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#Skoden documentary explores life of Blackfoot man and the dangers of labels

'I saw the true charity he had that nobody would see,' says friend of Pernell Bad Arm

CBC NewsStefan Richard

A documentary premiering at the HotDocs Festival in Toronto this month aims to change the way we look at a controversial social media meme.

#Skoden profiles the late Pernell Bad Arm, a fluent Blackfoot language speaker from the Kainai Blood reserve in southern Alberta, who lived most of his adult life unhoused in Lethbridge, Alta. 

Bad Arm died in a Lethbridge homeless shelter Nov. 27, 2015, at the age of 52.

Director Damien Eagle Bear met Bad Arm while working at a shelter in Lethbridge and said …

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#Skoden documentary explores life of Blackfoot man and the dangers of labels

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