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SUMMARY:The Stand @ Nanaimo Art Gallery
DESCRIPTION:The Nanaimo Art Gallery presents the latest in its Unsettling t
 he Lens: Indigenous Film Series: a free screening of award-winning Haida f
 ilmmaker Christopher Auchter's The Stand:\n\nThe Stand | Christopher Aucht
 er | 2024 | 95 min\n\nOn a misty morning in the fall of 1985\, a small gr
 oup of Haida people blockaded a muddy dirt road on Lyell Island (in what w
 as then known as the Queen Charlotte Islands)\, demanding the government s
 top the clear-cut logging practices that had destroyed salmon habitat and 
 ravaged old-growth forest. In the face of overwhelming pressure from the 
 RCMP\, private logging interests and even the media\, the defenders calle
 d for the government to work with Indigenous people to find a way to prote
 ct the land and the future.\n\nIn a riveting new feature documentary drawn
  from more than a hundred hours of archival footage and audio\, award-winn
 ing director Christopher Auchter (Now Is the Time) recreates the courage\
 , tenacity and tension of this critical turning point. From furious showd
 owns between television pundit Jack Webster and Haida leader Miles Richard
 son\, to the support of then-NDP MLA Svend Robinson\, The Stand captures 
 the struggle as it unfolds on a moment-to-moment basis. As a complex battl
 e played out on remote logging roads\, in the legal system and in the cour
 t of public opinion\, authorities staged a steady propaganda campaign\, al
 ongside stalling tactics and a police presence\, to undermine the Haida ca
 use.\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 resound\, as the Lyell Island blockad
 e laid the foundations for current land-claim treaties across Canada. From
  the Haida Nation’s resolute act of vision and conscience emerged an unb
 reakable commitment to justice\, solidarity and Indigenous sovereignty tha
 t echoes forth to this day.\n\n———\n\nTrailer at https://youtu.be/Uh
 gIT0d4wug\n\nAll are welcome. Free Admission – Donations welcomed. Popco
 rn and drinks are available for purchase. All proceeds go directly to Indi
 genous Programming at Nanaimo Art Gallery.\n\nRegister for your free ticke
 t at Unsettling the Lens: Indigenous Film Series | The Stand - Nanaimo Art
  Gallery\n\nUnsettling the Lens is curated by Indigenous Engagement Coordi
 nator bailey macabre and is presented in partnership with the National Fil
 m Board of Canada. For more information contact the Nanaimo Art Gallery at
  info@nanaimogallery.ca
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LOCATION:Nanaimo Art Gallery\, 150 Commercial Street\, Nanaimo\, BC\, V9R 5
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