BLOCKADE (1993) Screening and Director/Collaborators Discussion

BLOCKADE (1993)

feature documentary, 92 mins, 1992

Doors open at 1:00PM, screening begins at 2:00PM

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For most of us, native land claims and logging issues fuel political and moral debates. To the people of the Gitxsan reserve of Gitwangak and the non-native village of Kitawanga, they are bread-and-butter issues worth fighting for.

Blockade takes place in the mountains and valleys of northern British Columbia, at the heart of what remains as one of the boldest aboriginal land claims cases to challenge the white history of Canada. The Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs claim that everything within 22,000 square miles, including the trees, is rightfully theirs. A lot of settlers don’t agree.

“(Blockade) splits one’s emotional affinities right down the middle, and acts as a sobering reminder that when it comes to the issue of just who holds the deed to our home and native land, all the easy answers are probably the wrong ones.”  

Geoff Pevere, The Globe and Mail

Joining director Nettie Wild for the post screening discussion will be fellow collaborators producers Betsy Carson and Gary Marcuse and composer Roy Forbes.

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Awards

Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival

Special Mention, American Indian Film Festival

Best Editor (Jeff Warren) , Hot Docs International Film Festival, Toronto

Best Attended Canadian Feature, co-winner, Vancouver International Film Festival

Most Popular Canadian Feature, runner-up, Vancouver International Film Festival

Worldfest Silver Award, Houston International Film Festival

Red Ribbon, American Film and Video Festival