Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

This film documents the 1990 crisis when Native Americans of the Mohawk Nation blocked access to reserve land which was being appropriated against their will by the White community of Oka, Quebec, Canada. What this film shows is the initial incident and the resulting siege from the Mohawks point of view as an illustration how this is simply a result of resistance to 270 years of European racism pushing them around and leading up to this confrontation.


　　On a hot July day in 1990, an historic confrontation propelled Native issues in Kanehsatake and the village of Oka, Québec, into the international spotlight and into the Canadian conscience. Director Alanis Obomsawin endured 78 nerve-wracking days and nights filming the armed stand-off between the Mohawks, the Québec police and the Canadian army. A powerful feature-documentary emerges that takes you right into the action of an age-old aboriginal struggle. The result is a portrait of the people behind the barricades, providing insight into the Mohawks' unyeilding determination to protect their land.

主要的是记录。文明社会的残酷无情，与原住民的有情坚守，但原住民也在不断地融入文明社会中。一个倒错。

#资料馆# 不管人类文明发展到何种程度 野蛮法则永远存在

画面，镜头语言4-5星，情感张力够了，遗憾的是没看到什么深层思考。

Cinema of resistance.在媒体最终撤出的斗争事件中，电影作为媒介真实且近距离的记录下过程，情绪自然流露强有力。

A3,2014-6-13.Mohawks为土地在270年里的抗争史，原住民的自由，加拿大魁北克原来也有这么一笔，所谓民主其实也是制度里一个如何表现而已？强权毕竟设备齐全全副武装密不透风来着。

操着浓重美音的Mohawk战士和说法语的魁北克士兵对峙。。。

都以为加拿大不太会有人权问题，没想到就是最受政策保护的印第安土著都会被血腥镇压。起因：Oka镇计划开发高尔夫球场和居民区，在印第安人的保护区土地上。印第安人都被宠坏了，都以为自己是加拿大的真正主人，其实也只是形式而以。