Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

Original title: Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

119 minutes • 1993 • 7.4 Score

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.

Alanis Obomsawin

Director