Search results for "Alanis Obomsawin"
Trick or Treaty?

Trick or Treaty?

Trick or Treaty?
IMDb: 6.5
85

Legendary Canadian documentarian Alanis Obomsawin digs into the tangled history of Treaty 9 — the infamous 1905 agreement wherein First Nations communities relinquished sovereignty over their traditional territories — to…

Genre: Documentary
Rocks at Whiskey Trench

Rocks at Whiskey Trench

Rocks at Whiskey Trench
IMDb: 7.2
105

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 the region’s long history of prejudice…

Genre: Documentary
Spudwrench

Spudwrench

Spudwrench
IMDb: 6.5
58

This documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin introduces us to Randy Horne, a high steel worker from the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, near Montreal. As a defender of his people’s…

Genre: Documentary
My Name Is Kahentiiosta

My Name Is Kahentiiosta

My Name Is Kahentiiosta
IMDb: 7.6
30

This documentary short by Alanis Obomsawin tells the story of Kahentiiosta, a young Kahnawake Mohawk woman arrested after the Oka Crisis’ 78-day armed standoff in 1990. She was detained 4…

Genre: Documentary
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
IMDb: 8
119

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…

Genre: Documentary