Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
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1hr
59mins
Directed by
Alanis Obomsawin,
Starring
Jack Burning,
Herbie Barnes,
Ethel Blondin,
Robert Bourassa
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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.