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2 days ago · Fairy Creek (Canada, 86 min.) Dir. Jen Muranetz . Considered one of the largest acts of civil disobedience in Canadian history, the Fairy Creek protest against old-growth logging on Vancouver Island made national headlines from late 2020 until June 2021 when the British Columbia government approved the request of three First Nations to defer logging for two years in their territo
6 days ago · Muranetz’s website notes that she “is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and visual storyteller residing on the unceded and stolen Coast Salish territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations, in the place now known as Vancouver, BC.”
4 days ago · Montreal, Tuesday, October 15, 2024 — FAIRY CREEK, the feature directorial debut by award-winning documentary director Jen Muranetz, will have its World Premiere at Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival on October 17. FAIRY CREEK is a gripping immersion into the environmentalist-led blockade at Ada’itsx (Fairy Creek) valley on Vancouver Island that began in the summer of 2020, where ...
Oct 7, 2024 · Director, Jen Muranetz, speaks with On The Coast about her latest film, "Fairy Creek", a documentary film that recuonts the stories of the protest on the ground at the Fairy Creek blockade.
Oct 8, 2024 · “The protests at the Fairy Creek blockade were record-breaking, with nearly 1,200 people arrested. It attracted tens of thousands of people and a lot of media attention worldwide,” said Jen Muranetz, director of Fairy Creek. “Our team arrived at Ada’itsx (Fairy Creek) in early 2021 as the first film team on the ground.
In Fairy Creek, director Jen Muranetz documents the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history, creating a searing portrait of contemporary environmental activism, bearing witness to the lengths activists are willing to take to protect British Columbia’s last old growth forests.
2 days ago · In Fairy Creek, director Jen Muranetz documents the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history, creating a searing portrait of contemporary environmental activism, bearing witness to the lengths activists are willing to take to protect British Columbia’s last old growth forests.
