This documentary is an eye opening, unapologetic look at the 1990 oka crisis. All evidences demonstrate fine specimens of applied poetics, faithful to their ethics of resistance. The mohawks confined to the community center eventually leave. In alanis obomsawins documentary 270 years of resistance there was a recording capturing one of these events. Hired by the national film board of canada nfb as a consultant in 1967, she has created an extraordinary body of workmore than 50 films and countingincluding landmark documentaries like incident at restigouche 1984 and kanehsatake. Screening at moma as part of the film exhibition alanis obomsawin. The minister didnt go to the house of commons with it, where full debate of the act might have taken place. Alexander street is the most comprehensive resource for visual anthropology in the world, providing access to over 2,000 hours of film and always growing, from raw field footage to crafted ethnographies and documentaries. May 23, 2009 on our final day in london, we made an effort to visit the museum and check out the film. Telling our stories by alanis obomsawin video documentary film hiho mistahey. Kanehsatake is a very provocative film, and canadians should watch it, since they will see how important it is for the natives to engage in activism and resistance for their rights.
The program on negotiation connects the discussion of conflict resolution to current, realworld situations through a wide variety of conferences, workshops, award presentations, films, lectures, and other events. Our first real endeavor as a class was to watch the documentary kanehsatake 270 years of resistance. Say goodbye to nfb blogger jovana with a few of her favourite flicks. Her most verite film tracks the drama of armed mohawk warriors resisting a small town mayors plan to expand a golf course and build condos on land held sacred by the natives. They are jailed for a short time and then released. Kanehsatake 270 years of resistance cinema politica. In the end, there is no real resolution to the stand off. On a hot july day in 1990, an historic confrontation propelled native issues in kanehsatake and the village of oka, quebec, into the international spotlight and into the canadian conscience. William and alexander return from summer vacation to talk about kanehsatake. Obomsawins detailed portrayal of the mohawk community places the oka crisis within the larger context of mohawk land rights dating back to 1535 when france claimed the site of presentday montreal which had been the mohawk. After hearing about the mounting tension in the small quebec village of oka, director alanis obomsawin hastily gathered a film crew and set out to chronicle the drama. We see, in genuine terms, the legacy of the genocide perpetrated against the indians.
For me a real documentary is when you are really listening to somebody. Animation, documentary, films november 19, 2015 gotta go. Documentary on alanis obomsawin, the activist video. You can see hundreds of people crowded around in the dark of night, screaming in a united hatred savages as a stuffed dummy in the image of a mohawk warrior is being burnt. With these activities pon increases public awareness of negotiation and conflict resolution processes, and highlights the research and achievements of scholars and practitioners from. The film series also presents and honors filmmakers whose films increase our understanding of negotiation and conflict transformation. Kanehsatake is a film which deals with the european conquest of north america and its legacy. Intro by lou cornum, writer and editor for the new inquiry.
On our final day in london, we made an effort to visit the museum and check out the film. Film and the cause of first nations alanis obomsawin. Msn new zealand latest news, hotmail, outlook, photos and. I have followed her work for over three decades and i hold her in high esteem as a filmmaker and artist.
She came to cinema from performance and storytelling. Download our latest catalogue pdf get started about this site subscribe to our newsletters. By tracing the history of their ancestors since the signing of treaty no. She discusses her work and the experience of documenting the oka crisis as well as her relationship with the national. Third, we feature some clips by alanis obomsawin a dircctor of kanehsatake. Please ensure that non free content guidelines are properly observed. In this passionate, affecting documentary, alanis obomsawin a member of the abenaki tribe describes the 11week. When the film kanehsatake 270 years of resistance was released in 1993, the cbc continued its longstanding neglect of alanis obomsawins work, in this case so wheres my prince already. We see the themes of resistance and activism, as the documentary shows us the standoff at oka. With jack burning, herbie barnes, alanis obomsawin, ethel blondin. Once she started to work with the national film board of canada, she continued making films with a strong focus on social justice and aboriginal people. On a hot july day in 1990, an historic confrontation propelled indigenous issues in kanehsatake and the village of oka, quebec, into the international spotlight and into the canadian conscience.
Canadians can learn that oka was not just a little fight over plans to build a golf course on land the mohawks held sacred. A film account about the military 1990 siege of a native american. Kanehsatake 270 years of resistance is arguably alanis obomsawins most important film, documenting the military 1990 siege of a mohawk reserve near oka, quebec, and its causes. Director alanis obomsawin spent 78 nervewracking days and nights filming the armed standoff between the mohawks, the quebec police and the canadian army. Director alanis obomsawin spent 78 nervewracking days and nights filming the armed standoff between t. Her most acclaimed work was the 1993 documentary kanehsatake. Next, we go back to 1990 and play some ckut archival footage from the oka crisis. The prints of alanis obomsawin by france trepanier, guest curator open studio, toronto february 2015 it was with great pleasure that i accepted the invitation of open studio to curate this exhibition of prints by alanis obomsawin. On a july day in 1990, a confrontation propelled native issues in kanehsatake and the village of oka, quebec, into the international spotlight. Kanehsatake by colin neale overdrive rakuten overdrive. This article needs an image preferably free related to the subject, such as a picture of the set or a film poster. Produced by the national film board of canada, the film won 18 canadian and international awards, including the distinguished documentary achievement award from the international documentary association and the city tv award for best canadian feature film. Produced by the national film board of canada, the film won 18 canadian and international awards, including the distinguished documentary achievement award from the international documentary association and the city tv award for best canadian feature. Pon film series archives page 8 of 9 pon program on.
I chose this film here because the celebrated abenaki filmmaker told me recently. Twentyfive years after its release, alanis obomsawins 1993 national film board of canada nfb landmark feature documentary, kanehsata. The fact that this crisis took place before i was born is hardly an excuse as to why i have never learned about such an important event for the aboriginal peoples. A film account about the military 1990 siege of a native american reserve near oka, quebec, canada and its causes. Director alanis obomsawin endured 78 nervewracking days and nights filming the armed standoff between the mohawks, the quebec police and the canadian army. Based on both the film, kanehsatake, and the reading, mohawk interuptus, what does the construction of the nine whole golf course signify for both the indigenous and white canadians. May 21, 2008 screening at moma as part of the film exhibition alanis obomsawin. This feature documentary by acclaimed filmmaker alanis obomsawin kanehsatake. Kanehsatake 270 years of resistance oka mohawk uprising. Also, alexanders short and brief summer movies commentary. Little did she know, her footage of the 78 day long, nervewracking standoff between the mohawks, the quebec police and.
Msn new zealand latest news, hotmail, outlook, photos. Dionne brand, alanis obomsawin, poetics of resistance, polyphony. The terminator is back and ready to lead the weekend box office. Pon program on negotiation at harvard law school s. Kanehsatake 270 years of resistance 1990, directed by. Alanis obomsawins documentary captures the oka crisis of 1990 from behind the barricades.