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Director Alanis Obomsawin

"Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance"Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance
(1993, 119 min.) CANADA
Director: Alanis Obomsawin (Abenaki)
Producer: Alanis Obomsawin (Abenaki); Don Haig
Produced for: National Film Board of Canada

In this historic documentary, one of Canada's most acclaimed First Nations directors, Alanis Obomsawin (Abenaki), films community resistance during a conflict near the village of Oka, Quebec, when Mohawk lands are threatened.

Image credit: Alanis Obomsawin - courtesy of the filmmaker; Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance - courtesy of National Film Board of Canada, photograph by Shaney Komulainen

Alanis Obomsawin

First Nations/First Features

2004 At the Movies, DC

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