Determinations (1987)

Directed by

Oliver Hockenhull

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 10m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This 1987 Canadian documentary examines the media coverage of the Squamish Five group. It is a personal essay about how society views violence and the military-industrial complex.

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What happens

Determinations is a Canadian experimental documentary film, directed by Oliver Hockenhull and released in 1987. Examining the media coverage of the Squamish Five, a direct-action group who were convicted and jailed in the Litton Industries bombing, the film is a personal essay about contemporary culture's ambivalent relationship with violence and its embrace of the military-industrial complex. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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