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Kanehsatake: 270 Years Of Resistance

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Initial release January 28, 1993
Directors Alanis Obomsawin
Screenplay Alanis Obomsawin
Cast Alanis Obomsawin
Producers Alanis Obomsawin
Wolf Koenig
Colin Neale
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ID1171516
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About Kanehsatake: 270 Years Of Resistance


This Canadian documentary portrays the 1990 showdown between the Mohawk Nation and the predominantly white Quebec town of Oka, which is intent on developing land deemed sacred by the native people. When members of the Mohawk tribe protest plans to expand a golf course into their territory, they form a barricade, leading to an armed standoff with provincial police that becomes increasingly tense, with the possibility of violence looming over the heads of everyone involved. …

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