Koneline: our land beautiful

Koneline: Our Land Beautiful, is a compelling art film which tells the story of the many different people who wander, work, dream, create, and conserve throughout Northwestern British Columbia and celebrates their common love and respect for the land.  Set deep in the traditional lands of the Tahltan First Nation, Koneline (pronounced kona-leena) captures the beauty of the land while the wilderness undergoes irrevocable change. The film shares with it’s audience a different, non-lecturing, way of seeing and being — from hunters to miners, and guide outfitters to elders of the Tahltan First Nation, Koneline shares their stories of politics, drama, and humour displayed in a visually stunning and poetic presentation.  The film smashes stereotypes of the people who work and live in the region: white hunters carry bows and arrows while members of the Tahltan First Nation hunt out of the back of a pickup truck with high powered rifles, both Native and white diamond drillers reporting to work while elders blockade them, young Natives struggling to preserve their dying language and older white men sing to their stuffed moose.  Although the film is set in a region outside of Revelstoke, the stories there reflect a common thread throughout BC – mixing resource extraction, with wilderness preservation, and an adventurous way of life.

KONELINE TRAILER 2.0 from Canada Wild Productions on Vimeo.

The award winning film creates an experience full of complexity which parks all assumptions, shows the stories of the land from several perspectives, and compels the audience to look at their own journeys as a mutual project, working with everyone to create a sustainable planet – socially, economically, and environmentally.

This CREDtalk series event will be taking place on Thursday, March 9, doors open at 6:30pm, at The Roxy Theatre sponsored by: Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology, and North Columbia Environmental Society and co-hosted by Revelstoke Community Forest Corporation, Monashee Outfitters, and Revelstoke Snowmobile Club.  Members of the Splatsin First Nation council will open the event and welcome us on their traditional lands. 

There will be a Q&A session via Skype with award-winning filmmaker, and director Nettie Wild after the screening.

Advance tickets are now available at Valhalla Pure Outfitters (213 Mackenzie Ave.), Rough Country Marine (210 2nd St. W) and The Roxy Theatre Revelstoke (115 Mackenzie Ave.) for $10. Ticket price on event date will be $12 at the door.