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The Federal Court Hearing
201219 min 50 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Alanis Obomsawin
Production: Alanis Obomsawin
Script: Alanis Obomsawin
Amid a severe housing crisis that made international headlines in 2011, the federal government imposed third-party management on the Attawapiskat First Nation. In response, the First Nation’s leadership filed a challenge in federal court, claiming the appointment was unreasonable, contrary to law and harmful to community members. Alanis Obomsawin documents the remarkable judicial review that ensued in April 2012 in this companion work to her feature documentary The People of the Kattawapiskak River.
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Subject categories
- Urbanism > Housing and Public Housing
- Politics and Government - Canada > Indigenous ConcernsPremiers and Ministers
- Law and Crime > Indigenous PeoplesLegal System, Personnel and Proceedings
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Relations with Government and Security ForcesReservesSocial ConditionsSocial Problems
- Law, Legislation & Government Policy > Human Rights Law & Policy
- Justice System & Indigenous People > Prisons, Correctional Systems, Courts, Courtworkers, Halfway Houses
- Indigenous Peoples: Canada > Swampy Cree
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- director
- Alanis Obomsawin
- writer
- Alanis Obomsawin
- producer
- Alanis Obomsawin