What an incredible evening we had this past Wednesday at the VIMFF. It was an evening dedicated to the Greatbear Rainforest and keeping oil tankers off our coast. There was a really amazing collection of people there who were passionate and active in standing up for our coastline.
This is was the program for the evening.
Program:
Presentation:
Whales, wolves, spirit bears, wild salmon and the worlds largest intact temperate rainforest. Photographer, author and veteran conservationist Ian McAllister (Conservation Director—Pacific Wild) discusses the irreversible environmental impact oil tankers would bring to the BC north coast’s wildlife. You can see Ian’s photography at www.pacificwild.org
Film: Oil in Eden
Garth Lenz’s multimedia presentation, Canada’s Tar Sands, captures stories of the environmental issues, threatened wilderness, devastation and the impacts on indigenous peoples through photography. Check out Garth’s online gallery at www.garthlenz.com
On the Line multimedia presentation by Frank Wolf about his fact finding mission that takes a ground-level look at the pipeline from the perspective of the people who live along the proposed route. Frank is in the process of putting together film about his journey, watch the trailer here: http://www.onthelinemovie.com/
Marven Robinson, Gitga’at First Nation, presents his people’s view of the proposed pipeline and tanker project, charted to run through their traditional territory
Film: Uncomfortably Numb (Canada, 2010, 18 min, dir. Michael Reid): Chris Rhodes and Michael Reid explore BCs coast by kayak, connecting you to not just the issues, but the places and the people most affected. Check out the trailer: http://aclexpeditions.org/
Stand Up 4 Great Bear multimedia presentation by Norm Hann. www.standup4greatbear.ca . This presentation introduces you to the people and wildlife of GreatBear Rainforest and highlights this unique, inspiring, standup paddleboard expedition to keep tankers off the coast.
Caitlyn Vernon, Sierra Club BC Coastal Campaigner, describes her experience at the Great Bear Rainforest RAVE (Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition)
Film: Spoil (USA, 2010, 44 min, dir. Trip Jennings): Spoil follows a squad of the best wildlife photographers in the world to the Great Bear Rainforest as they team up with Coastal First Nations in the fight to save this coast from a catastrophic oil spill. Check out the trailer to tonight’s feature: http://www.ilcp.com/events/vancouver-international-mountain-film-festival
It was a really inspiring evening. Thank so much to everyone in Vancouver and area who came out to support the evening. We had over 700 people there and the theatre was packed. The highlight of the evening for me was the Canadian premiere of the EP Film, SPOIL who i worked with this past September in Hartley Bay. They were hired by the ILCP to create a film on the Greatbear RAVE. Please watch this film but if you have a chance watch it on a big screen with good speakers.
SPOIL from EP Films on Vimeo.
