Podcasts about kanehsatake

Pull up a chair, folks - it's time for our episode on Paul Schrader's "first post-mortem film," the Russell Banks adaptation OH, CANADA, fresh from the cinema. Joining us to unpack it is Final Boss of the podcast and real-life Canadian person Will Sloan! We talk about what we expect of the personal morality of political artists, Canada's relationship to her neighbor to the south, and the film's place in Schrader's filmography. We also got Will's thoughts on JUROR #2 while we had him on mic, because of course we did. Great conversation, great movie, great ep! Soderbergh episodes coming soon. Further Reading: Foregone by Russell Banks "Paul Schrader Thought He Was Dying. So He Made a Movie About It." by Bilge Ebiri "A Remembered World: On Russell Banks's 'Foregone'" by Rob Latham "Russell Banks, The Art of Fiction No. 152" by Robert Faggen Harry Knowles's review of HOLLYWOOD ENDING Further Viewing: AMERICAN GIGOLO (Schrader, 1980) AFFLICTION (Schrader, 1997) 24 HOURS OR MORE (Groulx, 1973) KANEHSATAKE: 270 YEARS OF RESISTANCE (Obomsawin, 1993) Follow Will Sloan: https://x.com/WillSloanEsq https://www.willsloan.ca/ Follow Pod Casty For Me: https://www.podcastyforme.com/ https://twitter.com/podcastyforme https://www.instagram.com/podcastyforme/ https://www.youtube.com/@podcastyforme Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PodCastyForMe Artwork by Jeremy Allison: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyallisonart  

In this episode of Don't Call Me Resilient, we take a look at the ongoing struggle for land rights and some of the women on the front lines of that battle. These women are the land defenders fighting to protect land against invasive development. Both our guests have stood up to armed forces to protect land.Their work is about protecting the environment. But it is much more than that: it is fundamentally about survival and about the right to live openly on what is stolen land.Ellen Gabriel has been resisting land encroachment for 31 years. She was at the centre of the 1990 Kanehsatake resistance, (known as the Oka crisis), a 78-day standoff to protect ancestral Kanien'kéha:ka (Mohawk) land in Québec.It was a moment in history that many say helped wake them up to Indigenous issues.Anne Spice is a professor of geography and history at Toronto Metroppolitan University. Anne, who is Tlingit from Kwanlin Dun First Nation, was recently on the front lines in the defence of Wet'suwet'en land. After she was arrested on Wet'suwet'en territory last year, a viral video showed the RCMP pointing a gun at the land defenders.Anne can be heard shouting, we are unarmed and we are peaceful.These are the moments that capture our collective attention. But Ellen and Anne's work goes well beyond what the cameras show.For more resources and information about this, go here: SHOW NOTESA full transcript of this episode can be found here: TRANSCRIPT

