#if you don't know about the mohawk ironworkers then I *really* recommend this film

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Watching my way through Knowledge Network documentaries: "Spudwrench: Kahnawake Man" (1997)

dir. Alanis Obomsawin | 58m | also available in full above!

"This documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin introduces us to Randy Horne, a high steel worker from the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, near Montreal. As a defender of his people's culture and traditions, he was known as "Spudwrench" during the 1990 Oka crisis. Offering a unique look behind the barricades at one man's impassioned defense of sacred territory, the film is both a portrait of Horne and the generations of daring Mohawk construction workers that have preceded him."

#doc recs #if you don't know about the mohawk ironworkers then I *really* recommend this film #but be warned that there's discussion of the type of workplace injury/death that occurs when working on high-rises #spudwrench: kahnawake man #documentaries