KINDRED SPIRITS

#2000-6, 40 minutes; A Native perspective on raising children which captures the wit and wisdom of two contemporary native families doing an excellent job raising their children. This video presents parenting concepts through an unpretentious, conversational format. Request

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KANEHSATAKE: 270 Years of Resistance

#2000-5, 119 minutes, National Film Board of Canada, 1993 On a hot July day in 1990, an historic confrontation propelled Native issues in Kanehsatake and the village of Oka, Quebec into the international spotlight and into the Canadian conscience. Behind Mohawk lines that gruelling summer, producer and director Alanis Obomsawin,...

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DENE FAMILY

#2000-4, 20 minutes This video is narrated by Elizabeth, a ten year old Indian girl, who gives a positive, intimate look at the day-to-day life of her family. The family lives in a small, isolated northern community. Throughout the video Elizabeth explains that life has changes for her people, but...

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ACTS OF DEFIANCE

Acts of Defiance #2000-1, 100 minutes, National Film Board of Canada, 1991 Millions of Canadians were glued to the TV sets throughout the summer months of 1990, watching the Mohawk crisis, near Montreal, unfold in front of their eyes. This video captures, in detail, a dramatic summer of confrontation –...

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