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Isreconciliationpossiblewhenwe’vebarelyacknowledgedthetruth?That’sthequestionattheheartofthisinsightfulanddeeplymovingfilmaboutthefirstgovernment-sanctionedTruthandReconciliationCommissionintheUnitedStates,agroundbreakingcollaborationbetweenthefivenationsoftheWabanakipeopleandthestateofMaine.<br/> AsinCanada,theUSalsohasadarkhistoryofresidentialschools,forcedadoptionsofIndigenouschildrenbywhitefamiliesandassimilationistgovernmentpoliciesthatsoughtto"killtheIndiantosavethechild."Thathistoryisdetailedhere,butthemainfocusofthefilmisontheday-to-dayworkoftheWabanakiTRC,aswellasquestionsaboutthepurposeandvalueoftheprocessitself.Havingbeengrantedincrediblyintimateaccess,thefilmmakersshedlightonboththeemotionaltollthisprocesstakesonsurvivorsandtheinternalpoliticsoftheCommission,whichincludeconflictingprioritiesandresultingtensionsbetweenthemostlynon-IndigenousstaffersandtheirWabanakipartners.Craftedwithexceptionalskillandsensitivity,thisisagrippingandprofoundworkofbearingwitness.