Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

Name: Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
Director: Alanis Obomsawin
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1993-07-12
Duration: 1 h 59 min
Rating: 7.467
Cast: Alanis Obomsawin, Jack Burning, Herbie Barnes, Ethel Blondin, Robert Bourassa

Directed by Alanis Obomsawin

Documentary

19931h 59m7.5

Overview

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 confrontation that would grab international headlines and sear itself into the Canadian consciousness.