From edmontonsun.com

The dark history of the Charles Camsell Hospital is explored in a new documentary that was screened for the first time Monday to a sold-out audience.

From 1946 to 1968, the hospital was the site of a dark period of segregated health care in Canada. Many indigenous people were sent to the tuberculosis sanatorium, where they received different treatment than other Canadians.

"It (the Camsell) just closed 20 years ago, so it's still in recent memory for a lot of people," said Miranda Jimmy, program manager at the Edmonton Heritage Council. "But people don't often know the history longer than that, (like) the fact that it was one of the largest Indian hospitals in Canada, that it was a segregated health system that ran parallel to residential schools."

A second screening of the movie, titled Camsell, has been added for Tuesday at 5 p.m. at the Whitemud Crossing library branch. There will be another screening at the Provincial Archives of Alberta in November, then the film will be posted on the heritage council's website, edmontonheritage.ca.

The documentary was produced by the Edmonton Heritage Council and directed by Edmonton filmmaker Jason Gondziola.

It was inspired by a project called Ghosts of Camsell by former historian laureate Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail, which was a serial blog that delved into the history of the hospital. People continued to reach out to Metcalfe-Chenail after its publication, leading to a symposium in April to decide what to do with the material. The end result is the documentary that collects stories and connections to the hospital.

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