Ernest Webb

The Oka Legacy is a POV documentary that explores how the Oka Crisis has influenced Indigenous identity in Canada. In the summer of 1990, all eyes were on the small town of Oka, Quebec. Triggered by plans to expand a golf course on ancestral land, it was a standoff between the Mohawk people of Kanehsatake, the police and eventually the army. The Oka Crisis lasted 78 days and drew worldwide attention. The standoff had a profound impact on Indigenous peoples in Canada setting the tone for Indigenous resistance throughout the ‘90s.

Канадский документальный фильм 2009 года, снятый режиссером Кри Нилом Даймондом, Кэтрин Бейнбридж и Иеремией Хейсом, в котором исследуется изображение коренных американцев в кино. Рил индеец иллюстрирован отрывками из классических и современных изображений коренных жителей в голливудских фильмах и интервью с режиссерами, актерами и историками кино, в то время как режиссер Даймонд путешествует по Соединенным Штатам, чтобы посетить знаковые места в кино, а также историю американских индейцев.

With moving stories from a range of characters from her Kahnawake Reserve, Mohawk filmmaker, Tracey Deer, reveals the divisive legacy of more than a hundred years of discriminatory and sexist government policy to expose the lingering "blood quantum" ideals, snobby attitudes and outright racism that threaten to destroy the fabric of her community.

One More River: The Deal that Split the Cree is a Gemini Award-nominated documentary about the decision making process of Quebec Crees to allow another mega-hydro project to be built on their land. This dramatic, behind-the-scenes look at the deal that split the Crees, dispels romantic notions of how decisions are made in Indigenous communities.