North Vancouver
Awakening the Skeena Film Screening with Q&A with Ali Howard
A film about hope, human endurance and inspiration.
7:30pm
Tuesday February 15 2011
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Last summer, 34 year Ali Howard swam the entire 610 km length of the Skeena River. She swam through Class IV white-water, giant whirlpools and thick grizzly bear country as she made her journey to the Pacific Ocean. Howard felt compelled to complete this incredible feat of human endurance to unite communities along the way and celebrate the Skeena Watershed while raising awareness about current industrial threats.
Attending the screening of the film will be:
Andrew Eddy (Director)
Ali Howard (the heroine)
Shannon McPhail (Executive Director – SWCC)
With a guest performance by Rachelle van Zanten (#1 Female Slide Guitarist in Canada, Performer of the Year)
The Sacred Headwaters have been listed as British Columbia's most endangered river system because of Shell's coalbed methane proposal that would see 1,500-10,000 wells drilled in almost 1 million acres of wilderness adjacent to the Spatsizi Park. 1000's of kilometers of roads, pipelines, generators and compressor stations would turn this caribou calving ground into an industrial wasteland. Awakening the Skeena demonstrates how a single person can unite several nations, communities and various levels of government towards a common vision.
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