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The People of the Kattawapiskak River is a 2012 documentary film by Alanis Obomsawin exploring conditions inside the Attawapiskat First Nation, which in October 2011 declared a state of emergency due to health and safety concerns over a lack of housing and infrastructure, and remained in the public spotlight during the Idle No More protests.
Alanis Obomsawin tells the story of the People of Kattawapiskak River. When Chief Teresa Spence called a state of emergency in 2012 for a housing crisis in the community of Kattawapiskak, the media immediately pointed the finger to the First Nations Band Council for misappropriating the funds they were given by the Canadian Government.
With The People of the Kattawapiskak River, Abenaki director Alanis Obomsawin quietly attends as community members tell their own story, shedding light on a history of dispossession and official indifference.
May 27, 2013 · Filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin discusses her film The People of the Kattawapiskak River, a documentary about the crisis in the Attawapiskat First Nation. Dominique Godrèche. Updated: Sep 13, 2018. Original: May 27, 2013.
- Dominique Godrèche
The People of the Kattawapiskak River: Directed by Alanis Obomsawin. With Alanis Obomsawin. This documentary exposes the housing crisis faced by 1,700 Cree in Northern Ontario, a situation that led Attawapiskat's band chief, Theresa Spence, to ask the Canadian Red Cross for help.
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Synopsis. Chief Theresa Spence's decision to go on a hunger strike was propelled by a long history of struggles for Canadian aboriginal peoples, and in very recent history was preceded by...
Six months following the events of her documentary The People of the Kattawapiskak River, Alanis Obomsawin returns to the Cree community of Attawapiskat in northern Ontario, whose severe housing crisis in 2011 made international headlines.
