Fractured Land - award-winning documentary

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Screenings, reviews, news from Caleb's world

Following a series of packed screenings on BC’s South Coast, the award-winning documentary Fractured Land is hitting the road – starting with a five-day tour of northwest BC this week. The “Best BC Film” and Canadian Audience Award-winner at the Vancouver International Film Festival screens in Prince Rupert tonight (Sunday), followed by Smithers, Hazelton, Kitimat and Terrace.

Each show will include a panel discussion - featuring the film’s co-director Damien Gillis, local indigenous leaders, and Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition - on contentious LNG pipelines and plants proposed for the region. See a full list of screenings and links to info at
http://www.fracturedland.com/

The Story
What would it be like to live alongside one of the shapers of human events, in their youth, before they transformed history? In Fractured Land, we follow Caleb Behn, a young Dene lawyer who may become one of this generation’s great leaders, if he can discover how to reconcile the fractures within himself, his community and the world around him, blending modern tools of the law with ancient wisdom. As 350.org founder, Bill McKibben, puts it, "Anyone who can throw a hatchet and sue you is a force to be reckoned with."

Caleb sports a Mohawk and tattoos, hunts moose, and wears a business suit. His father is a devout environmentalist and residential school survivor.His mother is in a seniorposition in the oil and gas industry. His people, at the epicenter of some of the largest fracking operations on earth, are deeply divided. How does Caleb balance their need for jobs with his sacred duty to defend their territory? He has arrived at a key moment in history, sees the contradictions, and wants to reconcile them.

Filmmakers Fiona Rayher and Damien Gillis have been following Caleb for four years, capturing hundreds of hours of footage of his development, through law school, sharing knowledge with other Indigenous peoples, speaking to larger and larger audiences, dealing with deep community divisions, and building a movement.

TRAILER
http://www.fracturedland.com/trailer.html

REVIEWS

The Examiner (five star review - Hot Docs): http://exm.nr/1dzk0o8

The Georgia Straight (Fractured Land takes Best BC Film prize at VIFF): http://goo.gl/vWG2Ud

Toronto Film Scene (Hot Docs): http://thetfs.ca/2015/04/27/hot-docs-20 ... ured-land/

Scene Creek (five star review - Hot Docs): http://scenecreek.com/hot-docs/hot-docs-fractured-land/

POV Magazine (Eco Article): http://bit.ly/1DOjoS0

Vancouver Sun (VIFF): http://goo.gl/OvkLuE

VICE (behind the scenes at Hot Docs): http://bit.ly/1dzmIdl

VIFF (Fractured Land wins VIFF Impact Canadian Audience Award): http://goo.gl/zFypEQ

Variety: http://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/ ... 201479466/

The Matinee (Hot Docs): http://www.thematinee.ca/hotdocs2015fracturedland/

BNN “Commodities” (interview with Caleb): http://bit.ly/1EJHJOs

CBC’s The National: http://goo.gl/qOAW0s

Globe and Mail: http://goo.gl/qQqFN7

Huffington Post: http://goo.gl/WD0ttu

De Smog Blog (Hot Docs): http://bit.ly/1DGgNs0

Hye Musings (Hot Docs): http://hyemusings.ca/hot-docs-2015-top-picks-pt-1/

Rabble.ca (Hot Docs): http://bit.ly/1JVUW4I

Movies Move Me (Hot Docs): http://moviemovesme.com/2015/04/27/hot- ... land-2015/

One Movie Our Reviews: http://onemovieourviews.com/2015/05/02/ ... f-reviews/

Muskrat Magazine (Hot Docs): http://muskratmagazine.com/fractured-la ... -hot-docs/

Indiewire: http://www.indiewire.com/article/10-fut ... docs-forum

Global News: http://globalnews.ca/video/453897/ambc- ... ona-rayher

Truthout: http://goo.gl/0PsOZ

Up Here Magazine: http://goo.gl/4L5NYH