Is The Crown At War With Us?
- Documentaire
- 96 min
- anglais
- 2002
A closer look at the conflict between the Mi’gmaq and their non-Aboriginal neighbors over fishing rights in Burnt Church, New Brunswick. In this feature-length documentary by Alanis Obomsawin, it’s the summer of 2000 and the country watches in disbelief as federal fisheries wage war on the Mi’kmaq fishermen of Burnt Church, New Brunswick. Why would officials of the Canadian government attack citizens for exercising rights that had been affirmed by the highest court in the land? Casting her cinematic and intellectual nets into history to provide context, Obomsawin delineates the complex roots of the conflict with passion and clarity, building a persuasive defence of the Mi’kmaq position.
s.-t. français:
La Couronne cherche-t-elle à nous faire la guerre?
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Distribution : Office national du film du Canada (ONF)
Production : Office national du film du Canada (ONF)