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Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man
1997
57 min
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This documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin introduces us to Randy Horne, a high steel worker from the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, near Montreal. As a defender of his people's culture and traditions, he was known as "Spudwrench" during the 1990 Oka crisis. Offering a unique look behind the barricades at one man's impassioned defense of sacred territory, the film is both a portrait of Horne and the generations of daring Mohawk construction workers that have preceded him.
This documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin introduces us to Randy Horne, a high steel worker from the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, near Montreal. As a defender of his people's culture and traditions, he was known as "Spudwrench" during the 1990 Oka crisis.
Offering a unique look behind the barricades at one man's impassioned defense of sacred territory, the film is both a portrait of Horne and the generations of daring Mohawk construction workers that have preceded him.
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directorAlanis Obomsawin
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producerAlanis Obomsawin
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executive producerDon Haig
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scriptAlanis Obomsawin
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cameraSavas KalogerasZoe DirseMartin DuckworthMichel BissonnetteYves Beaudoin
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animation cameraPierre LandryLynda Pelley
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editingDonna Read
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location soundIsmaël CordeiroRaymond MarcouxRichard LavoieAlanis Obomsawin
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sound editingWojtek Klis
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re-recordingSerge BoivinGeoffrey Mitchell
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musicClaude VendetteFrancis Grandmont
Ages 14 to 15
School subjects
It’s not your history teacher who’s telling you this, it’s a Mohawk: “It’s important to know who you are, where you come from.” Who are you? Where are you from? Imagine a visitor from another planet is asking you these two questions. Using your knowledge of history and your own biography, answer in such a way as to persuade the alien of your identity, as if your life depended on it! (Because if you’re not persuasive, he’ll drag you away to his homeworld…)