Blockade : it's about the land and who controls it
Type
Audio/Visual
Authors
Category
Audio Visual and Multimedia Materials
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Publication Year
2002
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada, Canada
Duration
90 min
Tags
British Columbia, Indigenous peoples -- Land tenure -- British Columbia, Indigenous peoples -- British Columbia -- Claims, Gitx̲san -- Land tenure, Gitx̲san -- Claims, Wet'suwet'en -- Land tenure, Wet'suwet'en -- Claims, Indigenous peoples -- British Columbia -- Government relations, Gitx̲san -- Government relations, Gitx̲san, Indigenous peoples -- Government relations, Indigenous peoples -- Land tenure, Wet'suwet'en
Abstract
For most of us, native land claims and logging issues fuel political and moral debates. To the people of the Gitksan reserve of Gitwangak and the white village of Kitwanga, they are bread-and-butter issues worth fighting for.
Over a 15-month period, the film follows people enmeshed in the ongoing conflict between two histories and two living cultures. From barricade arrests to backroom politicking, Blockade is edited with the passion and intensity of the real-life drama it captures. An original roots-rock guitar score from Roy Forbes drives this powerful and complex story of Canada's true north.
Over a 15-month period, the film follows people enmeshed in the ongoing conflict between two histories and two living cultures. From barricade arrests to backroom politicking, Blockade is edited with the passion and intensity of the real-life drama it captures. An original roots-rock guitar score from Roy Forbes drives this powerful and complex story of Canada's true north.
Number of Copies
1
