Film Description:
"The many environmental, social, legal and human perils of BC's controversial Site C hydro dam project are explored in Heather Hatch's must-watch doc. Pipelines tend to get all the ink in terms of environmental risks, but there are many other potential disasters in the offing. Take, for example, the Site C Dam, a gargantuan hydro-electric project on northern British Columbia's Peace River. The 13th longest river system on the planet, the Peace River cuts across the province in an area largely populated by Indigenous peoples—including West Moberly and Prophet River First Nations, two of the smallest bands covered under Treaty 8, the government's century-old agreement with Indigenous people intended to last 'as long as the sun shines, the grass grows and the rivers flow.' Those words haunt Wochiigii lo: End of the Peace by Haida filmmaker Heather Hatch, who spent five years documenting the protests and legal challenges to Site C—a project with negligible public benefit that, in addition to being an imprudent business decision (it's already a money loser for the province), will disenfranchise Indigenous peoples, violate their legal rights, and end in environmental catastrophe. [...]"
-- Steve Gravestock
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