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52 minutes Closed Captioned Study Guide Grades 10-12, College, Adult Directed by Shelley Wine Produced by Telltale Productions DVD Purchase $79, Rent $45 US Release Date: 1999 Copyright Date: 1998 DVD ISBN: 1-59458-537-7 VHS ISBN: 1-56029-785-9 Subjects Canadian Studies Citizen Action Eco-feminism Environment Environmental Ethics Environmental Justice Forests and Rainforests Globalization History Humanities Science Technology Society Social Change Social Justice Social Psychology Women's Studies Awards and Festivals People's Choice Award, Vermont Film Festival Chris Award, Columbus International Film Festival Best of Category, International Wildlife Film Festival Nominated, Best Political Film, HOT DOCS, Toronto Nominated, Best Canadian Film/Video, Ontario Arts Council Nominated, Golden Maille, Hawaii International Film Festival Figueira da Foz International Festival of Cinema, Portugal Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montreal Boston Film Festival Denver Film Festival Taos Talking Picture Festival Festibal Visibilia, Bologna Victoria International Film Festival Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival M\'fcnchen Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital Vancouver International Mountain Festival Courteney Film Festival: 10 Days of Global Justice MountainFilm, Telluride Bangkok International Film Festival United Nations Association Film Festival Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival Western Psychological Association Annual Convention |
Fury for the Sound (Short Version) The Women at Clayoquot ![]() Women's contribution to the battle to save the rainforest at Clayoquot Sound.
This powerful and inspiring documentary shows how a small group of dedicated women activists came together to protest the clearcutting of the local rainforest and eventually found themselves in the midst of the largest civil disobedience action in Canadian history, the battle to save Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island. It would be hard to imagine a more compelling story than one of elderly women and children, aged 8 to 82 years old, being arrested together and jailed in defense of public land. But there is a revolution going on - in consciousness and in action - of individuals no longer willing to watch impassively the destruction of our planet's natural resources. And this revolution is being led largely by women. It is estimated that 80% of environmental activists worldwide are women. Following the path of the suffragettes and the Chipko women of India (the original "tree-huggers"), hundreds of women protesters at Clayoquot were arrested and jailed for up to 45 days for refusing to step aside in the face of logging trucks intent on clearcutting some of the last vestiges of the world's old growth temperate rainforest. A moving insider's account of grassroots social history in the making, this documentary talks about much more than trees. It exposes the perils of what happens in the larger society when consciousness is divorced from politics. Reviews "It is the rare viewer who would not be transformed by this story's urgency and passion, and the tremendous spirit and intelligence of the women portrayed." Atom Egoyan, filmmaker, The Sweet Hereafter "It is one of those rare documentaries that takes you with passion and logic into another mindset from which there is no escape." Mark Achbar, filmmaker, Manufacturing Consent and The Corporation "I cannot think of more critical issues than those raised and documented in FURY FOR THE SOUND. Coupling environmental concerns and struggles to women's empowerment and resistance, this project brings to light the intersection of the two most significant movements of our time." Frieda Forman, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education "An excellent high school resource for discussing personal responsibility and various forms of protest." Green Teacher |