Clearcut
Clearcut ★★½ 1992 (R)
Progressive lawyer finds his liberalism and his survival skills tested among modern Canadian Indians, when a militant native resorts to kidnapping the businessman who threatens their land. Wellacted, brutal drama that asks tough questions; it includes what purports to be the first authentic sweatlodge ceremony ever filmed. 98m/C VHS . CA Graham Greene, Ron Lea, Michael Hogan, Floyd “Red Crow” Westerman, Rebecca Jenkins; D: Richard Bugajski.
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