BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2138@events.nfb.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251101T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251101T213000 DTSTAMP:20251009T184647Z URL:https://events.nfb.ca/events/nechako-in-vancouver-2/ SUMMARY:Nechako in Vancouver DESCRIPTION:The Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival presents\n\nNe chako: It Will Be a Big River Again  (Lyana Patrick | 2025 | 90 min)\n\n Nechako is a story of survival 70 years in the making\, beginning in the e arly 1950s in northwestern BC\, when the Kenney Dam was built to power an aluminum smelter. This for-profit megaproject diverted 70% of the Nechako River into an artificial reservoir\, flooding lands\, displacing wildlife and severely impacting the lives of local Stellat’en and Saik’uz Natio ns. The dam decimated salmon runs\, which are vital to the Nations’ way of life and compose up to 90% of their diet.\n\nFast forward to the presen t day\, as the Nations wage a potentially precedent-setting legal battle a gainst Rio Tinto Alcan\, the global mining conglomerate responsible for th e dam. Amidst large-scale environmental destruction and despite the will o f powerful institutions\, this crucial documentary is a chronicle of hope and resistance against all odds. With Nechako\, Stellat’en filmmaker Lya na Patrick follows the people fighting to restore a river and a way of lif e.\n\n \;\n\n"Nechako is more than a story of the past—its compelli ng narrative allows the audience to listen\, witness\, and act."\n- Ashley Kim\, Stir Magazine\n\n“The story of the Kenney Dam is one of resistanc e and restoration\, of the intimate connections between the health of the land and the health of the people. What the Nechako Nations are seeking is a role in the stewardship of our lands and waters\, something denied to u s for generations.”\n- Lyana Patrick\, filmmaker\n\n \;\n\nQ&\;A to follow the screening. Filmmaker Lyana Patrick will attend.\n\nTrailer: https://vimeo.com/1092268270\n\nTickets are on a sliding scale and free ti ckets are available. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nechako-it-will-be-a-big- river-again-tickets-1708780421239 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.nfb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12 /Nechako_keyart_16x9-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Festivals,Nechako,Screenings LOCATION:SFU\, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts\, Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema\, 1 49 West Hastings Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, Canada GEO:49.2823717;-123.10858029999997 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=149 West Hastings Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=SFU\, Gol dcorp Centre for the Arts\, Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema:geo:49.2823717,-123. 10858029999997 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR