just lower than low.

@dougat

8 жыл бұрын

+christinenechvatal one of the best movioes/series I've ever watched and still watch! It's very scary because it reminds me of guys I hung out with in the 70's who joked in the car we were all drinking and god knows what else tion. The poor girl being chopped down so early in life it's sickening.

@post_mm

8 жыл бұрын

+christinenechvatal Thank you, Christine. There's a lot of good work done by many people on this movie. They finally found the guys, but justice was certainly not done.

Thank-you for sharing. This movie had a great impact on me when I first watched it as a youth. I really think it should be available or re-aired.

@juliannaanda8210

5 жыл бұрын

I concur absolutely. The problem between Canada and Native people is reprehensible. The world should know our SHAME. From it's inception until today (2019) the problems continue, children taken away - now in Nova Scotia!, due to European particularly the English's dictates to "deal with the Native problem." They slaughtered us, stole our land, raped said land & stuck us on poor, drug/alcohol filled reserves. Disgusting. ~ A sad Torontonian

Thank you for uploading this movie on here. It was one of the most significant documentaries I ever watched and even though I was a young child when I watched it haunted my thoughts for years and I never forgot her name.

I watched the series when it aired on CBC and I was so angered by the apathy of the townspeople. Racism is alive, and well in Canada, however at least now we have a dialog.

I will always remember Helen Betty Osborne in my heart❤️🌹😭

@teresalinton5898

3 жыл бұрын

me too

@EveryMan-yz1ce

3 жыл бұрын

Did you know her personally?

This was such a heart wrenching movie, Michael Mahonen you are such a great actor! Must have been a tough script for you and everyone else....

This scenario for the poor woman is too hard to watch. I am ashamed of being Canadian when I watch this. My father was also prejudiced for no reason, and I hated him for that.

This is a very poweful movie with great performances especially from Michael Mahonen.I hope that we will see more of you in movies or tv soon.

@post_mm

8 жыл бұрын

+Maria M O'Farrell Thank you, Maria. There are a number of excellent performances, I agree. Cheers.

@ngghhjgdgggggjhhhghgfy9624

8 жыл бұрын

You are welcome☺

@teresalinton5898

3 жыл бұрын

@@post_mm wonderful acting

just watched this again and its still a chilling movie. Michael you played an amazing part.

Hi Michael thank you for taking the time to reply, by the way my little brother is called Michael as well. it was an admirable piece of acting from you and your costars that made this film very watchable and I have watched it a few times and also recommended it to friends. thank you.

@post_mm

8 жыл бұрын

+Donna Skea You're welcome, Donna and thank you as well. :) For some reason, KZread required me to "approve" your comment, which I just saw now. So if you were wondering why it was not appearing that's the case. Cheers.

I first saw it,and cried my eyes out,when the mother said bye to her daughter as she went for an education.

Michael Mahonen...I would love for you to respond and would love to talk with you about this important movie, and what a great person you are...

Many Canadians died regretting their attitude towards indigenous people. Many felt comfortable with their racism. One of the reasons for racism was their segregation from other Canadians. I'd like to have them assimilated into society....and maintain their cultures as other Canadians have. I can't imagine the degradation felt, then and now. How utterly heartbreaking. I also believe their population was kept separate and exposed to alcohol, etc. in an ongoing effort to destroy them. Why do their segregation still exist?

I have an assignment; so I'm using this picture (Feature Film) as a Storyboard. Now I have to painstakingly separate each scene into still boards. I read the Lisa Priest book twice so I'm very familiar with this scandal that shook a town to its core.

Wanted to see that movie for a long time... thanks for sharing. Should go back on TV...

A great CBC production all around. I see this is the only place this movie is preserved at. Could still be shown today. Worthy of a video upgrade.

I remember this movie as a lil girl ..it was sooo Sad.

