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Flooding Hope: The Lake St. Martin First Nation Story

Genre

Documentary

Directed By

Myrle Ballard

Date: Sep 2012
Length: 00:20:28
Process: Colour
Country: Canada
Language: English
Shooting Format: HD
Sound Format: Dialogue, Music, Voice-Over
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Synopsis

This is a tale of intrigue and sabotage. How is it Lake St. Martin First Nation was permanently displaced from their ancestral home by the Manitoba flood of 2011? Why would the Manitoba government use a water control structure to save upstream cottagers and farmers with only an economic and recreational interest in the land that would flood people with a deep connection to the land? The Manitoba government brought further disaster to this community by unilaterally deciding to build a $100 million dollar water channel beside their reserve and to relocate the community against their will to an old military base.

Tags

Aboriginal, disaster, first nation, flood, Indigenous, refugee

Credits

Director
Myrle Ballard
Co-Director
Shirley Thompson
Writer
Shirley Thompson
Producer
Shirley Thompson
Cinematographer
Shirley Thompson, Kaoru Ryan Klatt
Editor
Kaoru Ryan Klatt
Sound Design
Kaoru Ryan Klatt
Sound Mix
Kaoru Ryan Klatt

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