Please join Linda Quiquivix, William C. Anderson, & Mohamed Abdou for a round table conversation on "Palestine 1492: Settler-colonialism, Solidarity & Resistance." They will situate Palestine transnationally in relation to 1492, & discuss admirable acts of solidarity by activists and organizers as well as common pitfalls within leftist social movement circles drawing on Zapatista, Black, Palestinian, Arab-North African & Muslim lenses. Speakers: Linda Quiquivix is a geographer and seed saver based in California. She places her university training at the service of under-resourced communities in the U.S., Mexico, and Palestine who seek clean water, land, and tools to build and strengthen their collective autonomies. William C. Anderson is a writer and activist from Birmingham, Alabama. His work has appeared in The Guardian, MTV, Truthout, British Journal of Photography, and Pitchfork, among others. He is the author of The Nation on No Map (AK Press 2021) and co-author of As Black as Resistance (AK Press 2018). He's also the co-founder of Offshoot Journal and provides creative direction as a producer of the Black Autonomy Podcast. His writings have been included in the anthologies, Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? (Haymarket 2016) and No Selves to Defend (Mariame Kaba 2014). Dr. Mohamed Abdou is a North African-Egyptian Muslim anarchist interdisciplinary activist-scholar of Indigenous, Black, critical race, and Islamic studies, as well as gender, sexuality, abolition, and decolonization with extensive fieldwork experience in the Middle East-North Africa, Asia, and Turtle Island. This year, he is the Arcapita Visiting Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African studies (MESAAS) at Columbia University. He is a former Assistant Professor of Sociology at the American University of Cairo and recently completed his postdoctoral fellowship at Cornell University. He has also taught at the University of Toronto & Queen's University. His research stems from his involvement with the anti-globalization post-Seattle 1999 movements, organizing for Palestinian liberation, the Tyendinaga Mohawks and the sister territories of Kahnawake, Akwesasne, and Kanehsatake, during the standoff over the Culbertson tract, as well as the anti-war protests of Iraq and Afghanistan, the Indigenous Zapatista movement in Chiapas, and the 2011 Egyptian uprisings. He is author of Islam & Anarchism: Relationships & Resonances (Pluto Press, 2022). He wrote his transnational ethnographic and historical-archival PhD dissertation on Islam & Queer-Muslims: Identity & Sexuality in the Contemporary (2019). This event is sponsored by Haymarket Books and is part of Until Liberation: A Series for Palestine by Haymarket Books cosponsored by Palestinian American Organizations Network, Mondoweiss, Spectre, Dissenters, Tempest, Palestine Deep Dive, The New Arab, and more. While all of our events are freely available, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work. A portion of the proceeds from this event will be donated to Palestine Legal. Watch the live event recording: https://youtube.com/live/J9-emuwWeP8 Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

We're talkin' about some shiny new movies this week. Ryan breaks down the latest and greatest comic book green screen extravaganza with The Marvels (2023), Dixon struggles to articulate the emotional experience of Godfrey Reggio's new film Once Within a Time (2023), and John double dips with the heartbreaking documentary Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993) and the John Carpenter horror film In the Mouth of Madness (1995).

Acclaimed Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin has dedicated her life to telling the stories of Indigenous peoples. She's made more than 50 films with the National Film Board of Canada, including the landmark documentaries Christmas at Moose Factory, Incident at Restigouche and Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, and has been called "the most important filmmaker in the history of Canada." In 2008, Eleanor Wachtel spoke to Obomsawin at her home in Montreal.

We are very happy to be belatedly celebrating National Indigenous History Month by watching two films from incredible Indigenous women in Canada! Liam selected the maddening documentary Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, directed by Alanis Obomsawin, while Ben selected the debut feature film from Nyla Innuksuk, Slash/Back. Tune in to celebrate and lose your minds with us, as we do in the heat. Watch Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance for free on NFB: https://www.nfb.ca/film/kanehsatake_270_years_of_resistance/ Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Letterboxd: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Liam

We love talking about Canadian films so much we teamed up with Thom Ernst to create a podcast where we invite Canadian filmmakers to talk about their artistic influences past and present.  Our second season begins with one of the most acclaimed Indigenous directors in the world, Alanis Obomsawin. Her incredible body of work includes 50 films (and counting) including landmark documentaries like Incident and Restigouche (1984) and Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993). The Abenaki director has received numerous international honours and her work was showcased in a 2008 retrospective at New York's Museum of Modern Art. For more information on Alanis Obomsawin's filmography, visit: https://www.nfb.ca/directors/alanis-obomsawin/ For more information on KCFF, please check us out at kingcanfilmfest.com or @kingcanfilmfest Hosted by Thom Ernst Produced by Moira Demorest Support for this podcast comes from the Kingston Canadian Film Festival which is situated on the traditional homeland of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and Huron-Wendat. This podcast is generously funded by the Canada Council for the Arts.  Thanks for listening! 

