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1990s · Canada · documentary

Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)

Directed by Alanis Obomsawin · 1 h 59 min

Year
1993
Running time
1 h 59 min
Countries
Canada
Languages
English
Produced by
Wolf Koenig, Alanis Obomsawin and Jacques Vallée
Companies
National Film Board of Canada
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Oka Crisis, the film's subject
Oka Crisis, the film’s subject — not a still from the film. Photo: unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

About the film

Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance is a 1993 feature-length documentary film by Alanis Obomsawin, highlighting the events of the 1990 Oka Crisis. Obomsawin documents the events of The Siege of Kanehsatake over 78 days, capturing a rare perspective of an important turning point in Canadian history. 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 from the Toronto Festival of Festivals.

From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).

What it is about

Oka Crisis

Awards on record

  • Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film

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