Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man
- Alanis Obomsawin,
- 1997,
- 57 min 50 s
This documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin introduces us to Randy Horne, a high steel worker from the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, near Montreal. As a defender of his people's culture and traditions, he was known as "Spudwrench" during the 1990 Oka crisis. Offering a unique look behind the barricades at one man's impassioned defence of sacred territory, the film is both a portrait of Horne and the generations of daring Mohawk construction workers that have preceded him.
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Randy Horne, aka Spudwrench, was so badly beaten while I was filming Kanehsatake, I decided to do a film that focused on him and his experiences. There are so many Mohawks who work with steel that it was a chance to explore this whole other story while tying it to the Oka Crisis. I felt he deserved to tell his story.
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Film Credits
- director
- Alanis Obomsawin
- producer
- Alanis Obomsawin
- script
- Alanis Obomsawin
- camera
- Savas Kalogeras
- Zoe Dirse
- Martin Duckworth
- Michel Bissonnette
- Yves Beaudoin
- animation camera
- Pierre Landry
- Lynda Pelley
- editing
- Donna Read
- location sound
- Ismaël Cordeiro
- Raymond Marcoux
- Richard Lavoie
- Alanis Obomsawin
- sound editing
- Wojtek Klis
- re-recording
- Serge Boivin
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- music
- Claude Vendette
- Francis Grandmont
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