The Inquiry Film: A Report on the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline

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The Inquiry Film: A Report on the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline
Directed by Jesse Nishihata
Distributed by CBC Television
Release date
  • 1977 (1977)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The Inquiry Film: A Report on the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Jesse Nishihata and released in 1977. [1] The film explored the First Nations perspective on Thomas R. Berger's Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry of the mid-1970s. [1]

CBC Television aired the film in its entirety the day before the release of Berger's report, one of the first times that it ever broadcast a documentary film which it had not exercised direct editorial control during the filmmaking process. [1]

The film won the Canadian Film Award for Best Feature Length Documentary in 1977. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Inquiry film sets a precedent". The Globe and Mail , May 7, 1977.
  2. "Canadian Film Awards 1949-1979". Northern Stars.