Elsipogtog: No Fracking Way!

July. 07,2014

Rating：

5.5

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Indigenous Indigenous Sovereignty

Trailer Synopsis Cast

October 2013 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police descended on a peaceful anti-fracking protest led by the Mi'kmaq of Elsipogtog and their allies. In this film the voices of some of the people involved in the anti-fracking movement talk about what happened and why they took the stand against hydraulic fracturing and how the heavy handed police response has affected their people.

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