Acts of Defiance

19921 h 44 min 34 secFilm: Documentary

G

Direction: Alec MacLeod

Production: Mark ZannisDennis Murphy

Script: Mark Zannis

This feature-length documentary recounts the events that surrounded and led to the Oka Crisis of the summer of 1990. The film focuses on the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake, in Quebec, but also reflects on the relationship between Canada and Indigneous peoples at a particular time in history.

Subject categories


  • Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > DiscriminationLand Claims and RightsQuébec and OntarioReserves
  • Politics and Government - Canada > Indigenous ConcernsMunicipal Politics and GovernmentQuébec
  • War, Conflict and Peace > Indigenous Concerns
  • History - Canada - 1946-Present > Québec

Credits


director
Alec MacLeod
producer
Mark Zannis
script
Mark Zannis
narrator
Mark Zannis
executive producer
Dennis Murphy
cinematography
René Sioui Labelle
Barry Perles
Roger Martin
Savas Kalogeras
Zoe Dirse
sound
Richard Nichol
Michel Grezlak
Jacques Drouin
Louis Marion
Robert Verebely
Justine Pimlott
Marie-France Delagrave
Claude Hamel
editing
Roger Hart
sound editing
Wojtek Klis
Don Ayer
re-recording
Jean-Pierre Joutel
Shelley Craig
music
Jean Derome

Awards


  • Best Documentary Feature Film AwardAnnual American Indian Film Festival
  • Bronze Apple AwardNational Educational Media Network Competition