This rough cut features Qwatsinas of the Nuxalk Nation who inhabit the central coast of British Columbia and Zoe Blunt from the Forest Action Network. I shot the footage a few years ago at Wild Earth, an eco-activist camp on Vancouver Island. The footage is standard definition. Since then, I have shot shocking clear cuts in Oregon using a Panasonic AG-HVX200A. Below are some photos of that shoot. The archival footage comes from Archive.org, Pickaxe and Qwatsinas’ collection. The music is by stig inge oy.
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Another powerful video, Stim. Seeing the paltry donations to your project makes me sick at heart (I sent in a pittance, and will try to send more soon).
In the Pacific Northwest, the loggers leave a little ruffle of trees alongside the roads so the motorists won’t see the reality of the clear cuts.
Keep up the good work.
Are you going to post this on youtube?
thanks! Yes youtube link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxmqnY_-Ir8 but give it a few since it’s still processing
Clear cuts should be made available to schools in Canada and the U.S.A.Great work!
No where on the planet is man’s self hatred more obvious than in his ability to hurt trees. I have seen clear cutting on the farms beside my family farm in North Carolina. I have seen clear cutting all around the Olympic National Park. I cry each time a tree is hurt.
This is why I take people into Nature. I do Nature Workshops to bring peace to the body, love to the heart and sanity to the mind.
Doris Jeanette
you rock Frank!
this is one of the BEST videos I’ve seen about this issue
clearly a symptom of a sick society…
I am a veteran tree planter. I have worked all through the coast and interior of BC, and in Northern Alberta and Saskatchewan. The devastation I have seen is unbelievable. One thing I do notice is that the trees do grow back, but never will be as big as the ancient old growth, as they will be cut again once they are around 80 yrs old. There has to bee a better way…
Franklin D. Lopez Sr.: I agree with you!