RESIST: The Unist'ot'en's Call To The Land

RESIST: The Unist’ot’en’s Call to the Land

a SIMPLE MATTERS FILMS production

RESIST; The Unist'oten's Call to the Land is a short documentary that was filmed in the summer of 2013 on unceded Wet'suwet'en territory, 1000 km north of Vancouver in northern BC (western Canada) over the duration of the fourth annual Environmental Action Camp, hosted by the Unist’ot’en (C'ihlts'ehkhyu/Big Frog) Clan.

Information on the Unist’ot’en and Wet’suwet’en can be found at unistotencamp.com

The focus of the film is on the Camp as a year-round resistance to exploitative industry, and what it represents in relation to indigenous sovereignty and the environmental, legal, and social issues surrounding pipeline projects in British Columbia. The film documents one of the most important resistance camps in North America at this time.

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Interviews Film crew

Freda Huson

Toghestiy

Gordon O’Connor

Molly Wickham

Mel Bazil

Satsi Naziel

Co-Directer, Cinematographer, Editor - David Goldberg

Co-Director, Writer - Eli Hirtle

Producer, Writer - Hilary Somerville

Original music by Scott Johnson Gailey

Four years ago, grassroots members of the Wet’suwet’en people learned about the oil and gas pipeline projects being proposed through their territory without consultation or permission. They have built a log cabin, traditional pit-house, permaculture garden, and a bunk house for volunteers directly in the path of the Pacific Trails Pipeline (PTP), Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline, and other projects’ routes. The Camp has so far been successful at turning away pipeline workers and surveyors trying to start work on the pipelines by setting up a “soft blockade” at the bridge over the Wedzin Kwah (Morice River) into their territory.

The intruders have been warned about trespassing on unceded land. The Unis'tot'en people are supported by their neighbours in the Likhts’amisyu Clan, the Gidem'ten Clan and other indigenous and non-indigenous allies.

We made this film to raise awareness and build solidarity for the camp. Please share it online, screen it with friends or host a fundraiser. Support the camp in any way you can. Volunteers and supplies are needed now and all year round.

To donate to the camp and learn more about how to get involved, visit VIC FAN/Wild Coast at forestaction.wikidot.com/

Eli Hirtle - [email protected] asmokersreveries.tumblr.com

Hilary Somerville - [email protected]

David Goldberg - [email protected] simplemattersfilms.com