Protecting Our Planet - Logging with Patience

199114 min 9 secFilm: Documentary, Children's film

Direction: Julie Stanfel

Production: Julie StanfelFloyd Elliott

Script: Louise Abbott

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in collaboration with the International Council for Educational Media.

A live-action video documenting the story of Crystal Barter, the fourteen-year-old daughter of a British Columbia horse logger. Crystal has chosen horse logging as a part-time occupation to raise enough money to buy a saddle for her horse. Horse logging is hard work but it allows Crystal to remain in the environment she so loves--the forests of the interior of British Columbia. Together with her father, Crystal logs the forest selectively to preserve the woodland and its ecosystems. Crystal's story exemplifies the concept of sustainable development at a very human level.

Other versions

Forêt et Patience

Subject categories

  • Forestry > British ColumbiaLoggingResource Management
  • Environment and Conservation > ForestryForests
  • Animals > Working Animals

Credits

director
Julie Stanfel
producer
Julie Stanfel
executive producer
Floyd Elliott
script
Louise Abbott
cinematography
Rolf Cutts
sound
Hans Oomes
editing
Edward Le Lorrain
sound editing
Paul Demers
re-recording
Alain Rivard
narrator
Patricia Rodriguez
music
Bruce Reid
Eric Lemoyne

Awards

  • Bronze Apple Award - Category: Environmental Issues / High SchoolNational Educational Media Network Competition