NFB Collection
Power
19961 h 16 min 31 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Magnus Isacsson
Production: Glen SalzmanMark ZannisDon HaigKatherine Buck
Co-produced by Cinéflix Inc. and the NFB with the participation of Telefilm Canada, the Ontario Film Development Corporation and Roger's Telefund.
When Hydro-Québec announced its intention to proceed with the enormous James Bay II hydroelectric project, the 15,000 Cree who live in the region decided to stand up to the giant utility. With unprecedented access to key figures like Cree leader Matthew Coon Come and American environmental activist Robert Kennedy Jr., Power is the compelling, behind-the-scenes story of the Cree's five-year battle to save the Great Whale River and their traditional way of life.
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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
- Civics/Citizenship > Federal/Provincial GovernmentHuman Rights
- Indigenous Studies > History/Politics
Credits
- director
- Magnus Isacsson
- sound
- Magnus Isacsson
- producer
- Glen Salzman
- Mark Zannis
- executive producer
- Don Haig
- associate producer
- Katherine Buck
- camera
- Martin Duckworth
- James Gray
- Magnus Isacsson
- René Sioui Labelle
- Mark McKay
- William Turnley
- editing
- Susan Shanks
- Glen Salzman
- Hannele Halm
- sound editing
- Steve Munro
- re-recording
- Shelley Craig
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- music
- Mark Korven