Our first guest of 2022 is singer, songwriter, artist, director, producer, one of Canada's most distinguished filmmakers and member of the Abenaki Nation ALANIS OBOMSAWIN! Her 53rd film in her 54 year career is HONOUR TO SENATOR MURRAY SINCLAIR ! It made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and shares the powerful speech Senator Sinclair gave when he accepted the WFM Canada World Peace Award and interspersed with the heartbreaking testimonies from former students imprisoned at residential schools. Alanis's other films include: JORDAN RIVER ANDERSON, THE MESSENGER (2019) is a 7-film cycle devoted to the rights of Indigenous children and Peoples, which began in 2011 when she conducted her first interviews for THE PEOPLE OF THE KATTAWAPISKAK, KANEHSATAKE: TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY YEARS OF RESISTANCE that documents the 1990 Mohawk uprising in Kanehsatake and Oka, as well as her groundbreaking INCIDENT AT RESTIGOUCHE, a behind-the-scenes look at Québec police raids on a Mi'kmaq reserve. Alanis awards include: TIFF's 2021 Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media, DOC institute Honour's 2020 Rogers-DOC Luminary Award at the DOC Institute Honours, Glenn Gould Prize, and she was honoured at The Gala Québec Cinéma with the IRIS HOMAGE 2020. Twitter: @thenfb Instagram: @onf_nfb https://www.facebook.com/nfb.ca https://www.nfb.ca/directors/alanis-obomsawin/ The Children Have to Hear Another Story – Alanis Obomsawin Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin January 23 to April 18, 2022 https://www.hkw.de/en/programm/projekte/2022/alanis_obomsawin/start.php Let's Heal This Shit - @letshealthisshit Lunar New Year Celebration: Astro Map of 2022 - February 1, 2022 $10 discount code for Firecrackers: Fireup https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lunar-new-year-celebration-astro-map-of-2022-tickets-229009803487 Let's Heal This Shit's website: https://www.letshealthisshit.com/ Virtual Red Carpet Team: Producer/Host - Naomi Snieckus @snieckus Head Producer/Director - Winnie Wong @wonder_wong Technical Producer - Anna Gustafson @goosegustafson Co-Producer - Juli Strader @rawsugarpr Podcast Team Head Producer and Editor: Winnie Wong @wonder_wong Editor: Shayne Stolz @shaynestolz Graphic: Vicki Brier @brier2019 To listen to the podcast: https://linktr.ee/firecrackerdept Subscribe to our newsletter at https://www.firecrackerdepartment.com and follow us @firecrackerdept!

For 78 days in 1990, a group of Mohawk protestors withstood a siege from the Canadian armed forces. The root of the conflict? A town in Quebec sought to take over their land to expand a golf course. The Oka Crisis is the subject of Alanis Obomsawin's acclaimed documentary KANEHSATAKE: 270 YEARS OF RESISTANCE (1993), which offers us an opportunity to consider how Canada treats its First Nations. Watch the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yP3srFvhKsMichael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. To hear weekly bonus episodes, subscribe to the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For 78 days in 1990, a group of Mohawk protestors withstood a siege from the Canadian armed forces. The root of the conflict? A town in Quebec sought to take over their land to expand a golf course. The Oka Crisis is the subject of Alanis Obomsawin's acclaimed documentary KANEHSATAKE: 270 YEARS OF RESISTANCE (1993), which offers us an opportunity to consider how Canada treats its First Nations. Watch the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yP3srFvhKs

Rayln Gladue joined me on the podcast this week to talk about a lot of things! Blood Quantum, The Insider, Kanehsatake: 270 Years Of Resistance, and much much more! Honestly half this podcast is about Michael Mann so enjoy! Episode sponsored by www.brewquet.ca  Promo Code: Letswatchpod Rate! Review! Subscribe! *NEW EPISODES EVERY MONDAY* Email: letswatchthatpodcast@gmail.com Twitter/Instagram: @letswatchpod Cover Art: Bryce Logan (Created in app Studio) Music By: "Celebration" by Good Comedy ( https://goodcomedy.bandcamp.com/album/quarantine-jams ) film, movies, humor, tv, reviews, podcast, Bryce Logan, Vancouver, guests, film school, arts, jokes, funny, entertainment, podcast, theatre, DVD, Blu-ray, Netflix, screening, question, interview, Oscars, humour, actors, film festival, film review, IMDB, lets watch that, podcasting, pod, cast, director, writer, scripts, screenplay, iTunes, google play, Spotify, Reddit, BC, Canada, New Westminster, comedy, horror, action, drama, romance, sci-fi, mystery

