A Scattered Identity Documentary Film

Jane Dawson grew up in rural Quebec as a young Mexican. It is only much later that she would discover her fabricated identity.

A Scattered Identity

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Jane Dawson was adopted as an infant by a couple from a small village in Quebec. They always felt it important that she be brought up with the full knowledge of her roots and identity. Having learned that Jane was Mexican, the child grew up eating Mexican foods, listening to Latin music and traveling to Mexico for holidays. It is only much later, married and living in Toronto, that Jane will discover from an official document that she is in fact of aboriginal ancestry. This will completely change her life. She will leave her home in Toronto to her young daughter and move to Betsiamites, an Innu community in northern Quebec. There she will find what has been missing in her life.

This film follows Jane during her travels between Betsiamites and Toronto and to Mexico, this time as a tourist, as she says goodbye to her Mexican identity.

Credits

Production Crew
Director Aurélie Resch
Producer Jacques Ménard
Director of Photography Louis-Frédéric Edwards
Location Sound
  • Jean-Denis Ménard
  • Yves de Vathaire
Editor Randy Kelly
On-line Editor Chris Coote
Music Daniel Bouliane
Graphics Kolegram
Production Managers
  • Renée de Sousa
  • Micheline Shoebridge
Location Manager Patrice Gouy
Researcher Marie-Noëlle Guillemette