Monday June 21st
4 pm Pacific, 5 pm Central Standard and Mountain, 6 pm Central Daylight, 7 pm Eastern, 8pm Atlantic
Join us on Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21st, for a Zoom Watch Party to view the Canadian documentary film Trick or Treaty?
View the film alongside other Jesus followers across Canada who are interested in furthering their understanding of treaty and how that intersects with our understanding of covenant.
We’ll jump on Zoom for some opening remarks and set the stage for our time together. We’ll hit play on our own devices to view the film and then jump back on Zoom for a debrief and conversation in community once the film is done.
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About the film
Covering a vast swath of northern Ontario, Treaty No. 9 reflects the often contradictory interpretations of treaties between First Nations and the Crown. To the Canadian government, this treaty represents a surrendering of Indigenous sovereignty, while the descendants of the Cree signatories contend its original purpose to share the land and its resources has been misunderstood and not upheld. Enlightening as it is entertaining, Trick or Treaty? succinctly and powerfully portrays one community’s attempts to enforce their treaty rights and protect their lands, while also revealing the complexities of contemporary treaty agreements. Trick or Treaty? made history as the first film by an Indigenous filmmaker to be part of the Masters section at TIFF when it screened there in 2014.
Filmmaker: Alanis Obomsawin
Visit https://www.nfb.ca/film/trick_or_treaty/ for more info.