What would you do if your land was threatened?
Audience award-winner at HotDocs Film Festival, YINTAH (125 min) is a documentary film about environmental racism and the power of Indigenous resistance and resilience. World Community is honoured to present this compelling film on July 18 at 7 p.m. in the Stan Hagen Theatre, North Island College.
Spanning more than a decade, YINTAH (land) follows Tsak毛 ze Howilhkat Freda Huson and Sleydo鈥� Molly Wickham as their nation reoccupies and protects their ancestral lands from the Canadian government and several of the largest fossil fuel companies on earth.
The Wet鈥檚uwet鈥檈n nation have lived on and governed their territories for thousands of years. In 1997, Wet鈥檚uwet鈥檈n Hereditary Chiefs joined with Gitxsan Hereditary chiefs and won the landmark case of Delgamuukw-Gidsaywa v.British Columbia before the Supreme Court of Canada. The Court recognized that the Wet鈥檚uwet鈥檈n people have never given up title to 22,000 km2 of land in northern British Columbia.
Despite this ruling, the governments of Canada and B.C. continue to assert jurisdiction over this territory and have issued permits for projects such as pipelines without the consent of the Wet鈥檚uwet鈥檈n Hereditary Chiefs.
YINTAH documents recurring stand-offs by land defenders and the strong-arm tactics of the oil industry and its enforcers. The film also provides an eloquent reminder of the humbling natural beauty of the land itself.
To watch the film trailer, visit Coarse language advisory. Admission is by donation.
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