Eco Stories with local director Caleb Jacobson

# Introducing Award-Winning DirectorCaleb Jacobson @caleb.jacobson

New Update: Caleb will be attending today's screening!

Caleb directed Nisqually Moving Forward, part of our lineup of Indie Film Series Eco Stories on April 2nd at McMenamin's Kennedy School.

Synopsis
On May 5, 2014, legendary Nisqually Tribal leader Billy Frank Jr., passed away after a lifetime of fighting for Tribal fishing and land rights. Known as one of the greatest leaders in Pacific Northwest history, his life's work led from being violently arrested at age 14 for exercising the right to fish to being honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom a year after his death. Today Billy Frank Jr.'s son Willie Frank III, recently elected as Nisqually Tribal Chairman and one of the youngest leaders in his Tribe's history, continues these efforts. Over the next year, he will carry out the honoring of his father with a statue in Washington D.C. in Statuary Hall. As his father once said, "The fight is never over-the fight for who we are and our culture and our way of life."

Calob's Biogaraphy
As an Oregon born rock climber and mountaineer, I have been privileged to grow up surrounded by classic Pacific Northwest beauty as a guest on Tribal lands. I am passionate about the social and environmental issues affecting our region’s natural resources, Indigenous peoples, and communities. Through my storytelling, I seek to inspire audiences to feel the same sense of awe and humility that I do when out exploring and learning from these remote and well-loved places and their people.

Come to tonight’s screening which starts at 6 pm at McMenamin’s Kennedy School Theater and ask questions about Nisqually Moving Forward during the film’s Q&A period.