Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

Directed by Alanis Obomsawin

PS140O: Projecting Power

Prof Wasow

2024-03-19

Housekeeping

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NPR, March 26, 2024

Discussion: Questions from Last Class

Why focus on perpetrators?
Why watch “scholastic” films?
Why try to understand motives of aggressors?

Let’s hear from: Samantha, Jonn, Zayar, Megha

Kanehsatake

Reflect: What is it about place?

Locale in Sami Blood

Duane on California

Haidt in Righteous Mind

Young and Meiser in The Dual State

Adi Zulkadry in The Act of Killing

Break

Video Essay: Dunyia Mohabbat, Nawel Tahraoui, Zainab Biabani, Abigail Rangel

Kanehsatake

Discussion: What were some of the major themes?

Let’s hear from: Jovana, Aissata, Julia, Cielo

Land & Rights

Violence vs Nonviolence

Access to Food

Role of Media

Meaning of Canada

Bureaucratic Behavior

Backlash

Meaning of Canada

Questions

Obomsawin on Kanehsatake after 25 Years

Questions?