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Pluie de pierres à Whiskey Trench - DVD ONF/NFB


Catalogue Number:  NFB524679
Producer:  National Film Board Of Canada
Producers:  Alanis Obomsawin, Sally Bochner
Directors:  Alanis Obomsawin
Producing Agencies:  National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject:  Canadian History, Canadian Social Issues, Documentary, First Nations Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Social Issues, Social Studies, Violence
Language:  French
Country Of Origin:  Canada
Copyright Year:  2000
Running Time:  145:28
Closed Captions:  Yes


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Stories of resistance, strength and perseverance are laid bare in this examination of a dark day in Canadian history. At the height of tensions at Oka, Quebec, in 1990, Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) women, children and Elders fled their community of Kahnawake out of fear for their safety. Once past the Canadian Army that surrounded their home, they were assaulted by angry non-Indigenous protesters who pelted their convoy with rocks. This visceral display of hatred and violence – rarely seen so publicly in Canada – shocked the nation and revealed the severity of the dangers that faced the Kanien’kehá:ka in their struggle to defend a sacred site.

This film is the fourth in Alanis Obomsawin’s landmark series on the Mohawk resistance at Oka that would become a pivot point in contemporary relationships between Indigenous nations and Canada.



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