Premiere of Fairy Creek @Paradise Theatre (Toronto)

Fairy Creek is a feature length documentary film chronicling the significant and contentious Fairy Creek old-growth blockade.
The Fairy Creek movement started in 2020 when construction of a new logging road was discovered coursing towards the headwaters of the untouched Ada’itsx (Fairy Creek) valley on Vancouver Island, Canada; the unceded territory of the Pacheedaht First Nation.
A group of environmentalists set up a blockade to stop the road building. The movement grew from one blockade camp to many, capturing the imaginations of concerned citizens, activists, and Indigenous land defenders who came together in an effort to save some of Canada’s last remaining old growth forests. But when the Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrived to arrest people for standing in the way of logging, thousands more protestors flocked to the woods to participate in a dramatic and historic stand-off for the forest. It has become training grounds for dealing with dissidents who disobey tradition and convention.
Produced by Understory Films, Fairy Creek is a unique embedment into the inner workings of activist culture by following an ensemble cast of blockaders and forestry workers. Employing in-the-trenches cinema verité, viewers are brought into the throes of this complicated movement. The storyline meets at the juncture of personal sacrifice, Indigenous sovereignty, ecological grief, and interpersonal tension, leading to the fallout of Canada’s largest ever demonstration of civil disobedience.
After screening the film Producers will host a Q&A Session to answer questions those in the audience may have.
Let's show up in style, ready to be filmed for the documentary I'm recording of 'How We Harmonized Us' and let's get as many artists involved and inspired by the movement as we possibly can. A44 ties directly back into this initiative and it all fits together beautifully so I hope you'll choose to get yourself involved.
Grab your tickets here: https://www.goelevent.com/planetinfocus/e/FairyCreek