The lynching of Louie Sam

McIlwraith, David. (Added Author). Carlson, Keith Thor. (Added Author). Armstrong, Mary. (Added Author). Carson, Betsy. (Added Author). Wild Zone Films (Added Author). Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. (Added Author). History Television (Television network : Canada) (Added Author).

Summary: Reveals how, in late February 1884, a lynch mob of a hundred American men crossed the border into British Columbia, forcibly removed a wrongfully accused 14-year-old Native boy from the custody of a Canadian constable, rode south a few miles and hanged him from a cedar tree. Discusses how for the Stoþ:lo First Nation, a people living along British Columbia's Fraser River, this was a defining moment in their history. Also notes the ineffectual response of the Canadian government to this crime, and brings to light the only documented case of a cross-border lynching in Canadian history.

Record details

Physical Description: videorecording (DVD)
videodisc
1 videodisc (52 min.) ; sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. (DVD)
Publisher: [Vancouver, BC] : Wild Zone Films, c2004 ; Vancouver, BC : Moving Images Distribution [distributor] ; Image Media [distributor], 2007, c2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on "The Lynching of Louis Sam," B.C. Studies, No. 109, Spring 1996, pp. 63-79, by Keith Thor Carlson. DVD-R format. No scene indexing. 3-min "skip" segments.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Eligible B.C. post-secondary institutions only.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, writer, David McIlwraith; producers, Mary Armstrong, Betsy Carson; executive producer, Rina Fraticelli; original music, George Leach, Kat Hendrix.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Duplication rights expire 2012-09-30; non-erasure.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.