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Acts of Defiance

This feature-length documentary recounts the events that surrounded and led to the Oka Crisis of the summer of 1990. The film focuses on the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake, in Quebec, but also reflects on the relationship between Canada and Indigenous peoples at a particular time in history.
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This feature-length documentary recounts the events that surrounded and led to the Oka Crisis of the summer of 1990. The film focuses on the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake, in Quebec, but also reflects on the relationship between Canada and Indigenous peoples at a particular time in history.

 This work deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.
Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) Politics and Government - Canada War, Conflict and Peace History - Canada - 1946-Present All subjects
  • director
    Alec MacLeod
  • producer
    Mark Zannis
  • script
    Mark Zannis
  • narrator
    Mark Zannis
  • executive producer
    Dennis Murphy
  • cinematography
    René Sioui Labelle
    Barry Perles
    Roger Martin
    Savas Kalogeras
    Zoe Dirse
  • sound
    Richard Nichol
    Michel Grezlak
    Jacques Drouin
    Louis Marion
    Robert Verebely
    Justine Pimlott
    Marie-France Delagrave
    Claude Hamel
  • editing
    Roger Hart
  • sound editing
    Wojtek Klis
    Don Ayer
  • re-recording
    Jean-Pierre Joutel
    Shelley Craig
  • music
    Jean Derome
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