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Rocks at Whiskey Trench / National Film Board of Canada ; a film by Alanis Obomsawin ; written, directed and narrated by Alanis Obomsawin ; produced by Alanis Obomsawin ; produced by Documentary East (Montreal), a National Film Board of Canada production.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Mohawk
- Subjects (All):
- Mohawk Indians--Land tenure--Québec (Province).
- Mohawk Indians.
- Mohawk Indians--Land tenure.
- Mohawk Indians--Québec (Province)--Government relations.
- Indians of North America--Crimes against--Québec (Province)--Montréal Region.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Crimes against.
- Kahnawake Indian Reserve (Québec)--History.
- Kahnawake Indian Reserve (Québec).
- Châteauguay Region (Québec)--Race relations.
- Châteauguay Region (Québec).
- Montréal Region (Québec)--Race relations.
- Montréal Region (Québec).
- Québec (Province)--History--Native Crisis, 1990.
- Québec (Province).
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (105 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Montréal, Québec] : [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, [2015]
- Language Note:
- In English and Mohawk with English subtitles.
- 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:
- On August 28, 1990, a convoy of 75 cars left the Mohawk community of Kahnawake and crossed Montreal's Mercier Bridge--straight into an angry mob that pelted the vehicles with rocks. The targets of this violence were Mohawk women, children and elders leaving Kahnawake, in fear of a possible advance by the Canadian army. In Rocks at Whiskey Trench, Mohawks remember the terror as windows shattered around them. Police had orders not to arrest anyone--and though they stood by during the rock-throwing, they were able to prevent the mob from reaching the cars and attacking their occupants. The film looks back at the events surrounding the August 28 attack, and delves into the history of Kahnawake and the consequences of the appropriation of land that have shrunk its territory by more than two-thirds over the last 300 years.
- Participant:
- Voice, Guy Nadon.
- Credits:
- Edited by Yurij Luhovy ; camera, Roger Rochat, René Sioui Labelle, Philippe Amiguet ; music, Claude Vendette [and 3 others].
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Documentary East (Montreal), National Film Board of Canada, c2000.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed August 3, 2015).
- Publisher Number:
- nf-rocks Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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