The film ‘Healing Winds’ is based on the personal history of the filmmaker. It focuses on a psychiatrist who travels to the Arctic region of Nunavik and his interactions with a patient named Reepah who is recovering from the trauma experienced in residential school. Due to the intense and painful subject matter, the film took 15 years to make.
Source: Theresa Braine. “Residential School Survival Drama ‘Healing Winds’ Takes Grand Prize at Montreal First Peoples Festival.” August 7, 2014. Indian Country Media Network. https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/news/first-nations/residential-school-survival-drama-healing-winds-takes-grand-prize-at-montreal-first-peoples-festival/