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The Spirit of the Tsilhqot'in People is Hovering over the Supreme Court
202318 min 15 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Alanis Obomsawin
Production: Alanis Obomsawin (National Film Board of Canada)Rohan Fernando (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Alanis Obomsawin
A National Film Board of Canada production.
The Tŝilhqot’in Nation is represented by six communities in the stunningly beautiful interior of British Columbia. Surrounded by mountains and rivers, the Tŝilhqot’in People have cared for this territory for millennia. With increasing external pressures from natural-resource extraction companies, the communities mobilized in the early 21st century to assert their rightful title to their lands. Following a decision by the Supreme Court of British Columbia in 2007 that only partially acknowledged their claim, the Tŝilhqot’in Nation’s plight was heard in the Supreme Court of Canada. In a historic decision in 2014, the country’s highest court ruled what the Tŝilhqot’in have long asserted: that they alone have full title to their homelands.
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Subject categories
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Land Claims and Rights
- Law and Crime > Legal System, Personnel and Proceedings
- Rights & Title > Claims Court cases
Credits
- director
- Alanis Obomsawin
- script writer
- Alanis Obomsawin
- editor
- Alison Burns
- director of photography
- René Sioui Labelle
- aerial footage
- Keith Koepke
- sound recordist
- Glenn Hodgins
- original music
- Lauren Bélec
- Michel Dubeau
- musician
- Lauren Bélec
- Michel Dubeau
- sound editor
- Don Ayer
- re-recording
- Jean Paul Vialard
- research
- Alanis Obomsawin
- Katherine Kasirer
- online editor
- Denis Pilon
- graphic design
- Mélanie Bouchard
- titles
- Cynthia Ouellet
- credits
- Cynthia Ouellet
- Tsilhqot'in translation
- Roger William
- transcription
- Charlotte Gaudreau
- digital editing technician
- Pierre Dupont
- Marie-Josée Gourde
- Patrick Trahan
- sound technician
- Bernard Belley
- production supervisor
- Roz Power
- technical coordinator
- Daniel Lord
- post-production coordinator
- Amanda Roy
- marketing manager
- François Jacques
- marketing coordinator
- Jolène Lessard
- publicist
- Nadine Viau
- assistant to Alanis Obomsawin
- Michael Shu
- production coordinator
- Christine Williams
- Lizeth Carolina Bermudez Guerrero
- Yanis Ait Mohamed
- studio administrator
- Leslie Anne Poyntz
- producer
- Alanis Obomsawin
- executive producer
- Rohan Fernando