The story of a young boy forced to spend all five years of his short life in hospital while the federal and provincial governments argued over which was responsible for his care, as well as the long struggle of Indigenous activists to force the Canadian government to enforce “Jordan’s Principle” — the promise that no First Nations children would experience inequitable access to government-funded services again.
Alanis Obomsawin
as Narrator (voice)
Jordan River Anderson
as Self (archive footage)
Cindy Blackstock
as Self
Ernest Anderson
as Self - Jordan's father
Stefanie Wiens
as Self - Occupational therapist
