Kanehsatake : 270 years of resistance
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Audio/Visual
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Audio Visual and Multimedia Materials
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Publication Year
1993
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada, Canada
Duration
119 min 21 s
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Abstract
On a hot July day in 1990, an historic confrontation propelled Native issues in Kanehsatake and the village of Oka, Quebec, into the international spotlight and into the Canadian conscience. Director Alanis Obomsawin endured 78 nerve-wracking days and nights filming the armed stand-off between the Mohawks, the Quebec police and the Canadian army. A powerful feature-documentary emerges that takes you right into the action of an age-old aboriginal struggle. The result is a portrait of the people behind the barricades, providing insight into the Mohawks' unyielding determination to protect their land.
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