In the summer of 2000, federal fishery officers appeared to wage war on the Mi'gmaq fishermen of Burnt Church, New Brunswick. Why would officials of the Canadian government attack citizens for exercising rights that had been affirmed by the highest court in the land? Alanis Obomsawin casts her nets into history to provide a context for the events on Miramichi Bay.

Alanis Obomsawin
Narrator (voice)

We
We

The Pharmacy: Shanghai
The Pharmacy: Shanghai

An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth

Bachiranun
Bachiranun

How to Cook Your Life
How to Cook Your Life

Manufacturing the Threat
Manufacturing the Threat

Good Game
Good Game

Last Fast Ride: The Life, Love and Death of a Punk Goddess
Last Fast Ride: The Life, Love and Death of a Punk Goddess

France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children
France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children

The Phantom of the Operator
The Phantom of the Operator

Glenn Gould: Extasis
Glenn Gould: Extasis
Sea Salt Flower
Sea Salt Flower