Keynote Speaker: Swaysən (Will George), Co-collaborator and Film Subject, Coextinction
The Southern Resident Orca population of the Pacific Northwest is facing extinction due to a multitude of reasons, including declining salmon stocks, climate change, dams, increasing vessel traffic, pipelines, and pollutants. For two young female filmmakers, this crisis sparks a stunning journey across the Pacific Northwest, joining activists, scientists and Indigenous leaders, to uncover corruption and stop injustice before it’s too late. In Coextinction, directors Gloria Pancrazi and Elena Jean draw on their personal fascination of the iconic orca to show its interconnectedness between its natural ecology and the human environment. They wish to show that our choices have consequences, and that perhaps the orcas are trying to warn us.
Gloria Pancrazi, Elena Jean
Canada
2021
English
Book Tickets
Friday February 24
Indigenous & Community Access
Credits
Executive Producer
Gloria Pancrazi, Elena Jean, Andrew Luba, Nicholas Castel, Victoria Obermeyer
Producer
Gloria Pancrazi, Elena Jean, Andrew Luba, Nicholas Castel
Cinematography
Nicholas Castel, Gabriel Swift, Bronson Whytcross, John Fulton, Victoria Obermeyer, Jan Schaedle Ubeda, Ben Cox, Joel Barrow, Will Allen, Brad Lancaster, Elena Jean
Editor
Nicholas Castel, Elena Jean
Original Music
Julien Verschooris
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