On a misty morning in the fall of 1985, a small group of Haida people blockaded a muddy dirt road on Lyell Island, demanding the government work with Indigenous people to find a way to protect the land and the future. In a riveting new feature documentary drawn from more than a hundred hours of archival footage and audio, award-winning director Christopher Auchter (Now Is the Time) recreates the critical moment when the Haida Nation’s resolute act of vision and conscience changed the world.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- ONF | NFB
Keywords
- protest
- logging
- canadian history
- british columbia
- social & cultural documentary
- haida
- environmental documentary
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Top Cast
Delores Churchill as Mouse Woman
David Suzuki as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gidansda Guujaaw as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Webster as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Top Crew
Christopher Auchter · Director, Writer
Genevieve Vincent · Composer
Sarah Hedar · Editor
Shirley Vercruysse · Producer, Executive Producer
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