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Nechako
20251 h 30 min 43 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Lyana Patrick
Production: Jessica Hallenbeck (Lantern Films Inc.)Tyler Hagan (Experimental Forest Films)Teri Snelgrove (National Film Board of Canada)Shirley Vercruysse (National Film Board of Canada)Jasmine ThomasMartyna Czaplak
Script: Lyana Patrick
A Lantern Films & Experimental Forest Films and National Film Board of Canada co-production.
Nechako is a crucial documentary from Lyana Patrick that follows two Indigenous Nations fighting for our collective future. When the Kenney Dam was built in the 1950s, it diverted 70 percent of the Nechako River into an artificial reservoir, severely impacting the lives of local Stellat’en and Saik’uz Nations. What followed were decades of resistance, including legal actions against the Canadian federal and provincial governments and Rio Tinto Alcan, a subsidiary of a global mining conglomerate.
Nechako follows the people fighting today to restore a river and a way of life: Nations going up against industry, community leaders advocating for their people, Elders documenting their histories and community members living off the land. An urgent call to action, Patrick’s film asks what survival looks like when it serves everyone, in a story 70 years in the making—a story of hope and resistance against all odds, amidst large-scale environmental destruction and despite the will of powerful institutions.
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Subject categories
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > British ColumbiaEnvironmental Issues
- Technology > Dams, Irrigation and Power Projects
- Environment and Conservation > EcosystemsEnvironmental PerspectivesIndigenous ConcernsRivers and Bodies of Water
- Law and Crime > Legal System, Personnel and Proceedings
- Indigenous Governance General (Modern, Contemporary) > British Columbia
- Rights & Title > Forests Water Rights
Credits
- writer
- Lyana Patrick
- director
- Lyana Patrick
- producer
- Jessica Hallenbeck
- Tyler Hagan
- Teri Snelgrove
- executive producer
- Tyler Hagan
- Jessica Hallenbeck
- Shirley Vercruysse
- associate producer
- Jasmine Thomas
- Martyna Czaplak
- line producer
- Martyna Czaplak
- director of photography
- Sean Stiller
- editor
- Erin Cumming
- Milena Salazar
- music
- Jesse Zubot
- score composer
- Jesse Zubot
- score performer
- Jesse Zubot
- score producer
- Jesse Zubot
- additional musician
- Josh Zubot
- Peggy Lee
- James Meger
- score recording
- Deep Bay Bunker
- sound post-production services
- Parlante Sound
- supervising sound editor
- Humberto Corte
- dialogue editor
- Andrea Velarde Mosquera
- sound effects editor
- Alex Lara
- re-recording mixer
- Humberto Corte
- additional photography
- Milena Salazar
- Jessica Hallenbeck
- Francis Laliberte
- Hân Phạm
- Gregory Czaplak
- Traves Theberge
- Nilesh Patel
- camera assistant
- Francis Laliberte
- Hân Phạm
- Martyna Czaplak
- DIT
- Hân Phạm
- Martyna Czaplak
- location sound recordist
- Ramsay Bourquin
- Peter Robinson
- Alex Shamku
- Adam Patrick
- David Hechenberger
- Vladimir Fedulov
- Traves Theberge
- Jessica Hallenbeck
- production coordinator
- Martyna Czaplak
- Hân Phạm
- production assistant
- Hân Phạm
- Traves Theberge
- Wilfred George
- Mike Ketlo
- Adam Thomas
- Barbara Patrick
- office production assistant
- Hân Phạm
- Brenda Xiong
- Rosie Choo Pidcock
- Hana Huggins
- Debbie Courchene
- Jonathan Kew
- Alysha Seriani
- post production supervisor
- Julia Niendorf
- visual researcher
- Jennifer Chiu
- Hân Phạm
- archivist
- Sarah Nocente
- clearance coordinator
- Sophie Caird
- Lyana Patrick
- Jasmine Thomas
- Archie Patrick
- Adam Patrick
- story consultant
- Sarah Hedar
- Jessica Hallenbeck
- titles
- Hannah Woollam
- graphic designer
- Hannah Woollam
- assistant editor
- Evelyn Starks
- Hân Phạm
- post production services
- Elemental Post
- colourist
- David Tomiak
- DI producer
- Melissa Ziefflie
- online editor
- Tom Malenica
- Natasha Nair
- community mentorship program
- Soloman Chiniquay
- Samuel Lathlin
- stills photography
- Soloman Chiniquay
- Adam Patrick
- Adam Thomas
- accountant
- Caminie Mahadeo
- Gemma Davis
- community mentorship program - mentor
- Soloman Chiniquay
- community mentorship program - PA
- Samuel Lathlin
- community consultant
- Jasmine Thomas
- legal
- Nathaniel Lyman
- tax credits
- Tracy Major
- insurance
- Front Row Insurance
- senior production coordinator
- Maddy Chang
- studio administrator
- Nathan Conchie
- Carla Jones
- senior marketing advisor
- Jamie Hammond
- marketing coordinator
- Jolène Lessard
- publicist
- Katja De Bock
- legal counsel
- Christian Pitchen
- translation
- Archie Patrick
- syllabics
- Archie Patrick
- featuring
- Sophia Thomas-Teegee
- Keanu Thomas-Teegee
- Jasmine Thomas
- Minnie Thomas
- Lyana Patrick
- Camryn Louis
- Tannis Reynolds
- Roselita Louis
- Lance George
- Yvonne George
- Kim Albenat
- Archie Patrick
- Sandra Patrick
- Angeline Patrick
- James Thomas
- Ashley Raphael
- Erik Johnny Martin
- Isaiah Reynolds
- Celena John
- David Luggi
- Peter Luggi Sr.
- Emma Baker
- Martina Stehr
- Andy Casimel
- Lisa Glowacki
- Maegen Giltrow
- William Wissler
- Deane Carlson
- Delsin John
- Jackie Thomas
- Johnny John
- Georgina Mason
- Gladys Michell
- Jeremiah Prince
- Rodney Teed
- Melinda Skeels
- Marilyn Vickers
- Amber Teed
- Jason Alexis
- Sophie Thomas
- Caleb Nome
- Sky Smith-Umphrey
- Aurora Smith-Umphrey
- Ocean-Lee Umphrey
- Reginald Louis
- Lester John
- Vera Antoine
- Sherron Raphael
- Wendy Antoine
- Natalia Sudeyko
- Shana Labatch
- Cora McIntosh
- Sandy Hackl
- Marg Drysdale
- Chief Priscilla Mueller
- Jimmy Antoine
- Mike Ketlo
- Toby Patrick
- Duncan Alexis
- Veronique George
- Amelia Alexis
- Angeline Ketlo
- Alphonsine William
- Kasandra Turbide
- Joleen Charlie
- Lucy Charlie
- Angela Reynolds
- Katie Best
- Josephine Carter
- Denise Smith
- Jillian Holmes
Awards
- Honourable Mention for the Colin Low Award for Best Canadian DirectorDoxa - Documentary Film and Video Festival