Mistress Madeleine (1986)

overview : Part of the Daughters of the Country series, this film, set in the 1850s, unfolds against the backdrop of the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly of the fur trade. In protest, some Métis engage in trade with the Americans. Madeleine, the Métis common-law wife of a Hudson's Bay Company clerk, is torn between loyalty to her husband and loyalty to her brother, a freetrader. Even more shattering, a change in company policy destroys Madeleine's happy and secure life, forcing her to re-evaluate her identity.

Release Date : Dec 12, 1986

Runtime : 57m

Genre : History  Drama  

Companies : ONF | NFB, The Government of Manitoba

Countries : Canada

Keywords : canada, indigenous, fur trade, fur trader, métis, indigenous women, hudson bay