Land of Oil and Water
Description
This sensitive and nuanced documentary follows the journey of Warren Cariou, a writer from Northern Saskatchewan, who learns that oil companies from Alberta are expanding into his homeland. Warren travels back to the Cree and Dene community of La Loche and to the nearby Metis village of Buffalo Narrows to ask the people what they hope the development will bring in the future, and also what they fear about it. He then travels across the border to Alberta and speaks to the Native people there who have lived with the oil sand developments for more than thirty years. The film provides a personal and compelling portrait of Canadian Aboriginal communities and their struggle to preserve their way of life in the face of rapid and relentless change.
Runtime
44 minutes
Subjects
Geography
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Database
Alexander Street
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