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After the Last River
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'After the Last River' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Victoria Lean and released in 2015.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/after-the-last-river-attawapiskat-movie-1.3346841 "After the Last River, film about Attawapiskat, in Sudbury tonight"]. CBC Sudbury, December 2, 2015. The film centres on the humanitarian crisis facing the Attawapiskat First Nation in the early 2010s, culminating in chief Theresa Spence's widely publicized hunger strike.Adria Vasil, [https://nowtoronto.com/lifestyle/planet-in-focus-after-the-last-river/ "Planet in Focus: After the Last River"]. 'Now', October 21, 2015.
The film had its theatrical premiere at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival in May 2015,Adrian Mack, [https://www.straight.com/movies/443821/doxa-2015-review-after-last-river "DOXA 2015 review: After the Last River"]. 'The Georgia Straight', May 4, 2015. and had selected other theatrical screenings before airing on the Documentary Channel in 2016.
The film won the Nigel Moore Award for best film in the youth program at DOXA, and the award for Best Canadian Feature at the 2016 Planet in Focus festival.Pat Mullen, [http://povmagazine.com/blog/view/victoria-lean-and-daniel-cross-receive-doc-institute-honours "Victoria Lean and Daniel Cross Receive DOC Institute Honours"]. 'Point of View', December 7, 2017. It received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nomination for Best Canadian Documentary at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2016,[https://vancouverfilmcritics.com/2016/12/16/2017-nominees-announced/ "2017 Nominees Announced"]. Vancouver Film Critics Circle, December 16, 2016. and a nomination for the Donald Brittain Award at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017.Brent Furdyk, [https://globalnews.ca/news/3186086/2017-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-revealed/ "2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed"]. Global News, January 17, 2017.
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