Tune in to Beside the Tracks Podcast on Mondays at 5:00pmET for the latest in what's happening with Onkwehonwe and our accomplices across Turtle Island and Worldwide! You can also watch on our homepage at Credible Mohawk Entertainment: https://www.thecrediblemohawk.com; Follow on Instagram and Facebook @thecrediblemohawk. Beside the Tracks Podcast is also brought to you by Two Row Coffee Company; where coffee and culture connect, head to https://www.tworowcoffeeco.ca Listen as well on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Anchor, Breaker, Pocket Casts, and Radio Public Episode 5: Hip Hop is Political, our guest is Will E. Skandalz Will E. Skandalz is a well-rounded entertainer with 20 plus years of on-stage experience. Born and raised on the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake which is minutes away from the city of Montreal, that's where Will E. was influenced by the Hip Hop culture. Early successes include being a member of the group FBI Jedeyez, then later forming Beat Vandalz. Will E. was then signed as a solo act to BME Media Group which is a indie label based out of Thunder Bay, Ont. in which later he joined a label mate to create The Lyferz. The progression continued as Will E. then co - founded Music 4 Miracles. This is where becoming an event MC came into play. M4M is an annual music festival that raises money for young people facing life threatening illnesses and or other foundations that need a helping hand. In 2017 he released his debut solo album titled “Welcome to Will E. World” and it did just that with his masterful wordplay and storytelling abilities the album makes you feel like you've known him forever. Will E. also held two important seats in separate radio stations, k1037 in Kahnawake as the morning man and ckhq 101.7fm in Kanehsatake as a Saturday night speciality show called “Live from the pines”. In 2018, then handled one of the most gruelling tasks of his career. MCing, announcing and co hosting a radio show at the 1st annual Indigenous cannabis cup in Tyendinega. He then returned to the ICC for the 2nd annual in June of 2019. As you can see this is far from the end as Will E. continues to push forward with his microphone wizardry. 2019 proved to be Skandalz' most successful year as far as touring goes. He managed to collect 78 bookings and the highlight was the Wake Up The World tour which brought him across France and Bretagne alongside Q052, Beat Vandalz, DJ Nokturn and DJ Digital Fire. Will E. then made his SiriusXM radio Debut in November on Indigenous People's radio Ch. 165 with a track which he was featured on titled “Rez Ride Shines” alongside once again Q052. https://nikamowin.com/en/artist/will-e-skandalz

Two Indigenous land defenders join us to explain why they work to protect land against invasive development and why their work is necessary for everyone's survival. Ellen Gabriel, a human rights activist and artist well known for her role as a spokesperson during the 1990 Oka crisis, and Anne Spice, a professor at Ryerson University, discuss the importance and urgency of defending land.Show notes: https://theconversation.com/how-defending-land-might-save-us-all-dont-call-me-resilient-ep-6-156632Full transcript: https://theconversation.com/how-defending-land-might-save-us-all-dont-call-me-resilient-ep-6-transcript-156633Related articles:Logging company clears Cree Nations ancestral trail without recoursehttps://theconversation.com/logging-company-clears-cree-nations-ancestral-trail-without-recourse-154921‘Blockadia' helped cancel the Keystone XL pipeline — and could change mainstream environmentalismhttps://theconversation.com/blockadia-helped-cancel-the-keystone-xl-pipeline-and-could-change-mainstream-environmentalism-155276ICYMI: Wet'suwet'en: Why are Indigenous rights being defined by an energy corporation? (February 2020)https://theconversation.com/wetsuweten-why-are-indigenous-rights-being-defined-by-an-energy-corporation-130833Back to the land: How one Indigenous community is beating the odds (August 2017)https://theconversation.com/back-to-the-land-how-one-indigenous-community-is-beating-the-odds-81540‘Clearing the plains' continues with the acquittal of Gerald Stanley (February 2018)https://theconversation.com/clearing-the-plains-continues-with-the-acquittal-of-gerald-stanley-91628Journalists covering Indigenous Peoples in renewable energy should focus on context and truth, not click-bait (January 2020)https://theconversation.com/journalists-covering-indigenous-peoples-in-renewable-energy-should-focus-on-context-and-truth-not-click-bait-122760Hidden from history: Indigenous women's activism in Saskatchewan (January 2019)https://theconversation.com/hidden-from-history-indigenous-womens-activism-in-saskatchewan-103279Law professor put on trial for ‘trespassing' on family's ancestral lands (March 2019)https://theconversation.com/law-professor-put-on-trial-for-trespassing-on-familys-ancestral-lands-114065Historical lawsuit affirms Indigenous laws on par with Canada's (January 2019)https://theconversation.com/historical-lawsuit-affirms-indigenous-laws-on-par-with-canadas-109711Join The Conversation about this podcast:Twitter: https://twitter.com/ConversationCA  #DontCallMeResilientInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theconversationdotcomFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheConversationCanadaNewsletter: https://theconversation.com/ca/newsletters/Contact us: theculturedesk@theconversation.com