I think I watched this movie in the 90s. I never forgot it. Very traumatizing

Thanks for sharing this. I saw it years ago and it gave me the creeps, I guess is the best way to describe it. You did a great job acting in it because I alternated between hating your character, liking him, and finding him annoying as bleep. I thought of the movie again yesterday and was pleased to find it on you tube.

@post_mm

9 жыл бұрын

Yana Nadeau Thank you, Yana and thank you for watching. Cheers.

@teresalinton5898

3 жыл бұрын

@@post_mm excellent acting

This excellent made for tv movie disappeared from YT a couple of years ago but I'm pleased to see it's been posted again. (2014!) Shame the quality is so bad I guess it's a video tape copy but still better than not having it at all - thanks for the upload.

@post_mm

9 жыл бұрын

cameronpaul You're welcome. Yes, it's sourced from a VHS and I've seen another VHS copy recently that is basically the same quality as this. The tape just naturally degrades over time. Hopefully CBC has been storing their film and tape in good storage conditions and also transferring them to digital. Thanks for watching. Feel free to friend me on Facebook if you're there. facebook.com/michael.mahonen Cheers!

thanks for the upload Michael :) I'm ashamed to say I hadn't seen this movie yet...great job and might I say u don't hurt my eyes...take care cheers

Michael you are an excellent comedian, able to play gentlemen and scoundrels. Good luck in your career.

I remember when this miniseries originally aired. Conspiracy of Silence, To Catch A Killer, Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher and The Boys of St. Vincent. The best Canadian true crime dramas IMHO.

50 years ago today

Thanks for posting.

i couldnt log into my college email to watch this on the actual site they linked us to so tHANK YOU SO MUCH ILY

My mother Caroline McCauley was from the Metis community of the Pas - most of the family resides now in Opaskwayak First Nation. She was involved with a police officer named Clifford Kemp (my father). She met him at the age of 13 years old --- not long after she had my brother named Clifford Jewels (Magoo) Parenteau. She hid the fact that he got her pregnant --- naming him Clifford was her stupidity. My Grandfather was Samuel Paranteau - a stout Roman Catholic - that placed every child into residential school --- not one government agency was involved. She told me that he did not want them speaking Cree. The residential school broke my mother. She is a racist against "Indians" --- telling me that she did not prefer an Indian - because they were drunk and lazy. I do not share this opinion. My grandmother stood back and did nothing --- where were the communities to protect these children (First Nation, Metis and the Pas - where was the government while these crimes were happening.) I was fostered and horribly abused - one of my first memories was hiding against the wall - pretending to sleep --- my adopted father has joked about how I was in 7 foster homes and abused. She gave all her children up - he died of pancreatic cancer after being diagnosed 3 and a half weeks later. My family did not try to save us - nor did all the communities or the government. How many were adopted? several several 100 --- families are guilty and to blame as well. They say 15 years and no one knew --- they knew and they blame it on racism. The police knew --- the community knew. Helen Betty Osborne suffered as my mother did in residential school - they cover up the risk factors and say that she did not abuse herself. Lies. They (these men) were not cruising around - they were looking for her, they planned her murder and carried it out. A cover-up - just like adoptions. There is a movie exactly based on this - called "Dance me Outside". The women decided to kill him - wrong solution --- justice is the solution. They blame racism --- they should blame themselves. The solution is to end the cycle of abuse - tell the truth and communities must band together. My adopted father told me that they said I was abused in 7 foster homes (not sure if this is true) - joking about it --- he hated Indians (Natives) - why did this happen? it took 49 years before I spoke about my physical and sexual abuse and my grieving issues. I am a healthier person spiritually and physically. Cleansing yourself must happen - the truth is much better then lies and denial. We do not need anymore divided communities --- 15 years later and the police make 1 arrest (there were four men) Helen Betty Osbourne deserves true justice --- what did the police know? What did people know?

It's strange how similar this story is to Twin Peaks. A young, beautiful girl is attacked by a group of thugs and murdered. The scene where Betty's mom finds out the truth is very reminiscent of when Mrs. Palmer finds out about Laura. I think that speaks to the documentary's quality, since Twin Peaks was directed by David Lynch.

