Power (1996 film)

Power
Directed byMagnus Isacsson
Written by
  • Magnus Isacsson
  • Glen Salzman
Produced byDon Haig
Glen Salzman
Mark Zannis
Edited bySusan Shanks
Music byMark Korven
Production
companies
Release date
  • September 11, 1996 (1996-09-11) (TIFF)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Power is a 1996 Canadian documentary film directed by Magnus Isacsson.[1] The film portrays the efforts of the Cree and Inuit of Nord-du-Québec to campaign against the hydroelectricity project on the Great Whale River.[2]

The film premiered in the Perspective Canada program at the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 17th Genie Awards.[4]

  1. ^ John Griffin, "Power play: New documentary probes Cree battle against James Bay project". Montreal Gazette, September 14, 1996.
  2. ^ Carole Corbeil, "Documentaries track ridiculous and sublime". Toronto Star, September 14, 1996.
  3. ^ Rob Salem, "Perspective on Canada's 15 feature offerings". Toronto Star, August 30, 1996.
  4. ^ Peter Birnie, "Lilies wins 14 Genie nominations". Vancouver Sun, October 17, 1996.