Search results for "Alanis Obomsawin"
Trick or Treaty? (2014)

Trick or Treaty? (2014)

Trick or Treaty? (2014)
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Legendary Canadian documentarian Alanis Obomsawin digs into the tangled history of Treaty 9 — the infamous 1905 agreement wherein First Nations communities relinquished sovereignty over their traditional territories — to…

Genre: Documentary
Rocks at Whiskey Trench (2000)

Rocks at Whiskey Trench (2000)

Rocks at Whiskey Trench (2000)
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The fourth film in Alanis Obomsawin’s landmark series on the Oka crisis uses a single, shameful incident as a lens through which to examine the region’s long history of prejudice…

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Spudwrench – Kahnawake Man (1998)

Spudwrench – Kahnawake Man (1998)

Spudwrench – Kahnawake Man (1998)
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This documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin introduces us to Randy Horne, a high steel worker from the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, near Montreal. As a defender of his people’s…

Genre: Documentary
My Name Is Kahentiiosta (1995)

My Name Is Kahentiiosta (1995)

My Name Is Kahentiiosta (1995)
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This documentary short by Alanis Obomsawin tells the story of Kahentiiosta, a young Kahnawake Mohawk woman arrested after the Oka Crisis’ 78-day armed standoff in 1990. She was detained 4…

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Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance (1993)

Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance (1993)

Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
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In July 1990, a dispute over a proposed golf course to be built on Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) lands in Oka, Quebec, sets the stage for a historic confrontation that would grab…

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Genre: Documentary
Incident at Restigouche (1984)

Incident at Restigouche (1984)

Incident at Restigouche (1984)
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Incident at Restigouche is a 1984 documentary film by Alanis Obomsawin, chronicling a series of two raids on the Listuguj Mi’gmaq First Nation (Restigouche) by the Sûreté du Québec in…

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Genre: Documentary