Great movie, totally hooked me into the story.

I'm from The Pas so I know the story of injustice and the human rights abuses that exist in this community as in others very similar to it. It is a shining example of indifference and the attitudes that keep us to this day separated from one other. As John Lennon once said... Imagine all the people Livin' life in peace (you) You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one.

this Film made me sick to my stomach the first time i saw it years ago, just watched it again and it had the same effect.....so so sad, how dumb and racist these people were, i dont get it, why cant everyone be treated the same way in this life, we are all the same.....that poor girl, its all the more heartbreaking because its a true story and i know that indiginous women are still being murdered and disappearing today......r.i.p Betty.....although Bettys murder was obviously racially motiated it reminds me of the case of Anita Coby, a nurse in Australia, who was also dragged into a car and raped and murdered by 5 men, a horrible horrible crime.....when will these things end, its all so wrong.....

I remember when this happened. So evil and sad. I grew up watching the main actor. I always liked him.

This story always brings tears to my eyes . Very sad sad story And what these four monsters gained from doing what they did to this innocent girl

I remember seeing this movie way back in 2002 on the Lifetime channel here in the U.S. I was about 16 years old. I was so traumatized by this movie that I researched the case on Helen Betty Osborne for years. I now work in the film industry and have been to Canada many times over the last several years. Each time I go to Canada, I always think of this movie or the Osborne case.

@meg5247

5 жыл бұрын

She was my second cousin. 💔

@markrose6227

5 жыл бұрын

Fel Gonzales sorry for your loss

Although I'm in BC I remember this happening..I was 15 and wondering people could be so brutal. She was so young and pretty. Horribly sad.

You did some excellent acting in this movie.. also, your one day older than my youngest brother... he was born April 28,964...

@valarie22

5 жыл бұрын

is he immortal!?

@valarie22

Жыл бұрын

@@teatotaler2370 what kind of question is that. at least be more detailed you moron

@valarie22

Жыл бұрын

@@teatotaler2370 Stop disrespecting this movie

@teatotaler2370

Жыл бұрын

@@valarie22 No, YOU are the one who's being disrespectful because you know damn well that the commenter meant 1964.

Hi Michael. I greatly respect your work as an actor. Was wondering...did you do this film while Road to Avonlea was still in production or was it done after Avonlea?

@Michael Mahonen - I was happy to find this movie on YT . I saw in on the television , years ago . You did an amazing job as Lee Colgan . I've been a fan since your days in Road to Avonlea . Good work

One of the saddest but best testaments to Helen Betty Osborne

I would say that Lee Coogan's conscience was bothering him.

@martym2694

3 жыл бұрын

What a little weasel he was, nothing but a little mommas boy. Those boys would have gone away for a long time if it were up to me.

@teresalinton5898

3 жыл бұрын

yes

@teresalinton5898

3 жыл бұрын

yes it was

Excellent movie and acting. The Pas citizens were extremely prejudiced. One question about like and dislike (thumbs up and down) - are we rating the movie or the crime. Thumbs up for the movie and thumbs down for the crime.

Thankyou very much for this movie, so sad

This poor girl!!! I saw this movie back in the 90s..its a very disturbing story! I just don't understand wtf is wrong with people..hard to wrap your head around

"I was in the cab when I saw it. Just past the lake." -My Grandpa

To be a a band member of the pas a true OCN member this movie angered me as well my family's life and legacy has been the Constant. Where was the Justice, it wasn't un

@donnaskea5249

9 жыл бұрын

Sorry you haven't had a reply if it true what you say it is really awful and I really feel for you and others like you

@post_mm

8 жыл бұрын

+Audrey Breyfogle There certainly wasn't justice, Audrey. I hope that things will improve for you and your fellow band members.

