[1] Obomsawin had heard about an impending police raid on the news and wanted to head to Restigouche immediately with a film crew.
Obomsawin was irritated about what she had missed, forced to rely on footage from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and photographs from L'Aviron, a Campbellton newspaper.
To add insult to injury, when Obomsawin asked the NFB for permission to shoot more interviews, including with then-Minister of Fisheries Lucien Lessard, who had ordered the raids, the Abenaki filmmaker was informed by NFB management that she should not interview white people for her film, only natives.
By the end of the film, Lessard offers a personal apology for any harm his actions may have caused the people of Restigouche.
[3] Obomsawin later said that she respected Lessard for his decision to speak directly and honestly with her, even if she strongly disagreed with his actions: I invited him to Montreal for the interview and he knew I had a lot of problems with him.