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14 Tuesday April 21 2015 ARTS CULTURE FILM REVIEW Visit Diggerz Powersports online at www.diggerz.ca 2 Aspen Road Hay River NT X0E 0P0 867 874-3224 OUR BIGGEST SALE TO DATE HUGE SAVINGSALL WINTER CLOTHING IS 35 OFF NEW NON-CURRENT SIDE BY SIDES STARTING AT 8999 THATS 4500 OFF MSRP NEW NON-CURRENT FULL SIZE ATVS STARTING AT 5499 THATS 3500 OFF MSRP ALL WITH FULL WARRANTY SPRING INTO SAVINGS By MARLI R. BODHI ForthelastsevenyearslivinginnorthernB.C. I have followed the proposal and approval of EnbridgesNorthernGatewaypipelineproject. My unease over the course of natural resource projectsoccurringinthebeautifulsceneryhas grown over the years and when I heard about LineintheSandamoviethatshowcasescom- munitymembersandcommunitiesthatwillbe affectedbythepipelineIwasexcitedtoattend the world premiere lm release at the Univer- sity of Northern British Columbia UNBC. Attended by about 75 people the purpose of premiering at UNBC instead of in Vancouver wasacentralthemepresentedinthelmpeo- plelivinginthenortharejustasimportantand deserve an opportunity to be treated equally. The audience myself included applauded this assertion and throughout the movie it was clear how much the audience identied with the voices showcased in the lm. TheNorthernGatewayprojectisaproposed 1177-kilometretwinpipelinesystemownedby EnbridgethatwouldtravelfromBruderheim Alta.toKitimatB.C.Withprojectssuchasthe Site C Dam and the Northern Gateway proj- ect being approved after going through public consultationprocessesthroughwhichaffected community members have loudly voiced their concernsandoppositionitseemsasthoughthe public is not being listened to. Its not public engagementitspacicationstatesDr.Annie Booth midway through the lm. Production for Line in the Sand began in 2012 with lmmakers Tomas Borsa and Jean- Philippe Marquis traveling along the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline route. The map of the proposed pipeline is successfully used as a visualtrajectoryforthemoviehighlightingspe- cic areas along the path that have already ex- perienceddetrimentalenvironmentalimpacts. FarmerscommunitymembersandFirstNations are interviewed regarding their concerns and opinions on the impact of Northern Gateway andothernaturalresourceprojects.Themovie setsacarefultoneoffactualitybyonlyproviding narrationforbackgroundandcontextregarding theprojectandcommunitiesvisitedandallow- ingtheimageryandtestimonialsfromaffected community members to stand out. Juxtaposed with the stunning natural land- scape are shots of signs saying The Neglected Live Here statements from individuals about their love for the land they live on and their feelingsofinvisibilityandvoicelessnessagainst the decisions being made about the environ- ment around them. The lm interviews indi- viduals with the Yinka Dene Alliance where one member states You grow things on the land you dont tear it up. There are other scenes in the movie that showcase what some are doing at the Unistoten Camp to build housesintheproposedpipelinepathtoimpede its construction. As one community member states We have an obligation to protect and make sacricesFarmers arent radicals and First Nations arent special interest groups. The lm projects a sense of urgency and ob- ligation from these community members to protect their land ecosystems and health. The lm also soundly contends with the ar- gument that Enbridge and natural resource companies make regarding the existence of emergency safety protocols. The movie does well in presenting the shoddy due diligence of safety and clean-up with the example of Marshall Michigan which experienced one of the largest oil spills from an Enbridge proj- ect in 2010. Testimonials from a former em- ployee of the company coupled with green- washed advertisements illuminate the fact that there is no real due diligence in consul- tation safety or emergency responses asso- ciated with the natural resource projects. Not only are these projects being approved without the real consent of impacted popu- lations but the costs are also being paid by these unheard populations. When your government is not listening to yourconcernsinarealmannerhowcanpopu- lations in northern rural areas feel anything more than marginalized and helpless The movie does well in creating an outlet for im- pacted and concerned populations to have a voice regarding Northern Gateway and other existing natural resource projects. Line in the Sand provides a platform for a mostly invis- ible population to be heard regarding natu- ral resource projects that often exist without proper consent and the invisible costs that are being paid by affected community mem- bers.It alsoprovidesadocumentationofthese voices and the costs and impacts being expe- rienced something that might in the future hold more weight for future proposed natural resource project decisions. Speaking out along the Northern Gateway pipeline Line in the Sand documentary airs concerns of northern rural residents John Phair a resident of Burns Lake B.C. leads a campaign opposing Enbridges pipeline. PhotoJean-PhilippeMarquis