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Digital Archives | Oct 28, 1993 | 8:02

Filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin, behind Mohawk lines

The filmmaker describes some harrowing moments in the making of her 1993 documentary of the Oka crisis. Kahnesatake: 270 Years of Resistance: National Film Board of Canada.

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