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Finding Mary March

This film discusses the search for the last remains of Demasduit (Mary March), one of the last of the Indigenous Beothuk people, set in the Red Indian Lake area of Central Newfoundland. A young girl, Bernadette Buchans, believes that she is related to Mary March. Throughout the whole film, Bernadette and her father Ted are searching for the grave of her mother. An archaeologist/ photographer, Nancy George, accompanies them and she also believes that she has family connections to the Beothuks.

Top Cast

  • Rick Boland

    Rick Boland

    Ted Buchans

  • Jacinta Cormier

    Jacinta Cormier

    Mary March

  • John Budden

    John Budden

  • Yvon Joe

    Yvon Joe

    Mi'kmaw boy

  • Austin Davis

    Austin Davis

  • Mary Lewis

    Mary Lewis

  • Tara Manuel

    Tara Manuel

    Bernadette Buchans

  • Andrée Pelletier

    Andrée Pelletier

    Nancy George

  • Des Walsh

    Des Walsh

Overview

This film discusses the search for the last remains of Demasduit (Mary March), one of the last of the Indigenous Beothuk people, set in the Red Indian Lake area of Central Newfoundland. A young girl, Bernadette Buchans, believes that she is related to Mary March. Throughout the whole film, Bernadette and her father Ted are searching for the grave of her mother. An archaeologist/ photographer, Nancy George, accompanies them and she also believes that she has family connections to the Beothuks.

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