TV series

Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis

2006 · 1 season

A tense, sobering standoff drama that immerses you in a real conflict with a heavy sense of history and injustice.

Overview: Fictionalized portrayal of the conflict and standoff in Kanehsatake during the summer of 1990. This major conflict between a Mohawk community and municipal, Quebec and Canadian governments was over the expansion of a golf course into an aboriginal cemetery. Based on the book by John Ciaccia (Quebec Liberal cabinet minister and negotiator) : The Oka Crisis, A Mirror of the Soul
How it feels: Tense, earnest, dark and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Race, justice, power, identity
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: race
justice
power
identity
violence
Places: small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none