Documentary
60 minutes
Original language : French
Quebec, Canada 2008
Production : Sonia Despars (Productions Thalie)

Three decades after the shuttering of the mining town of Schefferville, the Innu people, who moved in after the non-natives abandoned the town, are facing a new challenge: the iron mines are about to be reopened. Land, identity and legitimacy are central to the dialogue between peoples locked in parallel struggles, the Québécois and the First Nations. Two nations that claim to be colonized, one of which sometimes takes on the paradoxical role of colonizer. Who does the land belong to? Do the natives and the Québécois share the same right to self-determination? A Tent on Mars is a lyrical reflection on a profoundly complex situation.