Tags: 2002 Alanis_Obomsawin Canada Film Documentary

Is the Crown at war with us?

Name: Is the Crown at war with us?
Released: 2002
Rating: 8

Ratings: IMDB 8 / TMDB

Director: Alanis Obomsawin
Region: Canada
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2002
Runtime: 96
Original language: English
Keywords: woman director, canada, environment, indigenous, first nations, new brunswick, canadian history, fishermen

Overview

In the summer of 2000, federal fishery officers appeared to wage war on the Mi'gmaq fishermen of 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? Alanis Obomsawin casts her nets into history to provide a context for the events on Miramichi Bay.

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