The Crying Fields(2019)
07/15/2019 (US)Documentary0h 19m
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"A discovery on a small reservation in Alberta reveals the truth behind a 70-year old lie that has changed the community and its people forever."
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A deep dive into the history of the Canadian Government and the Department of National Defence leasing First Nations reserves as practice bombing ranges during World War I and World War II. This documentary follows the Enoch Cree Nation's process of developing it's land claim against the Canadian Government following the discovery of active landmines in the heart of the nation's cultural lands and golf course in 2014, almost 70 years later.
Hayley Morin
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A review by emil1979
Written on April 4, 2024
I live next door to the Enoch Reserve in Alberta, and so I was stunned that I had never heard about what happened on this reservation just decades ago. Well done short documentary with a fascinating story to tell.
