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CINEMA
For
most
of
us,
native
land
claims
and
logging
issues
fuel
political
and
moral
debates.
To
the
people
of
the
Gitksan
reserve
of
Gitwangak
and
the
white
village
of
Kitwanga,
they
are
bread-and-butter
issues
worth
fighting
for.
Over
a
15-month
period,
this
90-minute
documentary
follows-people
enmeshed
in
the
on-going
conflict
between
two
histories,
and
two
living
cultures.
From
barricade
arrests
to
backroom
politicking,
Blockade
is
edited
with
the
passion
and
intensity
of
the
real-life
drama
it
captures.
"Blockade
splits
one's
emotional
affinities
right
down
the
middle,
and
acts
as
a
sobering
reminder
that,
when
it
comes
to
the
issue
of
just
who
holds
the
deed
to
our
home
and
native
land,
all
the
easy
answers
are
probably
the
wrong
ones."
Geoff
Pevere,
The
Globe
and
Mail
"Outstanding...
It's
a
poetic
tribute
to
a
magnificent
and
endangered
chunk
of
fast-disappearing
Canadian
wilderness."
Mike
Boone,
Montreal
Gazette
Blockade
Is
a
Canada
Wild
Production,
co-produced
with
the
Canadian
Broadcasting
Corporation
(CBC),
with
the
participation
of
Telefilm
Canada
and
the
National
Film
Board
of
Canada,
in
association
with
Bntish
Columbia
Film,
and
with
the
support
of
the
Canada
Council
and
BC
Cultural
Services.
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the
valley,
1930s.
Photo
courtesy
Hobenshield
family
THE
FACES
AND
PLACES
OF
BLOCKADE:
The
Hobenshlelds
are
the
sons
of
white
settlers.
After
60
years
In
the
valley,
they
figure
they're
about
as
native
to
this
part
of
the
country
as
you
can
get.
Art
Lorlng
is
a
Gitksan,
a
wing
chief
of
the
Eagle
clan.
For
17
years,
lie
was
a
logger.
Now
he's
blocking
the
Hobenshlelds'
logging
crews
from
the
Eagles'
hereditary
lands.
Downriver,
a
white
couple
is
building
a
retirement
home
on
the
banks
of
the
Skeena.
Thirty
members
of
the
Frog
clan
evict
them
from
what
the
Gitksan
consider
to
be
their
traditional
fishing
site.
Ultimately,
the
Gitksan
try
to
force
the
government
to
the
negotiating
table:
by
blocking
the
Canadian
National
railway,
they
halt
all
shipments
of
grain,
coal,
and
lumber
to
the
coast,
effectively
blockading
the
economy
of
northern
Bntish
Columbia.
This
Is
hardball,
northern-style,
as
played
out
In
logging
towns
and
native
villages
across
Canada,
and
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