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Lost Dreams
Lost Dreams
1999, director: Daniel Frenette
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> Ukrainian Canadians | Labour exploitation | Solidarity | Winnipeg | Social action | Unions | Working conditions
Workers' struggles in post-World War I Winnipeg are narrated by the figure of a young woman of Ukrainian origin. She describes the stages of the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919. Archival photos and footage help tell the story.
In Lost Dreams, Kateryna Ewanchuck, a young Ukrainian in Manitoba, reflects on the oppression her people faced as immigrants to Canada. Having watched her father's dreams of owning a farm slip away due to discrimination and hard times, Kateryna takes on the fight for social justice, participating in the One Big Union and the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919.