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A week-long festival was organized by a group of Montreal residents to raise funds in support of the Cree who stood to lose their land because of the James Bay hydro-electric project. This film, made by Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin, alternates between spectacular performances by First Nations and Inuit performers and the meeting halls of Mistassini, where they talk of their past as a way of defending their future.

Directed by Alanis Obomsawin - 1977 | 40 min