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Oka, an Indian summer

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Directed by Gil Cardinal

Written by Gil Cardinal

Genre : Dramatic

Length : 4 episodes of 60 minutes

Language:  English and dubbed in French

Summary:

Based on the true events of the 1990 OKA crisis, Indian Summer tells of how a modest protest by Mohawks to protect their 300-year-old cemetery from the expansion of a golf course gave way to the largest deployment of Canadian troops since the Korean War.

Cast :

Alex Rice

Tony Nardi

Pamela Matthews

George Leach

Tantoo Cardinal

Eric Schweig

Sandra Laronde

Darrell Dennis

Gary Farmer

Billy Merasty

Joseph Cross,

Vincent Leclerc

and Emmanuel Bilodeau

 

Awards :

2006 Dreamspeakers Film Festival

Winner of: Best Dramatic Feature  (VOA)

2006 Native Presences Festival

Special Mention  (VOA)

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