Our Land, Our Truth

198354 min 19 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Maurice Bulbulian

Production: Jean Dansereau

Made in collaboration with the Inuit Tungavingat Nunamini, this film focuses on those dissident members of the Inuit community who rejected the agreement signed on November 11, l975, between the Northern Quebec Inuit Association, the Québec and federal governments, the James Bay Energy Corporation, the James Bay Development Corporation, Hydro-Québec and the Grand Council of the Crees, which took away Native rights to a territory of almost one million square kilometres. By their words and actions, the dissident Inuit of Povungnituk, Ivujivik and Sugluk express their strong desire to retain their land and their traditions. The filmmakers go into their homes, on the ice and the sea to record first-hand the lives of these northern people.

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  • Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > CultureGovernment RelationsIndigenous IssuesLabrador and QuébecRegional DevelopmentRights and Land ClaimsSocial ChangeTraditional way of life
  • Indigenous Studies > Identity/SocietyIssues and Contemporary Challenges

Credits


director
Maurice Bulbulian
producer
Jean Dansereau
photography
Roger Rochat
Jacques Leduc
Martin Leclerc
sound
Claude Chevalier
William McClelland
Yves Gendron
editing
Fernand Bélanger
re-recording
Hans Peter Strobl