April 8th.

The Chief and council want to be reassured that we are not on a vendetta to accuse them of corruption.  We’re being asked to provide proof of our intentions.  How do you prove intent?  We’re willing to talk to them, show them the script, the shot list, even the finished product before it goes out, but not the raw footage.

Acting Chief Spence has demanded to see all of our footage.  At the end of day 3, we had 3-4 hours, by the end of today (day 3) we’ll have at least 5 hours.  That would take a whole day to watch.
  
Not to mention that out of a 45 minute interview, I might only use 2-3 minutes that are relevant.  We’re not interested in squabbles with neighbours or the band council; we want only the parts dealing with the doc’s topic.  And what if he said something they find offensive?  It’s breaking an important trust to be showing it to people when we’re not planning to use it.  And could make things difficult for someone who trusted us enough to talk about his frustration.

So that’s fun.  And will likely interfere with some of our scheduled interviews.

Ironically, it never crossed our minds to do something anti-band council until they started this shit.  We weren’t even mentioning the band council, were anti-government apathy and indifference.