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Thisfilmdocumentsthe1990crisiswhenNativeAmericansoftheMohawkNationblockedaccesstoreservelandwhichwasbeingappropriatedagainsttheirwillbytheWhitecommunityofOka,Quebec,Canada.WhatthisfilmshowsistheinitialincidentandtheresultingsiegefromtheMohawkspointofviewasanillustrationhowthisissimplyaresultofresistanceto270yearsofEuropeanracismpushingthemaroundandleadinguptothisconfrontation.<br/> OnahotJulydayin1990,anhistoricconfrontationpropelledNativeissuesinKanehsatakeandthevillageofOka,Québec,intotheinternationalspotlightandintotheCanadianconscience.DirectorAlanisObomsawinendured78nerve-wrackingdaysandnightsfilmingthearmedstand-offbetweentheMohawks,theQuébecpoliceandtheCanadianarmy.Apowerfulfeature-documentaryemergesthattakesyourightintotheactionofanage-oldaboriginalstruggle.Theresultisaportraitofthepeoplebehindthebarricades,providinginsightintotheMohawks'unyeildingdeterminationtoprotecttheirland.