No Address (1988)

Overview : This feature-length documentary by Alanis Obomsawin examines the plight of Native people who come to Montreal searching for jobs and a better life. Often arriving without money, friends or jobs, a number of them quickly become part of the homeless population. Both dislocated from their traditional values and alienated from the rest of the population, they are torn between staying and returning home.

Release Date : January 1, 1988

Runtime : 56m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : ONF | NFB

Countries : Canada

Keywords : canada, indigenous, homelessness, quebec, displacement, woman director, social issues