[Ais-list] Reception, Screening + Conversation with Abenaki Filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin

[Moriarty, Megan]

The screening and conversation with legendary Abenaki filmmaker, Alanis Obomsawin is at the Wexner Center for the Arts this Friday.



Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance
Reception, Screening, + Conversation with filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin<https://wexarts.org/film-video/kanehsatake-270-years-resistance>
Fri, Mar 3 | Reception at 6 PM, Film begins at 7 PM
Film/Video Theater | Register Here<https://my.wexarts.org/3483/3484>

Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin presents her acclaimed 1993 documentary capturing the bravery of Kanien’kéhaka activists against government oppression at this special evening of food, conversation, and community.



The searing Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance follows the Oka Crisis, one of the most widely publicized instances of government-sanctioned violence against First Nations peoples in the 20th century. In 1990, the local government of Oka, a small town in Quebec, approved the development of a private golf course on sacred Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) burial grounds. Local activists and organizers defied this unilateral decision and physically stood their ground, attempting to prevent the destruction of their land. Throughout, filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin rallied alongside them, often the only member of the film crew present on the frontlines. In the end, the Canadian government would spend more than $155 million crushing the resistance. Obomsawin’s chronicle is a profound testament to the role filmmaking can play in a political struggle. (119 mins., DCP)



Obomsawin joins us for this special program that includes a reception and Q&A. Everything is free of charge!





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Take care,

Emily



Emily Haidet
Community, Public & Academic Programs Manager
Learning & Public Practice
Wexner Center for the Arts
The Ohio State University
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