Klamath River Film Series 2009
The Salmon, 04.05.2009 00:00
Two great documentaries on the Klamath River have recently been produced: Upstream Battle is touring film festivals with its German producers Ben Kempas and Magdalena Hutter; and author/playwright Stephen Most's River of Renewal took home the Best Documentary Feature at the American Indian Film Festival last fall.
Klamath Riverkeeper is bringing the films and the filmmakers to 8 different communities in and around the Klamath basin. Come down and check out these great movies, pose your questions to the filmmakers, and support Klamath Riverkeeper!
All showtimes are 7 pm. Admission is by sliding-scale donation $5-$20, no one turned away for lack of funds, worktrade volunteers welcome.
Upstream Battle
Director: Ben Kempas, 97 minutes
In this critically acclaimed film shown at film festivals worldwide, Klamath Native Americans fight for their fish - against an energy corporation. Their struggle may trigger the largest dam removal project in history.
May 3 | Klamath | 7pm
Yurok Tribal Building, 190 Klamath Blvd.
For more info call Klamath Riverkeeper Community Organizer Georgiana Myers at 707-599-0877.
May 4 | Arcata | 7pm
Humboldt State University, Science B, Room 135
May 5 | Hoopa | 7pm
Hoopa Valley High School
May 6 | Orleans | 7pm
Panamnik Building, 38150 Hwy 96
Co-sponsored by the Mid-Klamath Watershed Council
May 7 | Ashland | 7pm
Southern Oregon University, Student Union Arena
Co-sponsored by the Native American Student Union
May 8 | Klamath Falls | 7pm
Oregon Institute of Technology, Campus Union Auditorium
May 9 | Yreka | 7pm
College of the Siskiyous, Yreka Campus
River of Renewal
Director: Carlos Bolado, 54 Minutes
2008 American Indian Film Festival Winner, Best Documentary Feature
River of Renewal examines the water and wildlife crisis in the Klamath Basin—a bioregion as large as Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire combined. The communities that harvest food from the Klamath Basin—raising crops and cattle, catching salmon in the river and offshore—have all suffered due to the lack of enough water to serve the needs of irrigation and fisheries alike. The documentary explores the current crisis in its historical context by taking the viewers on a journey through the Klamath Basin. This is the journey of Jack Kohler. The son of a Welsh woman and a Yurok/Karuk Klamath River Indian, Kohler grew up in San Francisco. A traveler in the land of his ancestors, Jack Kohler combines an open mind with the ability to speak to people of diverse backgrounds and to explore the ever-growing crisis of the Klamath Basin.
>> more on River of Renewal
May 20 | Chiloquin | 7pm
Location TBA
May 21 | Klamath Falls | 7pm
Oregon Institute of Technology, Room TBA
May 22 | Yreka | 7pm
Location TBA
May 23 | Happy Camp | 7pm
Location TBA
