Residential Schools; a place
where the Christian religion was forced upon Indigenous children. You would
think that because priests are Christian that they would follow the Christian
religion, right? Wrong.
My next reaction to "We Were Children" was complete and utmost anger and disgust. The priests at the school were supposed to be dedicated to the Christian religion, however they continuously sexually abused the young Indigenous girls and boys. They called themselves Christians, yet they completely disregarded the values and practices which therefore purely just makes them repulsive sinners.
Re-enactments
and interviews aided me in having this reaction. For instance, the documentary
re-enacted Lyna being sexually abused in the infirmary. This forced the viewer
to disturbingly re-live the priest breathing intensely while on top of an innocent child. Watching
this sent chills of sheer hatred towards the priests down my spine and gave me
a desire to switch back time so that I could save the suffering, betrayed and
exposed children. Then, when Lyna was being interviewed as an adult, as the
light barely revealed her face, she struggled to explain what had happened to her
during this incident. This struggle was visible evidence of the everlasting
pain and torturous memories that will never go away.
The
priests attempted to convince the world that they were making Canada a better
place, when really under their vestments they were dangerous criminals. This
documentary revealed the hypocritical ways of the so called
"Christian" priests and left me infuriated with the residential
school employees.
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