An Indigenous Cinema Climate Showcase

Co-Presented by Elwha Legacy Forests Coalition and Earth Law Center
An Indigenous Cinema Climate Showcase
March 21 @ 7PM | FREE ADMISSION

An Indigenous Cinema Climate Showcase features 8 inspiring and award-winning films (67 min.) about our rivers, forests, salmon and orcas and those speak for them. Following the screenings, enjoy a Q&A with filmmakers and film stars.

Doors open 6:30, Films start 7:00. Free, no RSVP required.
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Indigenous Cinema Climate Showcase  
Last Stand: Saving the Elwha River’s Legacy Forests
When an ecologically sensitive forest in the Elwha River Watershed was identified for harvest, the Earth Law Center, Keystone Species Alliance, and Center for Whale Research began using all legal means to halt the impending clear-cut.  Directed by:  Dan Herz, 2024
Runtime:  23 minutes    |    Language:  English    |    Country:  United States

Climate Diaries;  Heather’s Story
Follows female geoduck diver Heather Purser of  the Suquamish tribe as she goes underwater exploring the personal, spiritual and economic impacts of the climate emergency in the Salish Sea.
Directed by: Ali Scattergood & Berit Anderson, 2022
Runtime:  9 minutes    |    Language:  English    |    Country:  United States

Call of the Orcas
Exploring the effort to recover endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales of the Pacific NW, researcher Ken Balcomb’s work over 50 years helped people see the Orcas as individuals, in family groups and led to a subspecies listing under the US Endangered Species Act.
Directed by:  Jessica Plumb, 2023
Runtime:  10 minutes    |    Language:  English    |    Country:  United States

Líť’sit yiká· xá·bil-ts:  Quillayute River Restoration
The Quileute Tribe of Washington State is on a mission to restore the river they depend on for their livelihoods, culture, and identity.  Directed by:  Jennifer Moslemi & Marita Davison, 2024
Runtime:  6 minutes    |    Language:  English    |    Country:  United States

Facing the Storm:  An Indigenous Response to Climate Change
An episodic series highlighting Climate Justice leaders in the indigenous community who have been fighting to protect Mother Earth since time immemorial.  Directed by: Mikayla Gingrey, 2024
Runtime:  12 minutes    |    Language:  English    |    Country:  United States

All Our Relations:  Tribute to Orcas
This tribute to the Orcas is a moving 7-minute film drawing on footage from this event and other interviews.  It delivers powerful, somber and urgent narratives from regional Indigenous leaders.  Tribute to the Orca highlights Indigenous communities’ ancient kinship with orcas and salmon, and the importance of reciprocity in our relationship with our caretaker: Mother Nature.  This short film includes a special focus on the Southern Resident orcas whose survival, like the survival of Indigenous lifeways here in the Pacific Northwest, depends on scha’enexw (the Salmon People).  2024
Runtime:  7 minutes    |    Language:  English    |    Country:  United States