By Sam Laskaris Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A procession of residential school survivors will precede an Indigenous film festival on Manitoulin Island in Ontario. The eighth annual Weengushk International Film Festival will run July 11 to July 14. Films throughout the festival will be screened at the Four Directions Complex located in Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation. Aundeck Omni Kaning is one of six First Nations on Manitoulin Island. Before the films are screened however, the festival will commence with an event titled Blanket of Stars: A Tribute To Resilience. About 50 residential school survivors, who are being brought to Manitoulin Island from across the country, will be wrapped in star blankets. These survivors, described by festival organizers as residential school warriors, will walk across the island’s famous swing bridge…
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