@wpgjets4life

4 жыл бұрын

@@post_mm The Police missed a golden chance of arresting Lee Colgan in 1976. His wife had left him, and taken their infant son away, after she was beaten by Lee. She tried to press assault charges, and had mentioned to Police that Lee Colgan has told her intimate details in regards to the murder, and his involvement as well as the involvement of Houghton and Johnson. Unfortunately, the Police once again dismissed her statement, and never did anything about it (in fairness, the incident happened in British Columbia, but it was under an RCMP jurisdiction). Also in 1976, a friend of Houghton had found the jacket of Helen Betty Osborne hidden out at Jim Houghton's cabin when he was doing some yard work for the family, and threw it in a pile of trash, not realizing the significance of the item. It was not until the 80s, when he went to Police with the information. The Police searched the area, but it had been years, and could not locate the jacket, which supposedly had traces of blood on it.

I'm so glad this young girl got justice.

I love this film so true and atmospheric good setting too

@donnaskea5249

9 жыл бұрын

Hi can you tell me what became of Houghton and also the alcoholic sidekick? Is it true that main character died in real life? That's what I heard.

@donnaskea5249

9 жыл бұрын

Hi Michael first time I've done this so shows how I feel about this movie, I feel that this movie really grabbed my attention one of the first true movies I ever watched, I am from the UK so another part of the world but I take a great interest in how the other half live. Wouldn't it be a boring universe if we all lived the same way? That is what makes the world a diverse and unique place and everyone is not the same. Everyone should respect how everyone lives at the end of the day whether it be Indian or white, rich or poor, give everybody a chance that's what I think and hopefully you and followers agree, we are and should be united!

@post_mm

9 жыл бұрын

+Donna Skea I don't know what happened to Houghton or Norm Manger. Yes, Colgan did die. Certainly race is a ridiculous way to judge people. Each individual in any race will determine their character based on their actions. A person's actions determine their character, no matter what colour their skin might be. Martin Luther King Jr. put it very well and succinctly when he said the people should be judged not by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character.

Are you still acting. You were a good Canadian Actor. This movie still makes me mad . But the truth needed to be told.

@post_mm

8 жыл бұрын

+Isabell Pinesse Thank you, Isabell. I wasn't pursuing it for a while but have jumped back in again.

@thekillingfieldsable

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Mahonen I saw this way back when I was seventeen. I was very impressed with your performance. Hope you are still acting. I recently saw Ian Tracey in Bates Motel.

@thekillingfieldsable

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Mahonen Michael, if you haven't already you should check out an Australian film called Jindabyne. Let me know what you think.

This makes me want to puke. Disgusting behaviour towards a human life no matter what race😞

@SUNMAYDEN518

6 жыл бұрын

it was terrible what happened to the boy--but why did you watch the whole movie to determine it was disgusting.

@teatotaler2370

Жыл бұрын

@@SUNMAYDEN518 Wtf are you blithering on about?

Sad that this film never received an official DVD release. I remember watching this in the summer of 2002 visiting my father in Sacramento. It was on the Lifetime Channel because I had watched Unsolved Mysteries and this came on after that show ended and I was just hooked to it. I remember after it was over I felt very “melon colly” about it all even at that age in my teens and became some what obsessed with the case and eventually bought the book by Lisa Priest. I’m now 36 years old and have worked in the film industry for over 17 years and have worked on film in Canada as well. Every time I go to Canada I can’t help but think about this film and of Helen Betty Osborne.

@wpgjets4life

Жыл бұрын

Someone should bring this up to the CBC. There is NO excuse for them to neglect something so cultural and historically significant as this film. I will look into writing the CBC. If the refuse, I will contact APTN. It makes virtually no sense that this movie is virtually buried by a government funded media outlet.

@johnblythe2946

Жыл бұрын

@@wpgjets4life I absolutely agree! It should have an official release! As a producer, I have often thought about how could I bring this story to a mainstream feature film or at the very least do an updated remake of this tragic story.

