The Klabona Keepers Explained

The Klabona Keepers
Director:Tamo Campos
Jasper Snow-Rosen
Producer:Rhoda Quock
Cinematography:Tamo Campos
Jasper Snow-Rosen
Editing:Tamo Campos
Jasper Snow-Rosen
Studio:Beyond Boarding
Runtime:69 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:English

The Klabona Keepers is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Tamo Campos and Jasper Snow-Rosen and released in 2022.[1] The film is a profile of the Tahltan First Nation's successful activist campaign against industrial development that would have impacted the Sacred Headwaters, or Klabona, in northern British Columbia.[1]

The film premiered on May 26, 2022 at the Toronto edition of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival.[2] At the 2022 Vancouver International Film Festival, it was named the winner of the Audience Award for the Insights program.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Hannah Schmidt, "Documentary filmed in Northwest B.C. to be screened at Toronto film fest". CFTK-TV, May 17, 2022.
  2. Adam Laskaris, "Indigenous land rights film to debut at Human Rights Watch Canada Film Festival". Toronto Star, May 9, 2022.
  3. Angelica Babiera, "VIFF announces nine audience award winners". Playback, October 19, 2022.