"Never ask someone to go somewhere that you're not willing to go with them." Lydia Toorenburgh is a Cree-Metis Masters student in Anthropology at the University of Victoria, with a focus on Indigenous Audiovisual Research Methods. Tom and Jeremiah called her up to learn about her studies, the aesthetic and ethical significance of this type of storytelling, and vulnerability it brings out at every step. Then, we answer a question from one of our Patreon supporters, and go deep into why we think it's important to take time every episode for a land/territory acknowledgement, the reasoning behind the specific language around that, and the heavy history and reality at the root of it all. Here are a few film recommendations from Lydia! Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance by Alanis Obomsawin: https://www.nfb.ca/film/kanehsatake_270_years_of_resistance/ Incident at Restigouche by Alanis Obomsawin: https://www.nfb.ca/film/incident_at_restigouche/ Is the Crown at war with us?by Alanis Obomsawin: https://www.nfb.ca/film/is_the_crown_at_war_with_us/ Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child by Alanis Obomsawin:https://www.nfb.ca/film/richard_cardinal/ Women in Shadows by Christine Welsh: https://www.nfb.ca/film/finding_dawn/ Deep Inside Clint Starr by Clint Alberta: https://www.nfb.ca/film/deep_inside_clint_star/ Tell us your favorite UFD memories and we might share them to celebrate our 5th anniversary next week! You can send them in as a recorded voice message or as an email at upfordpodcast@gmail.com, or tweet at us @downwithtalking on Twitter! Learn about Raven Trust's #SolidarityFromHome: www.raventrust.com/solidarityfromhome Learn about The Depot NDG: https://depotmtl.org Check out Khaos at www.createkhaos.com or on Instagram @createkhaos and head to www.khaoslabs.com to check out the trailer for American Dreamers! SUPPORT THE SHOW! patreon.com/upfordiscussion MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/up-for-discusssion?ref_id=2539 BUY CRACK APART! https://thehoneythorns.bandcamp.com/track/crack-apart You can contact us by email at upfordpodcast@gmail.com or on social media @DownWithTalking www.upfordnetwork.com Want to send us fan mail? Upford Network ℅ Tom Zalatnai PO Box 22585 Monkland PO Montreal, Quebec H4A 3T4 Canada Music: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Patti Doyle Bedwell is a Lawyer, writer, and the first Mi’Kmaq woman to earn tenure at Dalhousie University, as well as being Dalhousie Law School’s first teacher of Mi’kmaq ancestry. She is past director of the Schulich School of Law’s Indigenous Black and Mi’kmaq Initiative, and is now a faculty member in the College of Continuing Education. She served as the Chair of the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women for ten years. She has worked closely with Mi’kmaq communities, the Native Women’s Association of Canada, Women and the Law, and with the United Nations on Women and Aboriginal rights. Patti has taught Indigenous People and International Human rights, Indigenous Peoples and Natural Resources, Constitutional Law, Public Law, and Aboriginal Peoples and the Law. Students prepared for this interview by reading “Gendered Racial Violence and Spatialized Justice: The Murder of Pamela George,” by Sherene Razack and by watching the film Kanehsatake: 270 years of Resistance, directed by Alanis Obomsawin. Students in this class typically create our interview guides based on their readings, but the timeslot when they would normally have done so for this interview overlapped with the National Student Walkout for Wet’suwet’ten. Consequently, we cancelled class, and I was left to my own device.

