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Flooding Job's Garden
199157 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Boyce Richardson
Production: James CullinghamPeter RaymontKent Martin
Script: Boyce Richardson
Produced by Tamarack Productions with the participation of Telefilm Canada, the Ontario Film Development Corporation, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Canadian Studies Directorate of the Department of the Secretary of State of Canada, Teck Corporation, Rogers Telefund; in association with the NFB and TVOntario; in collaboration with TV5; with assistance from Access Network and Vision TV.
This title is an acquisition.
The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement of 1975 gave the region's Cree hunting and fishing rights; control over health, education and local government; and financial compensation for relocation and development. The deal was hailed by governments as a model for land claims and self-government settlements to come. Fifteen years later, the Quebec government's dream of northern power has become an environmental and cultural nightmare for the Cree of James Bay. (The video version is 59 min. 20 sec.)
Subject categories
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Cultural ConflictEnvironmental IssuesQuébec and OntarioRegional Development
- Environment and Conservation > Energy ResourcesIndigenous Concerns
- Industry and Commerce > Environmental IssuesHydroelectricityIndigenous PeoplesQuébec
- Politics and Government - Canada > Indigenous ConcernsQuébec
Credits
- director
- Boyce Richardson
- script
- Boyce Richardson
- narrator
- Boyce Richardson
- producer
- James Cullingham
- Peter Raymont
- Kent Martin
- executive producer
- Peter Raymont
- cinematography
- Martin Duckworth
- sound
- Glenn Hodgins
- Catherine Van Der Donckt
- editing
- Hannele Halm
- sound editing
- Paul Demers
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- Shelley Craig
- music
- Eric Lemoyne