Kanesatake Resistance In The Film Beans

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The Kanesatake Resistance was a huge standoff between the Mohawk people of Kanesatake and the Quebec government. Through the media’s “Blurry Image on the 6 O’clock News,” the graphic text “The Oka Crisis,” and the film “Beans,” the story of this event unfolds. The film "Beans" evokes so much strong emotion compared to the other two mediums: “Blurry Image on the 6 O’clock News” and the graphic text “The Oka Crisis”. Since the film “Beans” is based on a family and a first-hand account of the Oka Crisis, the story hits home with familial emotion and teenage angst. An example of this was when racist protesters were throwing rocks at the Mohawk convoy, which included Bean and her family. This scene evokes anger towards the people who intended to