Alanis Obomsawin

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Rocks at Whiskey Trench
7.4

Rocks at Whiskey Trench

The fourth film in Alanis Obomsawin’s landmark series on the Oka crisis uses a single, shameful incident as a lens through which to examine ...
Spudwrench
6.8

Spudwrench

Sep. 27, 1998

Spudwrench

This documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin introduces us to Randy Horne, a high steel worker from the Mohawk community of ...
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
7.9

Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

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 ...
Trick or Treaty?
6.5

Trick or Treaty?

Sep. 04, 2014

Trick or Treaty?

Legendary Canadian documentarian Alanis Obomsawin digs into the tangled history of Treaty 9 — the infamous 1905 agreement wherein First Nations ...
My Name Is Kahentiiosta
7.6

My Name Is Kahentiiosta

This documentary short by Alanis Obomsawin tells the story of Kahentiiosta, a young Kahnawake Mohawk woman arrested after the Oka Crisis’ ...