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Posted May 24th, 2008 by Mary
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2008-05-28 00:00
2008-05-31 00:00

First Nations on Film, May 28-31, 200

Series of five films on Native American culture, history and issues in Canada.


INFO: mfa.org/calendar/index.asp?keywords=First+Nations+on+Film&category=&collection=&cal_language=&week=

617-369-3907

 

 

WHERE:

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

465 Huntington Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5597

 

MAY 28, 2008, WEDNESDAY, 8 PM:
OUR NATIONHOOD

Aboriginal filmmaker and artist Alanis Obomsawin chronicles the determination and tenacity of the Listuguj Micmac people to use and manage the natural resources of their traditional lands.

Our Nationhood provides a contemporary perspective on the natives’ ongoing struggle and ultimate success, culminating in the community receiving an award for "Best Managed River" from the same government that denied their traditional rights. $9 general admission.

 

 

MAY 29, 2008, THURSDAY, 3:45 PM:

Incident at Restigouche (1984, 46 min.). A historical perspective on the raids of the Restigouche Reserve in June 11 and 20, 1981.
Focusing on issue of salmon-fishing rights of the Micmac people and the Quebec Government’s decision to restrict salmon fishing, the powerful film puts justice on trial.
Spudwrench—Kahnawake Man (1997, 58 min.). Meet Randy Horne, high-steel worker from the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, near Montreal.
As a defender of his people’s culture and traditions, he was known as “Spudwrench” during the 1990 Oka crisis.
Both a portrait of Horne and the generations of daring Mohawk construction workers that have preceded him, the film offers a unique look behind the barricades at one man's impassioned defense of sacred territory. $7 general admission

 
 
MAY 30, 2008, FRIDAY, 3 PM:

KANEHSATAKE: 270 YEARS OF RESISTANCE (1993, 119 min.)

On a hot July day in 1990, a historic confrontation propelled issues in Kanehsatake and the village of Oka, Quebec, into the international spotlight and the Canadian collective conscience.

Director Obomsawin endured 78 nerve-wracking days and nights filming the armed stand-off between the Mohawks, the Québec police, and the Canadian army.

The result is a portrait of the people behind the barricades, providing insight into the Mohawks’ unyielding determination to protect their land. $7 general admission

 


MAY 31, 2008, SATURDAY, 10:30 AM:

WABAN-AKI: PEOPLE FROM WHERE THE SUN RISES (2006, 104 min.

Yvonne M’Sadoques rocks forward in her chair. She’s lived in the Abenaki community of Odanak for more than a century, and has no shortage of stories to tell.

Obomsawin’s illustrious career comes full circle; having dedicated nearly four decades to chronicling the lives of Canada’s First Nations, she returns to the village where she was raised to craft a lyric account of her own people. $7 general admission

 

 

MAY 31, 2008, SATURDAY, 12:30 PM:

GENE BOY CAME HOME (2007, 25 min.)

The harrowing and deeply moving story of Eugene “Gene Boy” (pronounced "Genie") Benedict, his two years of service in Vietnam, and his long journey home to Odanak.

At a critical point in our history, celebrated filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin turns her camera on the ugliness of war through the eyes of one survivor.

Her new documentary will resonate with all those who have been touched by war, and with anyone who has had to travel the painful path of healing that eventually leads home. The film offers a unique look behind the barricades at one man's impassioned defense of sacred territory.

Panel discussion with director follows screening. $7 general admission