We invite you to a special FREE film screening of ‘The Stand’ followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Christopher Auchter at the Star Cinema (9840 Third St.) Doors will open at 3:30pm. Seating is limited, please RSVP through our Eventbrite page (if you need help with this just ask for assistance at the Service Desk).
Drawn from more than a hundred hours of archival footage and audio, Christopher Auchter’s riveting new feature doc recreates the moment when the Haida Nation took a stand for the future.
The Stand | Christopher Auchter | Canada | 2024 | 93min
On a misty morning in the fall of 1985, a small group of Haida people blockaded a muddy dirt road on Lyell Island, demanding the government work with Indigenous people to find a way to protect the land and the future. In a riveting new feature documentary drawn from more than a hundred hours of archival footage and audio, award-winning director Christopher Auchter (Now Is the Time) recreates the critical moment when the Haida Nation’s resolute act of vision and conscience changed the world.
About the Filmmaker:
Christopher Auchter grew up roaming the beaches and forests of the Haida Gwaii archipelago off Canada’s West Coast, and his art is rooted in the land and stories of the Haida people. Auchter’s art practice is fuelled by his close connection to the natural environment, his adventures in forestry and commercial fishing, and by the colourful people with whom he has lived and worked. From early on, he recorded his feelings and impressions as images, and today his filmmaking serves the same function.
This screening is made possible by the generosity of the National Film Board of Canada, our local independent Star Cinema and the Vancouver Island Regional Library.
