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URL:https://events.nfb.ca/events/the-stand-langara-college/
SUMMARY:The Stand @ Langara College
DESCRIPTION:Langara College invites everyone to a free screening of\n\nThe 
 Stand | Filmmaker: Christopher Auchter | 2024 | 95 min\n\nOn a misty morn
 ing in the fall of 1985\, a small group of Haida people blockaded a muddy 
 dirt road on Lyell Island (in what was then known as the Queen Charlotte I
 slands)\, demanding the government stop the clear-cut logging practices th
 at had destroyed salmon habitat and ravaged old-growth forest. In the fac
 e of overwhelming pressure from the RCMP\, private logging interests and e
 ven the media\, the defenders called for the government to work with Indi
 genous people to find a way to protect the land and the future.\n\nIn a ri
 veting new feature documentary drawn from more than a hundred hours of arc
 hival footage and audio\, award-winning director Christopher Auchter (Now 
 Is the Time) recreates the courage\, tenacity and tension of this critica
 l turning point. From furious showdowns between television pundit Jack We
 bster and Haida leader Miles Richardson\, to the support of then-NDP MLA S
 vend Robinson\, The Stand captures the struggle as it unfolds on a moment
 -to-moment basis. As a complex battle played out on remote logging roads\,
  in the legal system and in the court of public opinion\, authorities stag
 ed a steady propaganda campaign\, alongside stalling tactics and a police 
 presence\, to undermine the Haida cause.\n\nWith the whole world watching\
 , would the Haida hold fast to their strategy of peaceful resistance\, or 
 would violence erupt? The parallels between past and present continue to r
 esound\, as the Lyell Island blockade laid the foundations for current lan
 d-claim treaties across Canada. From the Haida Nation’s resolute act of 
 vision and conscience emerged an unbreakable commitment to justice\, solid
 arity and Indigenous sovereignty that echoes forth to this day.\n\n——
 —\n\nTrailer at https://youtu.be/UhgIT0d4wug\n\nThe screening will take 
 place at Langara College in the A136 Theatre Room. The film will be presen
 ted with open captions. No pre-registration is required. All are welcome.
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LOCATION:Langara College\, 100 W 49th Ave\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5X 3B3\, Cana
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