The Inquiry Film: A Report on the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline (1977)
- Directed by
- Jesse Nishihata
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary shows First Nations perspectives on a government inquiry about a proposed pipeline in the Mackenzie Valley. It presents the views and concerns of Indigenous communities regarding the project.
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What happens
The Inquiry Film: A Report on the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Jesse Nishihata and released in 1977. The film explored the First Nations perspective on Thomas R. Berger's Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry of the mid-1970s. CBC Television aired the film in its entirety the day before the release of Berger's report, one of the first times that it ever broadcast a documentary film which it had not exercised direct editorial control during the filmmaking process. The film won the Canadian Film Award for Best Feature Length Documentary in 1977. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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