And from whom to draw inspiration.įrom the playlist: Manifesto for Interventionist Media - because Art is a Hammerĭelve into the action of an age-old struggle as Alanis Obomsawin spends 78 tense days filming the now-infamous stand-off between the Mohawks, the Quebec police and the Canadian army.įrom the playlist: Tribute to Alanis Obomsawinįilm fort intéressant, surtout pour mettre en évidence le sort tragique qui était réservé aux Mohawks par les forces de l'ordre. It is Alanis who first showed me almost two decades ago how collaborative the process can - and should - be.
But because of Alanis, I was also witnessing the power of documentary firsthand. I was a student journalist, furious with the disparity unfolding between the reality I saw before me, and the mainstream media's skewed interpretations of it. She was there with her camera, and with army helicopters and madness swirling all around, she was an apparition of hope. I actually first saw Alanis in person behind the barricades at the Oka Crisis, back in 1990. Not you." Alanis said these words in the short the film I made about her, called Dream Magic (2008). They are the ones that tell you what the story is. "For me a real documentary is when you are really listening to somebody. I chose this film here because the celebrated Abenaki filmmaker told me recently: Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance is arguably Alanis Obomsawin's most important film, documenting the military 1990 siege of a Mohawk reserve near Oka, Quebec, and its causes. Manifesto Point # 1: The original project idea and goals come from the community partner.
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