What is a feminist film? This question can cause confusion when it comes to reflecting on the history of filmmaking that’s been labeled as such, given that the definitions will vary depending
Keep ReadingThere aren’t too many documentaries outside the TIFF Docs programme this year, but this observation doesn’t mean the festival comes up short. TIFF’s Short Cuts offers half a dozen short docs scattered around the
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In many ways, Obomsawin’s previous films have all been leading her to Norway House, the site of this caring and empathetic doc, Our People Will Be Healed.
Keep ReadingPOV is pleased to present a translation of Martin Delisle’s ‘Québec: l’incontournable documentarie’ from The Stories We Tell. Undeniably, the province of Quebec has created its own particular niche in the history of documentary
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In Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, Alanis Obomsawin skillfully presents the tense situation behind the lines with compassion towards the Indigenous people while not demonising the police and armed forces.
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What I see is the respect and the strength of the people and the capability of being able to defend yourself and being heard. I think if I were to die tomorrow,
Keep ReadingAlanis Obomsawin's Incident at Restigouche exposes the preposterous invasion of a Mi’kmaq reservation in Quebec by provincial police armed to the teeth.
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"The basic purpose is for our people to have a voice. To be heard is the important thing, no matter what it is that we’re talking about," says Alanis Obomsawin.
Keep ReadingThe documentary highlights of TIFF 2014 hit a peak with Michael Moore's statement, “People want to go home and have sex after your movie,”
Keep ReadingAlanis Obomsawin's Trick or Treaty? considers recent events of the Idle No More movement with a look back at the 1905 agreement Treaty 9.
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