Life On The Line

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Your ticket will give you access to the recording of the live-streamed screening until Sunday, November 15, 2020.

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LIFE ON THE LINE

Lives are on the line with the construction of the Site-C dam in the Peace River Valley and witness a thrilling rescue mission to save a species on the verge of extinction.

This is The Best of The Best: The Water Docs 2020 Best Film Awards

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Valley of the Southern North
Filmmaker: Byron M. Dueck
CANADA | 2018 | 19.5 min | Water Docs 2020 Best Short Film Award Winner

VALLEY OF THE SOUTHERN NORTH is a love letter to The Peace Valley and the people and creatures that make it their home. The Site C dam, now under construction, will destroy the ancestral territory of the Dane Zaa and Cree, violate treaties and displace residents, farmers and wildlife living along its shores.

Water Docs feature film award winner, Richard Ladkani's eco-minded documentary compellingly investigates marine endangerment in the Sea of Cortez.

Sea of Shadows
Filmmakers: Richard Ladkani, Wolfgang Knöpfler & Walter Köhler
AUSTRIA | 2019 | 105 min | Water Docs 2020 Best Feature Film Award Winner

The vaquita, the world’s smallest whale, is near extinction as its habitat is destroyed by Mexican cartels and Chinese mafia, who harvest the swim bladder of the totoaba fish, the “cocaine of the sea.” Environmental activists, Mexican navy and undercover investigators are fighting back against this illegal multi-million-dollar business.

EMCEE: Rick Miller

Rick Miller is a writer/director/actor/musician/educator who has performed in five languages on five continents, and who Entertainment Weekly called “one of the 100 most creative people alive today”. He has personally created shows such as the BOOM Trilogy and MacHomer, as well as many family oriented pieces and an educational animated series called Kidoons with Craig Francis. Rick is from Montreal, and lives in Toronto with his partner Stephanie Baptist and their two daughters.

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