Determinations is a Canadian experimental documentary film, directed by Oliver Hockenhull and released in 1987.
[1] Examining the media coverage of the Squamish Five, a direct-action group who were convicted and jailed in the Litton Industries bombing, the film is a personal essay about contemporary culture's ambivalent relationship with violence and its embrace of the military-industrial complex.
[1] It features a punk rock soundtrack with music by artists such as D.O.A., Subhumans, Carmen Reittich, Scott McLeod, Pat Chird and Gerry Hannah, and poetry performances by Judy Radul.
[2] Hockenhull noted that his intention was not to glorify or excuse the actions of the Squamish Five, but to illuminate the larger cultural blind spots that exist around violence and war.
"[2] The film was included in a 2002 retrospective of Hockenhull's work at Vancouver's Blinding Light Cinema.