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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 set the stage for a historic confrontation that would grab international headlines and sear itself into the Canadian consciousness. Pathbreaking filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin – at times with a small crew, at times alone – spent 78 days behind Kanien’kéhaka lines filming the armed standoff between protesters, the Quebec police, and the Canadian army. The result is a uniquely harrowing, unsettling, and impactful cinematic experience.Read More »
Alanis Obomsawin
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Alanis Obomsawin – Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
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Alanis Obomsawin – Mother of Many Children (1977)
1971-1980Alanis ObomsawinCanadaDocumentaryCollage of stories about the lives and times of sturdy Indigenous and Native women from all around the world and their enduring struggles to maintain their personal matriarchal traditions.Read More »