CANADA
The Daily Courier
If ever there was a play steeped in truth, however ugly that truth may be, Where the Blood Mixes hits the proverbial nail on the head.
It also strikes deep in the heart and mind, shedding much-needed light on a part of Canadian history that is, on all levels, shameful.
Penned by Kevin Loring, the play peels back the layers of memory that are carried like a protective blanket by First Nations survivors of the brutal residential schools where thousands of young children were forced to live by the Canadian government.
Forcibly taken away from their families and communities, the church-run school system existed from the 1870s through the 1990s, leaving a legacy of physical, mental and sexual abuse, and thousands of deaths, in their wake.
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