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.
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Alanis Obomsawin as Narrator (voice)
Jack Burning as Chief Joseph (voice)
Herbie Barnes as Chief Augnita
Robert Bourassa as Self
Ellen Gabriel as Self
Alanis Obomsawin Director
Wolf Koenig Producer
Tony Reed Sound Editor
Yurij Luhovy Editor
Don Ayer Sound Editor
Canada 09 September 1993
United Kingdom 12 July 1993
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Screening at MoMA as part of the Film exhibition Alanis Obomsawin: Kanehsatake: 270 Years of ...
On a July day in 1990 a confrontation propelled Native issues in Kanehsatake and the village of Oka Quebec into the international spotlight. Director Alanis ...
Directed by Alanis Obomsawin Produced by The National Film Board of Canada This feature-length documentary is set in the thick of the armed confrontation ...
1993 • CANADA • 120' OCT 23 / PM CINEMATECA – M. F. RIBEIRO CINEMA more info: ...
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26 May 1993
Stefano is now forty years old but has not yet found his purpose in life, remaining an eternal dreamer waiting for that decisive enlightenment.
09 November 1993
When a woman dies in a supposed accident, her parents suspect their son-in-law of foul play. When the police begin to agree, the murder suspect vanishes.
17 December 1993
Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble.
01 January 1993
Where is paradise? is a hilarious comedy that takes place during the late hours of a Friday afternoon in the offices of an Oil Company.
01 January 1993
He is a writer and Ángela, a mature woman, is his domestic employee. Since he can't find inspiration, he decides to accompany her on her work day to other houses.
31 December 1993
Interviews with celebrities such as Joan Baez, Jackson Browne, Dennis Hopper and Willie Nelson examine the remarkable career of actor-performer Kris Kristofferson, who successfully bridged the gap between Hollywood and Nashville.
26 February 1993
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
01 October 1993
Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss.
29 September 1993
Based on the real life story of Myrna Diones, a 14 year-old survivor of a brutal massacre of her, her sister and their two cousins in the Cordillera mountain range in northern Luzon by the very people who should've protect them, policemen .
09 September 1993
An interesting attempt at a postmodern crazy comedy with elements of parody. The plot turns on the search for the recipe of a liqueur made by the film’s financial backer.
01 January 1993
On one May day in 1864, N. G. Chernyshevsky, a writer and revolutionary democrat, was declared a state criminal and sentenced to hard labor in Siberian mines.
09 October 1993
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning.
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