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Four Worlds video series
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In March 2000 the Four Worlds Development Institute in Lethbridge began interviewing "young Aboriginals to conduct interviews of 500 residential school survivors from the Blood and Peigan Reserves." The Four Worlds partnered with the "Foundation for a Healing Among Nations, a Tennessee organization founded by Bonnie S. Mansdorf, based on and supported by Stephen Spielberg's Shoah Visual History Foundation, which conducted the interviews of Holocaust survivors" in 1995 and 1996. The Foundation for a Healing Among Nations is videotaping life stories and oral histories of eight cultural groups subjected to genocide and injustice."



"In this video, Indigenous people describe their experiences with substance abuse and the process they used to heal and regain insight into and connection with their Indigenous roots. Realizing that they were put on earth to fulfill a spiritual purpose by seeking help from their elders and returning to their cultural traditions, including the sacred pipe, the sweat lodge and the Sun Dance, these individuals have found their true identities and are proud of who they are.}}


 * THE RED ROAD TO SOBRIETY (AT-600-1)

"The contemporary Native American Sobriety Movement is flourishing throughout Indigenous communities in North America. This vital social movement combines ancient spiritual traditions with modern medical approaches to substance abuse and recovery. In this spirited and very hopeful documentary, indigenous health practitioners and traditional elders and healers reveal the importance of tribal values and spiritual awareness in the recovery process and actual program approaches that are working."


 * THE RED ROAD TO SOBRIETY: Talking Circle (AT-600-2)

"Features many respected Indigenous therapists and healers in eight 15 minute segments. This video is designed to be used as a prevention and recovery tool by individuals, clinics, recovery programs, schools and youth groups. The segment topics include: 1. Introduction To The Talking Circle 2. Wisdom Of The Elders 3. Women Of The Circle 4. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 5. Healing The Youth 6. Men of the Circle 7. Native Ways of Treatment 8. The Red Road Approach"


 * 1986 The Honour of All - the Story of Alkali Lake ISBN=1-896905-39-0 Volume 1 Part 1 is "The story of Alkali Lake" scripted by Phil Lucas and Janet Tanaka (56 min.) volume 1. disc 2. pt. 2. The people of Alkali Lake / scripted by Phil Lucas and Janet Tanaka (43 min.) ; pt. 3. Sharing innovations that work : an international conference / writers, Phil Lucas, Peter Von Puttkamer (26 min.). Director of photography, Peter Von Puttkamer ; music, Ian Schildt ; editors, Peter Von Puttkamer and Phil Lucas. [presented by] the Alkali Lake Indian Band, the Chief Dan George Memorial Foundation, and the Four Worlds Development Project ; produced & directed by Phil Lucas.


 * 1992 In 1992 director Phil Lucas used "interviews and dramatic reenactments from the 1986 two-tape documentary} tp create the 1992 film The Honour of All "It began with their seven-year-old daughter telling them she didn't want to live with them any more. Using interviews and dramatic reenactments, this 1986 two-tape documentary tells the story of the how alcoholics Phyllis Chelsea and her husband Andy Chelsea stopped drinking and then led the Alkali Lake Indian Band on a years-long, but ultimately successful struggle out of alcoholism that had been devastating the community of the Shuswap Reserve in British Columbia."

In 2004 it was produced again with Phil Lucas. "A dramatization of the modern day problems of the Shuswap Indians of British Columbia, focusing on the break up of their culture and their subsequent dependence on alcohol (pt. 1). Personal interviews with former alcoholics and addicts, shows how the community's effort to recover from widespread alcoholism and drug abuse has paid off (pt. 2). "Sharing innovations that work," part 3 of this set, is a videotape of an international conference, co-sponsored by the Alkali Lake Indian Band and the Four Worlds Development Project with a purpose to eliminate alcohol and drug abuse from native societies

" "The Honour of All series is a powerful educational tool for use by all those interested in achieving the goal of sobriety, both as individuals and as communities. The DVD edition of this series contains all three documentaries on two disks: Part 1: Narrated by Andy Chelsea, Chief of the Alkali Lake Indian Band, The Honour of All traces the origin and spread of alcoholism throughout Alkali Lake, right back to the fur trading days. Andy and his wife, Phyllis play their own roles in this film as they sought sobriety and courageously stood their ground against the persuasions of friends and family. This program sets out the steps Andy took as Chief to enable Band members to stop drinking and find a productive and healthy lifestyle. Part 2: Part Two outlines the community development process that occurred at Alkali Lake as the community moved from alcoholism to sobriety. Various members of the Alkali Lake Indian Band discuss the past, the present and the future of their community. This is done in a way to provide other communities struggling with alcohol and drug abuse with some guidelines toward achieving their own sobriety. Part 3: Part Three re-visits the Alkali Lake community, during a conference of North American Natives held 20 years after Phyllis and Andy took a stand against alcohol."

A dramatization of the modern day problems of the Shuswap Indians of British Columbia, focusing on the break up of their culture and their subsequent dependence on alcohol (pt. 1). Personal interviews with former alcoholics and addicts, shows how the community's effort to recover from widespread alcoholism and drug abuse has paid off (pt. 2). "Sharing innovations that work," part 3 of this set, is a videotape of an international conference, co-sponsored by the Alkali Lake Indian Band and the Four Worlds Development Project with a purpose to eliminate alcohol and drug abuse from native societies

"This dynamic story of individual and community recovery is told in the words of the people who lived it. Native Indian Culture and religion guided the Shuswap people long before the white man’s history in British Columbia began, but by the year 1940, several generations of the Shuswap people had been subjected to the culture breaking process of residential schools, while being forced to live in an artificial town created around a church building. Stripped of their native culture and religion, the Alkali Lake people were left with a void in their lives that begged to be filled. Thus they were ripe for the introduction of the devastating force of alcohol. This story of heartfelt recovery from almost complete cultural and spiritual destruction is true. All the incidents depicted occurred between 1940 and 1985."



"This dynamic and heartfelt video documents the devastating effects of the Indian boarding schools that dramatically shattered aboriginal culture, children, families and communities throughout North America. Viewers join Native American participants from Canada and the United States, during a four-day culturally-based healing process for understanding and recovering from this type of traumatic experience."