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Two Worlds Colliding
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Two Worlds Colliding (2005)
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is proud to present the Canada Award to the documentary Two Worlds Colliding.
Created and sponsored by the Multiculturalism Program of the Department of Canadian Heritage since 1988, the Canada Award honours excellence in mainstream television programming that reflects the racial and cultural diversity of Canada. It aims to promote greater opportunities for ethnic and visible minority professionals within the broadcasting industry on both sides of the camera.
Written and directed by Tasha Hubbard and produced by Bonnie Thompson for the National Film Board of Canada, Two Worlds Colliding chronicles the painful and tumultuous story of what came to be known as Saskatoon's infamous "freezing deaths," and the schism between a fearful, mistrustful Aboriginal community and a police force that must come to terms with this shocking secret.
Darrell Night, an Aboriginal man, found himself left on the city outskirts by two police officers in the winter of 2000. Managing to survive the harsh elements, he soon afterwards learns that two Aboriginal men were discovered frozen in that same remote area. When Mr. Night steps forward, he sets into motion a chain of events that includes a major RCMP investigation, the conviction of the two officers who abandoned him, and an inquiry to police involvement in the 1990 freezing death of Neil Stonechild.
Rare interviews and poignant revelations in Two Worlds Colliding compellingly document the events surrounding the suspicious deaths that divided a city and it's community, and subsequently questions whether this divide can ever be bridged.
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