The Crying Fields

2019 | 19 minutes | 0.0 ★ (0)

The Crying Fields
  • Overview

    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.

  • Release Date

    15 July 2019

  • DirectingHayley Morin
  • Budget

    $40,000.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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emil1979

10 April 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.

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