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    Miikana (The Road)

    • 2015
    • 00h 04m 44s
    • Nathan Adler
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    Synopsis

    A split-screen video of the Trans-Canada Highway and the single Access Road on our Reserve, the Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation / Nezaatiikang, located north-west of Thunder Bay. Before the completion of the Access road in the late 2000's, the Reserve was only accessible by water. The roads work as metaphor of Colonization by revealing disparity between Canada and Indigenous Nations.

    Categories

    • Indigenous,
    • Decolonization,
    • Travel,
    • Canada,
    • Documentary,
    • Experimental,
    • History,
    • Landscape,
    • Short

    Shooting Format

    • DV

    Languages

    • English

    Additional Details

    • Voice-Over,
    • Colour,
    • Visual Effects,
    • Sound

    Available Subtitle

    • None

    Region

    • Ontario

    Screening Formats

    • DVD,
    • H.264,
    • .mov

    Credits

    • Artist: Nathan Adler

    Provided By

    • Video Pool Media Arts Centre

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    Sexy Highland Stream

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    • 2020
    • Nathan Adler

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    • 2019
    • Nathan Adler, Howard Adler

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    Keemooch

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