Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

Canada, 1993, 119 min

Réalisation:

Alanis Obomsawin

Photographie:

Barry Perles, Zoe Dirse

Acteurs·trices:

Alanis Obomsawin (narrateur), Elijah Harper, Ovide Mercredi, Jack Burning

Résumés(1)

July of 1990 saw the first violence between Canada's indigenous peoples and provincial authorities in over a century erupt, as Mohawk protesters responded to the grant of a Quebec golf course's expansion onto sacred lands with a ten-week standoff that left two dead and scores injured. (Canadian International Pictures)