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The Invisible Nation

The Invisible Nation

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 2007

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Documentary, Drama

User Score

80%

Original Title

Le peuple invisible

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

Director

Richard Desjardins

Description

The Algonquin once lived in harmony with the vast territory they occupied. This balance was upset when the Europeans arrived in the 16th century. Gradually, their Aboriginal traditions were undermined and their natural resources plundered. Today, barely 9,000 Algonquin are left. They live in about 10 communities, often enduring abject poverty and human rights abuses. These Aboriginal people are suffering the threat to their very existence in silence. Richard Desjardins and Robert Monderie have decided to sound the alarm before it's too late.