Flooding Job's Garden

Directed by Boyce Richardson

59 minutes / Color
Closed Captioned
Release: 1991
Copyright: 1991

Part of AS LONG AS THE RIVERS FLOW series

The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement of 1975, hailed by governments as a model for future land claims and self-government settlements - is considered Canada's first "modern Treaty." 15 years later, Robert Bourassa's dream of northern hydro-electric power has become a nightmare for the James Bay Cree.

In FLOODING JOB'S GARDEN, Boyce Richardson revisits communities he first filmed in the 1970s, before Hydro Quebec began its work, documenting 20 years of massive change in Cree country. As Bourassa and Hydro Quebec prepare for Phase 2, the Crees are mounting an international campaign to protect the environment and ensure responsible development.

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Produced by James Cullingham & Peter Raymont

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