Miyawata is a 15-year old Indigenous activist from Winnipeg, Canada, who never hesitates speak up for what she believes in. To protest the injustices that her people have faced throughout the history of Canada, she refuses to stand for the National Anthem. She’s on a mission to help Indigenous voices be heard and included. And she’s the very first organizer of school strikes for the climate in her hometown.
The climate movement in Winnipeg had big momentum… until COVID hit. Now that the end of the pandemic is in sight, can she get the movement going again?
Winner Best Short Doc at the Chicago International Children's Festival
Winner Best International Short Film Award at the International Planet in Focus Festival in Toronto
Winner Sandford St Martin Award Young Audience Prize 2024
Runner Up - Prix Jeunesse 11-15 Years Non-Fiction, 2024
Nominated - RTS Scotland Children's Award, 2024
Best Short Film - Planet in Focus International Film Festival, Toronto, 2023
Best Documentary Short - Chicago International Children’s Film Festival , 2023
Best Documentary - Atlanta Children’s Film Festival, 2023
Boston International Kids Film Festival, 2023
Ukraine KIDS FIRST! Film Festival, 2023
Seattle Children’s Film Festival, 2024
Real2Reel Children's Film Festival for Youth, Vancouver, 2024
Directed and Produced by Caroline Bacle
For CBBC
28 minutes