Three old ladies singing at your wedding...how dreadful.

Thanks for the upload. I saw this film in the early 90's in our Finnish TV, and then later here somewhere on KZread... Hope this can stay up for good! By the way, I wonder if you got Finnish roots in your family tree? (your surname could be Finnish..)

excellent movie

just wondering why the guy who went into the woods with Dwayne wasn't charged in the murder as well

@post_mm

9 жыл бұрын

SUNMAYDEN518 They all should have done time in my opinion, but Houghton, who you referred to should have done as much time as Johnston and in my opinion is a very strange individual.

@SUNMAYDEN518

7 жыл бұрын

thank you Michael the movie was excellent

@thekillingfieldsable

7 жыл бұрын

SUNMAYDEN518 Jim Houghton who accompanied Johnston into the woods was charged with murder but was acquitted.

@SUNMAYDEN518

7 жыл бұрын

thanks brian but he should have been tried for aiding and abetting

@thekillingfieldsable

7 жыл бұрын

SUNMAYDEN518​​​ I think Houghton was acquitted because he wasn't white thrash like Johnston. An all white jury with no Native American representation, a murder that took sixteen years to go to trial. A complete travesty.

Thank you so much for uploading this. Great job on the film! We just watched it in Aboriginal Studies.

@post_mm

8 жыл бұрын

+Paloma Robles Thank you, Paloma. t's an important story to tell. Great to hear you watched it in class. Did you watch it here on my KZread channel or was your teacher able to find a copy? I Hi to your classmates.

@PrettyGirlTomBoy23

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Mahonen We watched it here! Definitely an extremely important story to tell. And thank you, I will definitely tell my class you say hi.

@post_mm

8 жыл бұрын

+Paloma Robles Thank you.

@PrettyGirlTomBoy23

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Mahonen No problem :)

this has been a great movie. sad that racism has played into this horrible tragedy with this young women, living in a small town doesnt help

My family is from The Pas and my father n law knew all involved in this crime.

Bonjour quand cette mini série sera en français merci

i saw it on lifetime earlys 2000s. I was under 10 years old... This stuck with me since then.

+Michael Mahonen I had the pleasure of meeting you during the filming in Sturgeon falls through a mutual friend Pierre Lamarche from Kirkland lake. A quite person you were but probably freezing but Pete and I kept warm with a bottle of vodka in his trunk lol. You did a great job in the movie I only wish I could buy a copy somewhere.

@post_mm

8 жыл бұрын

+Tim Nunyer Bizniz Hi again, Tim! Thank you for dropping by and for your kind words. CBC doesn't make much available after airing programs. They have some of the few great programs, movies etc, that they have made that are collecting dust in their vaults. That's why I put up this video even though the quality isn't so good. It's the only way people can see it unless they happen to catch a rerun on TV somewhere. There were copies available on VHS I think at some point but I'm not sure if they were put out by CBC. Please say hi to Pete if you see him! Cheers!

@TimNunyerBizniz

8 жыл бұрын

Will do Michael. He's lost a ton of weight and looks good. I don't understand why such an important film such as this sits and degrades in their vaults. The whole film is available in 2 parts here on youtube and I've downloaded it and will see if I can upscale the resolution and clean it up some and if possible I will SURELY try to upload it if KZread allows. Thanks again Michael :)

@post_mm

8 жыл бұрын

+Tim Nunyer Bizniz Great to hear that about Pierre. I can't understand why the film is not shown again on CBC either. It is clearly still timely and not dated in the least. You have the ability to upscale the resolution? Do you work in the film/TV/broadcast industry? If you are on Facebook, feel free to send a friend request. facebook.com/michael.mahonen I just saw Pierre on FB and sent him a friend request. Cheers.

