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Planet in Focus Review: Fairy Creek (Jen Muranetz, 2024)

Posted on
27 Oct 2024
by
Paul

“This is where social change comes from. It doesn’t come from governments or courts or elections. It comes from ordinary people deciding that wrong is wrong and something needs to be done.”

Those words, spoken by one of the activists protesting the logging companies and their impact on old growth forests, could serve as an apt summation of the overall message of Fairy Creek.

In the film, director Jen Muranetz follows these protesters as they do whatever they can to prevent any further damage to the old growth forests on Vancouver Island. This includes attempts to blockade the roads and the presence of “tree sitters” with code names like Panda, Pony, and Flying Squirrel who hope to grind the logging operations to a halt by occupying the space.

Unsurprisingly, the presence of these protestors raises the ire of the loggers and inevitably leads to the arrival of RCMP officers on the scene, which further leads to things descending into violence – that much was a given. What’s more interesting though are the conflicts which arise within the movement, with questions arising of whether white settlers are too prominent in a movement that many indigenous peoples see as being as much about sovereignty over the land as it is about environmental issues.

While the film ends off with a victory of sorts as a pause is put on any new logging projects, much is still up in the air as far as what may come next. What is clear though is that there are many who feel passionate about protecting these lands, even if they may differ on how best to do so.

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