see how they ruin the land…

THE IMPORTANCE OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS

Hot Docs International Documentary Festival – April 28 to May 8, 2016

Watch the trailer of this visually stunning film that is currently screening at the annual Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto.  Fellow blogger, Beth Kaplan in Toronto, went to see it; the director, Nettie Wild, is a friend of hers.

“The Tahltan First Nation has lived in remote northwestern British Columbia for thousands of years. They call their land “koneline” which means “our land beautiful” as well as “our mind beautiful,” inextricably weaving human consciousness with the health of the land. Copper and gold mining companies call the Tahltan territory “the golden triangle,” while hunting outfitters refer to it as “Canada’s Serengeti.” Award-winning director Nettie Wild crafts a breathtaking love letter—in stunning CinemaScope and surround sound—that captures the majestic beauty of the land and the unique people who live on it.  A cinematic poem, KONELINE evokes both the beauty and the complicated nature of its inhabitants and their relationship with this unique “wilderness.” Lynne Fernie

In a remote corner of northern British Columbia lies the Sacred Headwaters, a vast alpine basin that is the shared birthplace of the Skeena, Nass and Stikine Rivers. Royal Dutch Shell wants to drill more than 1,000 coalbed methane gas wells in the Sacred Headwaters, threatening communities, wildlife and wild salmon. Fortune Minerals wants to turn Mount Klappan into an open pit coal mine. Concerned citizens from around the world are calling for steps to safeguard the Sacred Headwaters from Shell and Fortune Minerals.

http://www.sacredheadwaters.com

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