@TimNunyerBizniz

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Mahonen I have friends and acquaintances that have the knowledge of how to do this and I'll ask if it's reasonably possible to upscale and clean it up a bit and see if it's worthwhile etc. I was a touring drummer for many years, played Kirkland a few times lol as well as all over Canada and parts of the states and then the production end of things after that. As soon as I hear back from some of these guys I'll post a response for you. Hopefully it can be done. Cheers right back at ya Michael :)

@post_mm

8 жыл бұрын

+Tim Nunyer Bizniz Sounds great, Tim, thank you! I always thought it would be a blast and a natural high to have the skills on drums to let 'er rip. That must have been a great experience, playing all over the place, although not without some challenges I'm sure ha! Do you recall the name of any of the bars you played in Kirkland?

loved the music in the movie--the music came from when I was a teenager

Michael, where can someone download this movie? I have been looking for a copy to download and add to my collection! Mitch Yamamoto

@ScoutTysonHeart

7 жыл бұрын

Stev Jame did u manage to download it? Im also wanting my own copy. The pas is only 3 hrs from where I live. Seen the site also many times at the pump house.

I grew up in that town

Thank you!!!

I saw the sometime in the early nineties. One to the major networks here in the U.S., I can't remember which, released it in two parts on two successive nights.

This movie has to be put out on DVD.

@post_mm

9 жыл бұрын

Agreed, Pedro. I apologize that the picture quality is not better here but that's the best I had. It certainly does not do justice to the quality of the movie itself. Unfortunately, with the handful of world class projects the CBC has made, those just sit deteriorating in their storage vaults.

@joshuacaseyccsu

9 жыл бұрын

Michael Mahonen You the 'Mike Mahonen'? :)

@post_mm

9 жыл бұрын

Joshua Casey Hi Joshua. I'm the guy who played the role in the movie, if that's what you're referring to. Cheers.

@joshuacaseyccsu

9 жыл бұрын

Yes, it is. Bravo to your performance! (I also like you were a basketball player).

@post_mm

9 жыл бұрын

Joshua Casey Thanks Joshua. If interested, feel free to send a friend request if you're on Facebook. Cheers. facebook.com/michael.mahonen

hello Michael Mahonen how do I dowload this movie part 1 and part 2 please I live in sturgeon falls where video was filmed and from Garden VIllage.

@post_mm

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Lisa. I'm not sure what you mean by downloading it? Are you asking if there is a place online where there is a file of the movie that you can download to your own computer?

@lisaminer231

4 жыл бұрын

@@post_mm yes !! I would like a copy !

@post_mm

4 жыл бұрын

@@lisaminer231 okay, so are you asking if there is a place to buy the movie online? Or are you asking me to find some way to upload the movie online for you so that you can download it for a personal copy?

@amandapagan6042

2 жыл бұрын

@@post_mm are you able to download the David Milgaard movie..? Or upload? I don't know the technical terms.. but thank you for this one!!!

I would rather watch him as Gus Pike on 'road to avonlea'. his character in this movie was a creep!

@christymun161

7 жыл бұрын

LadyScorpio39 It shows his amazing versatility as an actor, though, the parts being so different.

I thought I was going crazy... watched this cruel film in America and now found it finally

so sad to kill someone that you don't even know

I live in The Pas, Manitoba..i've been to the spot where she was murdered

My hometown...

great movie in all

Wonder why this never got a DVD release?

I'm not from Manitoba--or any part of Canada. Have things changed there by now? I also just watched Life With Billy.....where many people just didn't want to talk, but that one showed that there was a great understanding by judge and jury regarding domestic violence. So I guess my main question is whether that type of open minded-ness has happened in regard to racial issues with the indians. Also--is it common for people to stay out of things--such as keeping information to themselves and avoiding becoming involved...that was shown to some extent in both movies.

@christymun161

7 жыл бұрын

Rebecca McNutt Thanks. It's so sad, but I am glad things are at least beginning to change.

