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Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance -- Film Description:
"On a hot July day in 1990, an historic confrontation propelled Native issues in Kanehsatake and the village of Oka, Québec, into the international spotlight and into the Canadian conscience. Director Alanis Obomsawin endured 78 nerve-wracking days and nights filming the armed stand-off between the Mohawks, the Québec police and the Canadian army. A powerful feature-documentary emerges that takes you right into the action of an age-old Aboriginal struggle. The result is a portrait of the people behind the barricades, providing insight into the Mohawks' unyielding determination to protect their land."
-- National Film Board of Canada


Source:
National Film Board of Canada. "NFB -- Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance." National Film Board of Canada. http://nfb.ca/trouverunfilm/fichefilm.php?id=29368&v=h&lg=en&exp=.