Is the Crown at war with us? / the National Film Board of Canada presents ; written and directed by Alanis Obomsawin ; produced by Alanis Obomsawin.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Obomsawin, Alanis, film director, screenwriter, film producer, narrator.

National Film Board of Canada.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Micmac Indians--Fishing--New Brunswick--Miramichi Bay.

Micmac Indians.

Micmac Indians--New Brunswick--Government relations.

Fishing.

New Brunswick.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (97 min.) : digital, sound, color

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Montréal, Québec] : [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, [2015]

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

It was the summer of 2000 and the country watched with disbelief as federal fishery officers appeared to wage war on the Mi'gmaq fishermen of Esgenoopetitj, or Burnt Church, New Brunswick. Why would officials of the Canadian government attack citizens for exercising rights that had been affirmed by the highest court in the land? What happened at Burnt Church? Alanis Obomsawin casts her cinematic and intellectual nets into history to provide a context for the events on Miramichi Bay. Delineating the complex roots of the conflict with passion and clarity, she builds a persuasive defence of the Mi'gmaq position.

Participant:

Narration, Alanis Obomsawin.

Credits:

Original music composed by Francis Grandmont ; camera, Philippe Amiguet, Yoan Cart, Michel La Veaux ; editor, Alison Burns.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: National Film Board of Canada, c2002.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed July 30, 2015).

Publisher Number:

nf-itcaw Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.