I remember growing up in the pas back in the early 70,s I remember the res, school guy hill,an attending the local highschool with one of the guys nephews back in 85, also attending the main court case haring of Johnson which they had In the hearings of him an his side of the story in the wescana inn basements main room ,origniannly from puk an bettys boyfriend being my uncle, in all iam glad that the CBC did this movie to show the problematic social issues an conditions an problems, people of color face still like today 2015, in small towns an bigger centers when trying to deal with discrimination issues, excellent movie I remember the CBC trying to come to shot a part of the movie there but the town saying no to that ordeal.

@post_mm

8 жыл бұрын

+joey cook Thanks for sharing Joey. I hope things will improve. I agree it was good of the CBC to make this movie to let people know what happened. Do you know why The Pas would not let the CBC shoot there? Was the town embarrassed about what happened and didn't want that kind of attention?

@fatmoose55

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Mahonen hello Michael an thank you for responding, I did at the time also did wonder why the pas plain out refused the cbc to do anything about shooting any part of the series there,and what I understood used a small city in Ontario,funny to see whom they in the movie called freedman,he as a matter of fact 2 times when I had my welfare made me spend allot of my cash there, he was indeed a very good salesman, very to the point I had like 25 percent left,totally overwhelmed me, what a memory I guess,back in the 80,s,,i was young an impressionable I guess, The town embrassed of what happened, I personally would say yes, so would some of my freidns today that still live in that oddly still divided town, but things I think Michael has indeed changed thank god for the better somewhat,,The town in my opinion just I guess wanted to forget the whole aspect of the case an out of the media, an iam happy an allot of my family that the cbc did shot this to address the social injustices many minorities an even non-aboriginals face today in their small towns an communitys, and are involved in maybe community activism to hopefully address issues such as classism, and discrimination,

@post_mm

8 жыл бұрын

+joey cook Hi Joey. I had heard that the Pas did not want us to shoot the movie there because they were embarrassed. We shot the movie in a town in Ontario called Sturgeon Falls, which was changed a little bit to look more like The Pas. I am happy to hear that things in The Pas have changed for the better and if the movie had a positive effect I am very happy about that. Yes there are still many aboriginal communities that are having various kinds of difficulties and there are certainly many non-aboriginals who also have some significant challenges. I hope things can improve for everyone. If you're on Facebook, please feel free to send a friend request. facebook.com/michael.mahonen Cheers!

@SUNMAYDEN518

7 жыл бұрын

don't want to hurt anyone living in the Pas but that is the most god awful place I have ever seen; snow and freezing cold most of the year how did you stand the weather joey

@wpgjets4life

3 жыл бұрын

@@SUNMAYDEN518 To add to the divisiveness of the town, in 1994, a 13 year old Caucasian girl was kidnapped,raped and murdered by a man that was part Native. In the immediate aftermath some schools and businesses that were on the reserve were vandalized with graffiti. So clearly, racism still existed long after the outcome of the trial.

This is a horrible true crime. I remember when this happened here in Canada.. Even now first nations woman are looked towards in Canada as less then. First nations woman are still treated as degrading and like they are sub human and disposable. Not by all, but sadly by those who still hold predigest disdain,and hate within them. Simply for a persons race. These same people tend to do so as well against ones gender and so forth.. We as parents need to teach are children to embrace differences and be excepting of others who look different from us. As one should looke at another human being for who they are not what they simply look like and hate them for that. This movie also depicts Canadian people in a terrible, hateful and in much regard... in a stupid way. Sadly this holds truth in this type of content . The evil leaders of Canadian Government and those of religious organization decided,stole raped, killed, abused and tortured Canadian first nations children and peoples and is Canada's biggest disgrace and crime.This generational trauma continues and the predigest and hate continues as a result. We need the sociopaths and hate filled money hungry. ego filled evil individuals out of government and first nations people and elders in.Were they not here in Canada first..? As well people with good in them. The Canadian government who's goal should and need be what is best for all and our planet. Until this change is made evil is upon all and the outcome therefore is to continue for us all...regardless of race.

great acting in this movie

The door is opened now, xixi ,so nice