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“Eco Warriors” — A Story of Resistance and Reverence

Jennifer Pickford will be showing her documentary ECO Warriors at Mansons Hall on Tuesday April 22. 

 “This film is telling the story of several environmental activists who have faced imprisonment for their actions, as well as the actual and real threat of being labeled terrorists for protecting the land and the forest that they love,” she explained. 

“Eco Warriors is about 12 years old. It’s one of my earlier works, but following on the footsteps of last year’s Earth Day screening of ‘Sacred India, A Plastic Revolution,’ I wanted to show another film because I felt that not only is it still a relevant topic, but also it’s just nice to have that continuity of having an Earth Day screening here on Cortes Island.”

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Forest Fest 2012 on Cortes Island

Forest Fest was a music festival and activist convergence that took place over the weekend of August 25 on Cortes Island, BC in response to Island Timberlands’ impending plans to industrially log on Cortes. The festival brought internationally renowned speakers and activists, many of whom live on Cortes, such as Tzeporah Berman, Zoe Blunt, and Rex Weyler. The intention was to spark a conversation about peaceful direct action in the face of huge corporate interests, and to send a message to Island Timberlands that Cortes is and always will be “socially inoperable”.

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