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"Is the Crown at War with Us?"

"Is the Crown at War with Us?" Is the Crown at War with Us?
(2002, 96 min.) CANADA
Producer and director: Alanis Obomsawin (Abenaki)
Produced for: the National Film Board of Canada

In the summer of 2000, at Burnt Church Reserve, or Esgenoopetitj, in New Brunswick's Miramichi Bay, Canadian federal fisheries officers aggressively attacked a group of Mi'kmaq fishermen as they were hauling in lobster traps. Examining the conflict and its complex roots in the Native history of the Atlantic Coast, the film offers a gripping portrait of a community under siege.

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Alanis Obomsawin

2004 Native Cinema Showcase

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