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Yintah

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An indigenous nation asserts sovereignty. The Wet'suwet'en people reoccupying their territory and resisting the construction of multiple pipelines.
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Robert Daniels RogerEbert.com 08/03/2024
“Yintah” vigorously paints a resiliency that will never surrender. Go to Full Review
Barry Hertz Globe and Mail 07/09/2024
A commanding and seductive portrait of resistance. Yet the volume of the film’s message is also cranked up to such an intense degree that the quieter, messier facts of its story are unnecessarily muted, resulting in a doc that only feels half-realized. Go to Full Review
Radhika Menon Decider 10/27/2024
Yintah is a prescient documentary about indigenous people’s rights to their land, and will be a rallying cry for resistance everywhere. Go to Full Review
Jennifer Green Common Sense Media 10/25/2024
This didactic and potentially emotionally taxing documentary will draw interested viewers but moves a little slowly to appeal to much broader audiences. Go to Full Review
Zachary Goldkind In Review Online 10/18/2024
Yintah’s exceptional proximity and montage, its resolute duty to confront the violation and expropriation ongoing, is reflected in the filmmakers’ unwavering ideology. Go to Full Review
Andrew Parker The Gate 07/11/2024
9/10
The best look at the fight to maintain indigenous land rights and native sovereignty since Alanis Obomsawin’s landmark films Incident at Restigouche and Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance. Go to Full Review
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Per S Mar 18 Canada - one of the best countries to live in - but for who? There is an endless number of dire examples to how the Canadians have mistreated the First Nation population over the generations. It's no better than what has been going on in the US, and in relation to Canada's ostensible image as an environment friendly nation - think again. Oil is a big dirty and cruel business also in the planet's second largest country, and the regards to the well being of indigenous peoples come very much second, if it's present at all. Yintah profiles the Wetʼsuwetʼen First Nation, as they fight to protect their traditional lands from natural gas pipeline developments. The film has won or been nominated to at least seven awards, and just won the HUMAN Rights HUMAN Wrongs Main Award 2025, at this documentary festival in Oslo. In a wider issue it reflects the oil companies' true concerns about the climate, nature and indigenous peoples, so watch the film on Netflix and give it your ratings here, and at other film communities. That's the least you can do. See more Jim E 11/09/2024 Good fIlm on resistance to the corrupt government and fossil fuels industry! See more Tracy G 10/19/2024 Powerful documentary. Disgusting display by dirty corporate pos, colonizers and all the sheep (RCMP, oil workers) who follow so blindly. They should all be ashamed and how any of them sleep at night is beyond comprehension. See more David S 10/19/2024 The commitment of the filmmakers matches that of the indigenous tribes. Both the camera crew and the resisters show absolute courage in the face of armed "terminators" working for the man. A byproduct of this intimate portrayal of imperial overlords perpetrating their past sins in the present is the hypocrisy of a Justin Trudeau who is happy to skewer the guardians of the land for the god of money. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis An indigenous nation asserts sovereignty. The Wet'suwet'en people reoccupying their territory and resisting the construction of multiple pipelines.
Director
Michael Toledano, Brenda Michell, Jennifer Wickham
Producer
Brenda Michell, Bob Moore, Michael Toledano, Jennifer Wickham
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
Yintah Film
Rating
R (Language)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 13, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 18, 2024
Runtime
2h 5m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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