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