Alanis Obomsawin and Face2Face host David Peck talk about reconciliation, leaving a legacy, Jordan’s Principles, passion, commitment, advocacy, fighting back and why every child matters.TrailerMore Info HereSynopsis:It took one little boy, Jordan River Anderson, to ensure that thousands of First Nations and Inuit children can today receive the same standard of social, health and education services as the rest of the Canadian population. In Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger, Alanis Obomsawin’s latest film (her 52nd), the renowned documentary filmmaker chronicles the long legal fight against a health care system that operated on two disconnected levels, causing injustices and suffering—a situation that has since been significantly improved. The Abenaki filmmaker traces the parallels between the lives of two First Nations children, Jordan River Anderson and Noah Buffalo-Jackson.A member of the Norway House Cree Nation of Manitoba, Jordan River Anderson had very serious health problems, for which he was being treated at a Winnipeg hospital. He could have ended his life in adapted housing close to his family, but because of his Indian status a dispute arose between the governments of Canada and Manitoba over who should pay the costs of his relocation to home-based care. Jordan died in hospital in 2005. Jordan’s Principle, which states that the first government agency to be contacted is the one responsible for this phase of a child’s care, was unanimously adopted by the House of Commons in 2007, and a ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal resolved the issue of jurisdiction.Many people and organizations worked hard for this outcome, but despite the judgment and the funding that was allocated for Jordan’s Principle, many First Nations and Inuit parents are still faced with a refusal of social, health and educational services. For example, when Carolyn Buffalo and Richard Jackson needed specialized transportation for their teenage son, Noah Buffalo-Jackson, who suffers from cerebral palsy, they had to pay for it themselves. Similarly, the First Nation of Wapakeka in Ontario appealed for assistance in combating a wave of suicides in their community, but received no help. “We hear a lot about universal health care in Canada,” says Aimée Craft, a law professor at the University of Ottawa who is interviewed in the film, “but why is it universal for everyone except First Nations children?”Numerous binding government orders and the goodwill of several Canadian government officials, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, were required before First Nations and Inuit parents and children were finally able to enjoy appropriate support. “The law is a shield that protects this generation of children,” observes Cindy Blackstock, director general of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, and one of the protagonists of the documentary. “It restores their dignity, and allows them to grow up within their own families. Justice is possible.”Filmed in centres of political power, in First Nations communities, and at public demonstrations, Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger provides a forum in which the voices of parents, caregivers, and their legal representatives can all be heard. Alanis Obomsawin’s latest documentary completes, on a note of optimism, the cycle of films devoted to the rights of children and Indigenous peoples that she began with The People of the Kattawapiskak River.About the Director:Alanis Obomsawin, a member of the Abenaki Nation, is one of Canada’s most distinguished documentary filmmakers. As a prolific director with the National Film Board, she has created an extensive body or work focusing on the lives and concerns of Canada’s First Nations.She began her professional career in 1960 as a singer in New York City. In 1967, producers Joe Koenig and Bob Verrall invited her to join the NFB as an adviser on a film about Indigenous peoples. She has not put down her camera since.An activist as well as a filmmaker, Obomsawin is driven to provide a forum for the country’s First Peoples. Her entire filmography is a testament to that desire. Her documentaries have always sought to show the importance of roots and strong intergenerational bonds for the preservation of Indigenous cultures—from Christmas at Moose Factory (1971), in which she used children’s drawings to tell the story of a Cree village on the shore of James Bay, Ontario, to Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger (2019), her most recent film (her 52nd), which documents the long struggle to establish the right of Indigenous children to receive, in their own communities, the same high standard of health care as the rest of the Canadian population.Obomsawin is a director who knows how to film conflict, as demonstrated by her four films about the Oka Crisis of 1990: Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993), winner of 18 international awards; My Name Is Kahentiiosta (1995); Spudwrench: Kahnawake Man (1997); and Rocks at Whiskey Trench (2000).Alanis Obomsawin has received numerous awards and honours throughout her career. She was inducted into the Canadian Film and Television Hall of Fame in 2010, and in 2014 she received the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Humanitarian Award, an honour given in recognition of exceptional contributions to the community and the public sector. In 2015, the Valdivia International Film Festival (Chile) recognized her body of work with its Lifetime Achievement Award, and she received an Honorary Life Member Award from the Directors’ Guild of Canada in 2018.Obomsawin has received honorary doctorates from many universities, including Dalhousie University in 2016 and McGill University in 2017. In 2016, she also received two of the highest civilian honours conferred by the Province of Quebec when she was named a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec and awarded the Prix Albert-Tessier. In 2019, she became a Companion of the Order of Canada.Image Copyright: Alanis Obomsawin and NFB. Used with permission.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

