The screening on Tuesday the 30th of September was followed by a Q&A with director Christopher Auchter. Hosted by senior lecturer at Bournemouth University, Dr. Carolina Machado Oliveira.
This striking archive-footage film follows indigenous Canadians of the Haida Nation staging a peaceful but resolute blockade against a major logging company.
The 1985 stand-off – on a muddy logging road on Lyell Island, British Columbia – was a landmark act of peaceful resistance that sparked a national debate around indigenous land rights in Canada. Director Christopher Auchter – himself a member of the Haida Nation – draws on electrifying archival footage to tell a story of courage and quiet humanity in pursuit of land sovereignty and environmental justice.
The screening on Tuesday the 30th of September was followed by a Q&A with director Christopher Auchter. Hosted by senior lecturer at Bournemouth University, Dr. Carolina Machado Oliveira.
The screening was Open Captioned and a British Sign Language interpreter was visible on stage throughout the Q&A.
In this joint curation between Bertha DocHouse and Sheffield DocFest, audiences are invited to discover the gems, highlights and new voices in non-fiction cinema which premiered in the past festival edition.
Screened in partnership with the High Commission of Canada in the UK.