Still via 'Cut-Off'
Back in April, VICE travelled to Shoal Lake 40 and Cross Lake, two isolated Indigenous communities in Canada's north. The people of Cross Lake were dealing with a wave of suicides, while many First Nations across the country were suffering from a lack of clean drinking water—some living under boil water advisories for decades. The resulting documentary,Cut-Off, highlighted both the struggle and hope in these communities. As part of the doc, we brought Canada's newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau face-to-face with these realities during an historic visit to Shoal Lake 40.