Rocks at Whiskey Trench | |
Native Name: | |
Director: | Alanis Obomsawin |
Producer: | Alanis Obomsawin Sally Bochner |
Narrator: | Alanis Obomsawin |
Music: | Francis Grandmont Claude Vendette |
Cinematography: | Philippe Amiguet René Siouï Labelle Roger Rochat |
Editing: | Yurij Luhovy |
Studio: | National Film Board of Canada |
Runtime: | 105 minutes |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | English French |
Rocks at Whiskey Trench (fr|Pluie de pierres à Whiskey Trench) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Alanis Obomsawin and released in 2000.[1] The film centres on the Honoré Mercier Bridge blockade of 1990 during the Oka Crisis, focusing in particular on the incident when a group of Mohawk women and children from Kahnawake, in the process of being evacuated from the community due to fears of a Canadian Forces occupation, were violently pelted with rocks as they crossed into Montreal.[2]
A National Film Board of Canada production,[3] it was released in both English and French versions.[4] The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 21st Genie Awards.[5]