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The topic and the main theme of the movie is about How many missing/murdered aboriginal women are there how the RCMP and another organization called the SOWC have a different information on the real statics of missing and murder indigenous women’s the SOWC also claims that RCMP officers are sexual assaulting and physically assaulting aboriginal women but the RCMP said how could there be such claim if hasn’t been reported.
The main discussion is what are the real number of missing aboriginal females in Canada is it 68 females that are murdered or missing that RCMP claims or the number is 600 indigenous females murder or missing SOWC organization has said. The main description of the main character are these innocent indigenous females across Canada. That are forgotten and justice hasn’t been served to them and their families and how the Canadian government failed protecting and analyzing the situation for example ‘’ Amber was the first person profiled in the report, she was listed as missing since 2005.
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My values and my beliefs are slightly changed watching this video it made me feel sad and scared because I am myself a minority black Muslim female it made me think will the government fail me because I am not privileged. The significant event and problem that occurred in the video are statics and numbers in addition to also is awareness. Another problem is how the aboriginal people in general and have a horrible trust and a community relationship with their local law enforcement. The societal group affected by the significant event is the aboriginal females and the local law enforcement and the SOWC all 3 parties are to be blamed with this social

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