The Stand (2024)
1h 35m
Running Time
October 3, 2024Release Date
Plot.
Mixing animation with a wealth of archival footage, Chris Auchter’s film explores the 1985 dispute over clearcut logging on Haida Gwaii. On one side are Western Forest Products and Frank Belsen Logging, who plan to engage in clearcut logging on Tllga Kun Gwaayaay (Lyell Island) and are supported by the BC government. On the other side is the Haida Nation, which wishes to protect its lands against further destruction. The confrontation involves court proceedings and a blockade, and Auchter takes us from canny retrospective commentary to the thick of the action.
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Cast & Crew.
Delores Churchill
Mouse Woman
David Suzuki
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gidansda Guujaaw
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Webster
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Christopher Auchter
Director / Animation / Writer
Sarah Hedar
Editor / Story Editor
Shirley Vercruysse
Producer / Executive Producer
Jennifer Roworth
Line Producer
Luigi Allemano
Sound Designer
Serge Verreault
Colorist
Nathan Conchie
Production Coordinator
Nicolas Ayerbe Barona
Production Coordinator
Wes Machnikowski
Technical Supervisor
Lyne Lapointe
Technical Supervisor
Shelley Craig
Sound Mixer
Tim Linklater
Graphic Designer
Russell Heyman
Visual Effects
Tara Barker
Animation
Karla Baumgardner
Foley Artist
Caroline Coutts
Researcher
Brenda Fedoruk
Musician
Dakota Martin
Musician
Genevieve Vincent
Musician / Music Producer / Music Coordinator / Original Music Composer
Holly Bryan
Musician
Katherine Watson
Musician
Lani Krantz
Musician
Nick Anderson
Musician
William Loveless VI
Musician
Danielle Schwob
Orchestrator
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 3, 2024
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Filming LocationsLyell Island, Canada
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
protest
haida
logging
archival
canadian history
british columbia
social & cultural docs
environmental documentary
Wiki.
The Stand is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Christopher Auchter and released in 2024. Combining archival footage with animation, the film profiles the 1985 blockade of Lyell Island by the Haida Nation to protect the island's old-growth forests from logging operations.
The film premiered at the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival, where it received an honourable mention from the Best British Columbia Film award jury, and was awarded the Northern Lights audience award. It was selected for the 2025 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, where it will have its US premiere on February 17, 2025.