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Seaquarim’s Shame: Episode 2 – Talequah
A mother orca grieves the death of her only minutes old baby in the Salish Sea in the summer of 2018. The world media becomes fixated. 4 years later she has a new baby boy, Phoenix. A landlocked girl from Ohio won’t let her dreams of the sea go unrealized. Be there as has her first encounter with an … [Read more...]
Seaquarim’s Shame: Episode 1 – Tokitae
Something is wrong at Miami Seaquarium.. They have been keeping an orca who doesn’t belong to them for over 50 years. A produce salesman turned vegan activist fights for over a decade on the street corner in front of Miami Seaquarium, turning away thousands of cars. A new legal fight launches in … [Read more...]
Finding Humanity Podcasts
To unpack some of the biggest threats humanity is grappling with today, each episode will draw on the expertise and life experiences of members of The Elders: former Presidents and Prime Ministers, UN officials, Nobel Peace Laureates, freedom fighters, and human rights champions, brought together by … [Read more...]
16 of the Best Environmental Films
Read more here. The Human Element (2019) Before the Flood (2016) 2040 (2019) An Inconvenient Truth (2006) RiverBlue (2017) Artifishal (2019) Chasing Coral (2017) David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020) My Octopus Teacher (2020) Racing Extinction (2015) The … [Read more...]
9 Environmental Docs To Watch During the Coronavirus Lockdown
So why not spend your lockdown binge-watching environmental documentaries that come with an impactful message about the fate of our planet? Read more here and get links. … [Read more...]
3 New Environmental Docs to Watch This Fall
Ecowatch Recommendations: Kiss the Ground: Between wildfires devastating the U.S. West Coast and storms battering the Gulf, the impacts of the climate crisis can feel overwhelming right now. Kiss the Ground offers an alternative to all of the bad news by focusing on solutions. The film, … [Read more...]
“The Condor and the Eagle” film screening and fundraiser for Tokitae Fund of Lummi Nation’s Lhaqtemish Foundation
Join the Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth, the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship and many other friends and allies as we come together virtually as people of faith and conscience to celebrate the Fall Equinox, watch this award-winning documentary, hear from the filmmakers & protagonists, … [Read more...]
Salmon People – A Short by Children of the Setting Sun
The Indian System Film Screening
Hosted by the Learning Right Relations group (Olympia). The Indian System Sunday, June 21, 2020 / Time: 1:00 – 3:15 pm (Pacific time) Zoom film screening. Sheldon P Wolfchild, producer and director of The Indian System, will introduce the film and join the audience after the … [Read more...]
Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery
DoD-Unmasking the Domination Code.5.3.20r1 THE DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY Unmasking the Domination Code Sunday, May 3, 2020 / Time: 1:00 – 3+ pm Online Screening via Zoom This hour-long film and production by First Nation Peoples examines the effects of an ancient doctrine traced to … [Read more...]
Short videos on Climate Change
Climate Change is simple remix, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HEtR6SOb-w, 15 min: by David Roberts of Seattle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36ZDxWBvuPI&feature=youtu.be, 3 min: by Peter Harrison of Vancouver … [Read more...]
7 of the Best New Documentaries About Global Warming
That was a recurring introductory remark at screenings during the recent 2020 Wild & Scenic Film Festival. Held each year in the bucolic foothills of the Sierra, the five-day festival screens more than 140 environmental films, from artful meditations on the beauty of nature, to distressing … [Read more...]
“Back to the River”
"Long as the River Runs" was a film that was offered at Justice Summit in October of 2019 by Salmon Defense (founded by Billy Frank, Jr.). There is now a companion film: From our collection of extensive interviews with the people involved in the Fishing Wars plus added interviews, we compiled an … [Read more...]
For the Wild – Radio interviews
For The Wild is an anthology of the Anthropocene; focused on land based protection, co-liberation and intersectional storytelling rooted in a paradigm shift from human supremacy towards deep ecology. This is a series of radio programs interviewing a number of activists and leaders on a variety of … [Read more...]
Crosscut Documentaries presents: The Rising
Crosscut, by Sarah Hoffman & Ted Alvarez, December 2, 2019 Climate change is quickly altering the shape of the Northwest — its ecosystems, its coastlines and the ways of life of the humans who live on it. This is perhaps felt most acutely by several tribes on the Pacific Coast, where … [Read more...]
As Long as Rivers Run – Recommended Film – First American Indian Nations
As Long As Rivers Run tells the story of the struggles of the Nisqually Tribe, and of Billy Frank, Jr., in particular, who led in the defense of the tribe’s fishing rights that were established by treaty in 1854 but denied. This tale of persistent personal and tribal bravery in the face of … [Read more...]
Summit Pre-Event Film: “As Long As the Rivers Run” with Willie and Peggen Frank, Oct. 11, Olympia WA
6:00 pizza (and a gluten-free alternative) 6:30 Introduction to the Movie by Willie and Peggen Frank 7:15 Screening of As Long As the Rivers Run 8:15 Discussion - follow-up to Frank’s remarks re: What American Indian ally’s can do to support the American Indian way of life. Peggen Frank, … [Read more...]
SALMON PEOPLE & OTHER STORIES
Presented by Children of the Setting Sun Productions Sunday, October 13 at 2:45 A Pickdford Film Center offering Bellingham, WA a hosted presentation and discussion after the screening Children of the Setting Sun Productions returns after a full year of filming in and around the Salish … [Read more...]