Bones of the Forest (1995)

Directed by

Velcrow Ripper

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at the forestry industry in Canada. It shows the views of loggers, environmentalists, company executives, and Indigenous elders. The film explores the conflict over logging without taking sides.

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What happens

Bones of the Forest is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Heather Frise and Velcrow Ripper and released in 1995. An exploration of the forestry industry, the film depicts a variety of views on the conflict between logging and environmentalism, including those of loggers, alternative forestry practitioners, a vice-president of MacMillan Bloedel, First Nations elders and environmental activists. The film won the Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 17th Genie Awards in 1996, and the award for Best Feature Documentary at the 1996 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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