Indigenous Voices: NEW SALMON MOVIES
Sunday, April 21, 2024
3:00 PM
The Hollywood Theatre
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The Portland EcoFilm Festival presents COVENANT OF THE SALMON PEOPLE and TO HEAL A FOREST: two new documentaries about salmon and their connection to Indigenous and First Nations people of the Pacific Northwest. This program is part of our Indigenous Voices series, which centers Indigenous knowledge, accomplishments, stories, and struggles. (Total running time: 71 minutes)
We will be joined by honored Nimiipuu/Nez Perce guests, who will share perspectives on salmon following the films.
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THE HEAL A FOREST:
The Fight for Salmon Parks
11 minutes | 2023 | USA
Director: Lauren Frohne
First Nations managed forests on Vancouver and Nootka islands for thousands of years. As logging encroached on the last untouched salmon stream in their traditional territory, leaders of the Nuchatlaht Tribe launched a movement to heal and protect this land.
COVENANT OF THE SALMON PEOPLE
60 minutes | 2023 | USA
Director: Shane Thomas Anderson
This moving portrait of the Nez Perce Tribe’s ancient covenant with salmon follows their efforts to uphold this ancient relationship as dams and climate impacts threaten the extinction of species and the cornerstones of their culture.
