“Trick or Treaty?” A film by Alanis Obomsawin
Free public screening and Q & A with Alanis Obomsawin and John Long
Friday, 30 January 2015, 7:00 p.m.
River Building Theatre 2200, Carleton University
Trick or Treaty? is a feature documentary by the acclaimed filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin. It profiles Indigenous leaders in their quest for justice as they seek to establish dialogue with the Canadian government. In this powerful documentary, those who refuse to surrender are given a chance to speak out.
Alanis Obomsawin is a member of the Abenaki First Nation and one of Canada’s most eminent documentary filmmakers. She has directed over forty films with the National Film Board of Canada, focusing on the lives and concerns of First Nations people.
John S. Long is professor emeritus in the Schulich School of Education at Nipissing University. He is author of Treaty No. 9: Making the Agreement to Share the Land in Far Northern Ontario in 1905 (2010).
Canadian Film Institute: The Enlightened Screen series, co-sponsored by the Centre for Indigenous Research, Culture, Language and Education; Carleton University Art Gallery; Office of the Provost; School for Studies in Art and Culture; School of Canadian Studies; History Department; Sociology and Anthropology Department; the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Council of Ottawa, and Indigenous Culture and Media Innovations.