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Alanis Obomsawin
1993 | 1 h 59 min

On a July day in 1990, a confrontation propelled Native issues in Kanehsatake and the village of Oka, Quebec, into the international spotlight. Director Alanis Obomsawin spent 78 nerve-wracking days and nights filming the armed stand-off between the Mohawks, the Quebec police, and the Canadian army. This powerful documentary takes you right into the action of an age-old Aboriginal struggle. The result is a portrait of the people behind the barricades.

National Film Board of Canada Website

Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, Alanis Obomsawin, National Film Board of Canada