KONELINE: our land beautiful mesmerizes William and Alexander on this episode. Nettie Wild's documentary considers the future of the northern BC wilderness and its meaning to the Tahltan First Nation and other communities of region. Side topics include how Vancouver's Rio Theatre is too cool to accept coin money and Seth Rogan talks how to ride transit.Download this episode here. (38 MB) Find out more about the movies we mentioned on the IMDb pages for KONELINE and Manufactured Landscapes. On older episodes we talked about Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World, were shocked by the shameful bit of history chronicled in Kanehsatake and pondered the unusual beauty of Manufactured Landscapes.

This episode has a surprise ending. Now you have to know, by the very nature of an unscripted podcast, that what is a surprise ending for listeners is, by the very nature of an unscripted podcast, a surprise ending for me and Louis. Our guest this week is activist, Kevin Shimmin. I didn’t know Shimmin before this interview — but since the podcast is about discovering people through their choice of films (specifically a double bill) not knowing Shimmin doesn’t prove to be a problem. Shimmin is Louis’ friend which is of little surprise since Louis is a bit of an activist himself — it’s me who is the lame activist on this panel. But through his choices of films — the documentaries No More Tears Sister (2005) and Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993) - Shimmin opens up and shares his experiences, concerns and passions in a very thoughtful, sometimes almost spiritual, way. Shimmin is certainly a man who can open up your eyes to an important issue or a forgotten cause and leave you wanting for change. THEN there’s the surprise ending. Something I couldn’t have predicted. Of course, I’m not going to give it away, but I will say…it’s a perfect way to end an already great conversation.

William and Alexander return from summer vacation to talk about Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance. Alanis Obomsawin's documentary captures the Oka Crisis of 1990 from behind the barricades. Also, Alexander's short on Kamloops and brief summer movies commentary. Download this episode here. (50 MB) Alanis Obomsawin's films are available for viewing on the NFB website. Find out more about the movie on IMDb: Kanehsatake.

Hear from one of our country’s most inspiring artists, who is still making documentaries about her Indigenous community at age 84 At age 84, Alanis Obomsawin is still crafting incisive documentaries about the Indigenous crisis in Canada with over 40 projects to her name in collaboration with the National Film Board. At the heart of her work is the act of listening to other people tell their stories as a way of survival. Her latest work, titled Our People Will Be Healed, is a portrait of the community in one of Manitoba’s largest First Nations populations and will premiere at TIFF ’17. The following audio is a conversation conducted by TIFF Digital Producer Malcolm Gilderdale when Obomsawin’s heartbreaking film We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice played the Festival last year. Hear the filmmaker detail how she first became drawn to telling the stories of her people, why she’s always fought for education, and how being an artist means believing in your own self-worth. You can attend a free screening of her breakthrough 1993 documentary Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance this Sunday, August 27 at TIFF Bell Lightbox, as part of Canada On Screen. Want to hear more inspiring conversations with your favourite filmmakers? Subscribe to TIFF UN/CUT over at iTunes, and please rate and review us!

In honor of April 19th's CANADIAN FILM DAY, we give a brief history lesson on the National Film Board of Canada and discuss Don Owen's classic NOBODY WAVED GOODBYE (1964), BUSTER KEATON RIDES AGAIN (1965) and KANEHSATAKE: 270 YEARS OF RESISTANCE (1990). The Important Cinema Club has a PATREON. You can join for five dollars a month and get a brand new exclusive episode every week! WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB

Cine canadiense: Kanehsatake, 270 aos de resistencia