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Screenshot from the video titled ‘The Sickness’ by Josee BourgeoisNational Arts Centre | Centre national des Arts \/ YouTube<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe disturbing video, which depicts a cassocked ‘priest’ assaulting a scantily-clad woman representing ‘Mother Earth,’ was blasted by student activist Josh Alexander who wrote on social media: ‘Why is this conduct ok but Christianity isn’t?’ Screenshot from the video titled ‘The Sickness’ by Josee BourgeoisNational Arts Centre | Centre national des Arts \/ YouTube<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clare Wed Dec 13, 2023 – 4:43 pm EST Listen to this article 0:00 \/ 4:15 BeyondWords<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n DOUGLAS, Ontario (LifeSiteNews<\/a>) \u2014 An Ontario high school reportedly played a disturbing anti-Catholic video for students which depicted a \u201cpriest\u201d abusing \u201cMother Earth\u201d \u2013 with \u201cMother Earth\u201d being portrayed by a scantily-clad woman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On December 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Renfrew County District School Board (RCDSB) showed students at Opeongo High School in Douglas, Ontario, a short film titled \u201cThe Sickness: Earth<\/a>,\u201d according to student activist Josh Alexander. https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/eOBuniSkwtY?iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=1&enablejsapi=1 <\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOn Friday the @RCDSB at Opeongo high school played this video for the entire school to see,\u201d Alexander posted<\/a> on X, formerly known as Twitter. \u201cMy little brother was recently suspended from the same high school for wearing my \u2018Save Canada\u2019 hat.\u201d\u00a0 https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-Article continues below Petition \u2014 Stand with Josh Alexander against school that allows boys to use girls’ bathrooms \u00a0 Show Petition Text 20544 have signed the petition.Let’s get to 22500! Add your signature: Keep me updated via email on this petition and related issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The video, published by the National Arts Centre (NAC) Indigenous Theatre, depicts a scantily-clad indigenous woman burning incense outside a presumably Catholic church. She is then approached by a person depicting a cassocked priest holding a rosary. The video shows the so-called priest assaulting the woman and tearing off her indigenous necklace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The film ends with the faux priest forcing the woman to hold a crucifix while throwing away the pair of baby moccasins she was holding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s unclear why the video was shown to students, especially considering it has a warning notice that it contains \u201cmature themes\u201d and \u201cdisturbing content.\u201d LifeSiteNews contacted RCDSB to question why the film was shown but has not received a response by time of publication. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The film\u2019s artistic director, choreographer, and dancer Jos\u00e9e Bourgeois wrote that the video expresses \u201cwhat I feel inside when I allow my spirit to tell a story about this land.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI feel the darkness, the secrets and the sickness in the earth,\u201d she continued. \u201cTrauma embeds itself in our bodies\u2019 tissue and deep into the earth when we don\u2019t nurture it back to health. This film and dance offering is an exploration of that dark energy and truth. The energy that resides in some territories is seeping to the surface, screaming to be heard.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs a dancer and storyteller, I want to open the conversation a little bit more about what we can truly carry inside,\u201d Bourgeois added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bourgeois, an Algonquin First Nations artist, works as the Indigenous Student Graduation Coach at the RCDSB, and according to a video interview published by Alexander, has publicly promoted the use of marijuana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019m ever going to quit smoking joints,\u201d Bourgeois can be seen saying in the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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