Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance has a lovely new Blu-ray from CIPictures and ocndistro. panther_BL writes on why now is the perfect time to see this landmark Indigenous film:
The task for any documentarian trying to convey the colonial struggle is to make the past feel alive and active in the present. Settler historians record colonial conflicts as “incidents” in their periodized history as they try to sell us on the idea that events have endings. But for the decolonial documentarian, events resonate, stack and compound on one another.
More than a history-teller, Obomsawin is also a skilled empathy-maker. She allows us the opportunity to meet community members on their terms. She puts her camera close to their faces to see the heartache and history these people have endured while not shying away from the grit, rage and faith that sustains the coalition of tribes as they fight on the barricades and bridge blockades. She unpacks this beautifully in her commentary, provided on the new release.
Because of her expert weaving of past and present, the encroachment of Canadian military forces on Oka, Kanehsatake and their environs feels more like rehearsed moments of history than a flashpoint of violence inside a vacuum. As the blockade of a significant bridge escalates the conflict, white supremacist settlers say the actions confirm the “savagery” of Indigenous folks while other whites cry out that such violence shouldn’t happen “in Canada” and that martial occupation is “not Canadian.
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