The story of Fairy Creek comes to the world stage!
In the summer of 2021, Canadian filmmaker Peter von Puttkamer and his crew made the trek to Fairy Creek to document the struggle and speak first-hand with the forest defenders passionate about saving the old-growth forest. Narrated by Peter Coyote, The Last Stand showcases much of that footage.
The Last Stand documents the peaceful protesters who sang and drummed for the Old Growth at Fairy Creek, British Columbia, a story covered by much of the world’s press. Forest Defenders came by the thousands to the remote logging roads on Vancouver Island using their bodies and love of the forest to stop the destruction of the last 3% of BC’s Old Growth forests. These are the people who want to protect our planet and who are up against the system that wants only to generate profit and remove the very last of these ancient groves. The film speaks to the complexities of the situation and the competing interests for the last of our natural resources.
The show features many important spokespersons, including Harvard Ethnobotanist/Author/Nat Geo Explorer Wade Davis (The Serpent and the Rainbow) and Amazon Watch Executive Director Leila Salazar Lopez. The Last Stand examines the connections between COVID-19 and habitat destruction & wildlife, while looking at solutions for the future, some coming from young entrepreneurs like Living Carbon founder Maddie Hall with cutting-edge science solutions from Silicon Valley.
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Starting today, The Last Stand is available for viewing on the brand new Ecoflix channel.