National Film Board
Stellat'en First Nation filmmaker Lyana Patrick's feature doc Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again will be making its world premiere in her home base of Vancouver in the DOXA Documentary Film Festival's Justice Forum.
A Lantern Films/Experimental Forest Films/National Film Board of Canada (NFB) co-production, Nechako will be presented at the VIFF Centre (1181 Seymour Street) on Saturday, May 3, at 5 p.m., followed by a panel discussion with the director and special guests.
About the film
- When the Kenney Dam was built in the 1950s, 70 percent of BC's Nechako River was diverted into an artificial reservoir, severely impacting the lives of local Stellat'en and Saik'uz Nations. What followed were decades of resistance, including legal actions against the Canadian federal and provincial governments and Rio Tinto Alcan, a subsidiary of a global mining conglomerate.
- Nechakofollows the people fighting today to restore a river and a way of life: Nations going up against industry, community leaders advocating for their people, Elders documenting their histories and community members living off the land.
About the director
- Committed to elevating Indigenous stories, Lyana Patrick studied film at the Native Voices Program, University of Washington. Her acclaimed short films A Place to Belongand The Train Station have been showcased at prestigious festivals like Hot Docs, DOC NYC and the Vancouver International Film Festival.
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