We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice
2016, English. Directed by Alanis Obomsawin.
The new film from celebrated documentarian Alanis Obomsawin (Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance) chronicles the events following the filing of a human-rights complaint by a group of activists, which charged that the federal government's woefully inadequate funding of services for Indigenous children constituted a discriminatory practice.
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- 2h 43m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 1 September 2016
- Country
- Canada
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We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice runs 163 minutes (2h 43m).
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We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice isn’t on a subscription OTT platform in India, but you can watch it free or rent it or buy it online. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice?
We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice (2016) was directed by Alanis Obomsawin.