Flooding Job's garden / Tamarack Productions presents ; written, directed and narrated by Boyce Richardson ; producers, James Cullingham, Peter Raymont.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Richardson, Boyce, film director, film producer, narrator.
• Tamarack Productions, production company.
• Icarus Films, publisher, distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• James Bay Hydroelectric Project.
• Cree Indians--James Bay Region--Social conditions.
• Cree Indians--Government relations.
• Economic development--Environmental aspects--James Bay Region.
• Cree Indians--James Bay Region--Economic conditions.

Genre:

• Documentary films.
• Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (59 min.)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, New York] : Icarus Films, [1991]

Language Note:

Closed captioning available.

System Details:

• System requirements: An Internet browser with HTML5 support.
• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• digital

Summary:

The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement of 1975, hailed by governments as a model for future land claims and self-government settlements - is considered Canada's first "modern Treaty." 15 years later, Robert Bourassa's dream of northern hydro-electric power has become a nightmare for the James Bay Cree.

Credits:

Cinematographer, Martin Duckworth ; editor, Hannele Halm.

Notes:

• Episode 3 of the TV series, As long as the rivers flow.
• Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 28, 2024).

Publisher Number:

if-floo Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.