Alanis Obomsawin

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Incident at Restigouche
7.4

Incident 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 ...
Rocks at Whiskey Trench
7.2

Rocks 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 ...
Spudwrench
6.5

Spudwrench

Sep. 27, 1998

Spudwrench

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
7.9

Kanehsatake, 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 ...
Trick or Treaty?
6.5

Trick or Treaty?

Sep. 04, 2014

Trick or Treaty?

Legendary Canadian documentarian Alanis Obomsawin digs into the tangled history of Treaty 9 — the infamous 1905 agreement wherein First Nations ...
My Name Is Kahentiiosta
7.6

My Name Is Kahentiiosta

This documentary short by Alanis Obomsawin tells the story of Kahentiiosta, a young Kahnawake Mohawk woman arrested after the Oka Crisis’ ...