Rocks at Whiskey Trench
Jun. 21, 2000Rocks at Whiskey Trench
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 ...
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Spudwrench – Kahnawake Man
Sep. 27, 1998Spudwrench – Kahnawake Man
This documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin introduces us to Randy Horne, a high steel worker from the Mohawk community of ...
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
Jul. 12, 1993Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
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 ...
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child
Jan. 01, 1986Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child
This short documentary is a moving tribute to Richard Cardinal, a Métis adolescent who committed suicide in 1984. Taken from his home at the age ...
Trick or Treaty?
Sep. 04, 2014Trick or Treaty?
Legendary Canadian documentarian Alanis Obomsawin digs into the tangled history of Treaty 9 — the infamous 1905 agreement wherein First Nations ...
Incident at Restigouche
Jan. 01, 1984Incident at Restigouche
Incident at Restigouche is a 1984 documentary film by Alanis Obomsawin, chronicling a series of two raids on the Listuguj Mi’gmaq First ...
My Name Is Kahentiiosta
Jan. 01, 1995My Name Is Kahentiiosta
This documentary short by Alanis Obomsawin tells the story of Kahentiiosta, a young Kahnawake Mohawk woman arrested after the Oka Crisis’ ...