The Red Dress
1978, English. Directed by Michael J.F. Scott.
Kelly is a Métis man without treaty or hunting rights, struggling to sustain his traditional life. His daughter Theresa longs for a red dress from France that she believes will give her power and strength, as the bear claw once did for her great-grandfather Muskwa. When Theresa escapes an assault and Kelly turns his back on his daughter, he realizes that he must reconnect with his culture in order to make things right. Today, the red dress is a powerful symbol recognizing over 1000 missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada.
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- 0h 27m
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- 1 January 1978
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The Red Dress isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1978. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Red Dress?
The Red Dress (1978) was directed by Michael J.F. Scott and stars Shannon Two Feathers, Abbie Burnstick, Yvonne Lois Lee.