25th Anniversary Screening: Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

Showings

TIFF Lightbox 3 Sat, May 5, 2018 3:45 PM
CC
Film Info
Runtime:119
Copyright:1993
Country Listing:Canada
Rating:PG
Festival Info
Festival Year:2018
Language:English
French
Mohawk
Accessibility:Partial Subtitles
Program Category:Special Events & Big Ideas Series
Film Subjects:Activism
Canada
Indigenous Culture & Issues
War, Conflict & the Military
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Alanis Obomsawin
Producer(s):Wolf Koenig
Alanis Obomsawin
Executive Producer(s):Colin Neale
Editor(s):Yurij Luhovy
Writer(s):Alanis Obomsawin
Composer:Claude Vendette
Francis Grandmont

Description

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In this essential masterwork, renowned filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin documents the 1990 Oka crisis from behind the front lines, capturing the armed stand-off between Mohawks, the Quebec police and the Canadian army. Followed by a post-screening conversation with the director.

Supported by the City of Toronto and the Ontario Media Development Corporation.