Trick or Treaty?
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“The Fight for Justice”
Legendary Canadian documentarian Alanis Obomsawin digs into the tangled history of Treaty 9 — the infamous 1905 agreement wherein First Nations communities relinquished sovereignty over their traditional territories — to reveal the deceptions and distortions which the document has been subjected to by successive governments seeking to deprive Canada’s First Peoples of their lands.
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Alanis Obomsawin Director · Alain Auger Composer Alison Burns Editor
First release September 4, 2014 · Languages Cree, English
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Cree · English
Release dates
Canada · September 4, 2014
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
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