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Lost Dreams
Lost Dreams
1999, director: Daniel Frenette
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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.
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.