Spirit Bear: Honouring Memories, Planting Dreams DVD

Directed by Amanda Strong Produced by Dr. Cindy Blackstock, First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
22 minutes | 2022 | Colour | Animation

Spirit Bear's friends teach him about residential schools and how he can help with reconciliation!

Spirit Bear is on his way home from a sacred ceremony when he meets Jake, a friendly dog, with a bag full of paper hearts attached to wood stakes. Jake tells Spirit Bear that school children and residential school survivors will plant the hearts when a big report on residential schools called the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC for short) is shared. The TRC will have Calls to Action so we can all help end the unfairness and make sure this generation of First Nations, Métis and Inuit children grow up healthy and proud!

Based on the book by the same name, Honouring Memories, Planting Dreams is the third stop-motion animation in the Spirit Bear series, co-produced by Spotted Fawn Productions and the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society.

Lesson Plans

Lesson plans supporting students’ engagement with the film and a free download of the book are available on Spirit Bear’s website.

Rent or Purchase Digital Copy

For at-home, personal use you can rent the film on VUCAVU!

For educational purposes – to rent the film online or to purchase a digital license to screen the film in a classroom or office please email us! Below are our standard prices but we can work with you if what you want strays from these options. We appreciate you working with us – an artist-run, non-profit charity.

• $80 for K-12 streaming (1 school year)
• $145 for K-12 streaming (1 school year) plus DVD to keep
• $195 for K-12 streaming (3 years)
• $250 for K-12 streaming (3 years) plus DVD to keep
• $285 for post-secondary streaming (3 years)
• $395 for post-secondary streaming (3 years) plus DVD to keep

A digital copy of the film is available with closed captions and subtitles in both French and English.