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Kayak to Klemtu (2018)
Fourteen-year-old Ella is determined to travel by kayak the length of the Inside Passage along the shores of the Great Bear Rainforest to testify against a proposed pipeline that would see oil tanker traffic traveling through her beloved homeland waters. She´s prepared to handle all of the challenges of the trip, but the greatest challenge of all is that she has to bring her dysfunctional family with her. Her neurotic aunt, her cranky uncle, her wayward cousin, as well as the memory of her late uncle all come along for the ride.
| Country | Canada |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Duration | 90 min |
| Rating | 13 |
| Language | English |
| Subtitle | Czech |
| Directed by | Zoe Leigh Hopkins |
| Screenplay | Zoe Leigh Hopkins, Michael Sparaga |
| Director of Photography | Vince Arvidson |
| Music | Oleksa Lozowchuk |
| Edited by | Simone Smith |
| Contact | Scythia Films |
Biography
Canadian screenwriter and director of Native American origin. She studied film at the Ryerson Polytechnic University. She started out in acting. She’s mainly made short films, e.g. Tsi tkahéhtayen (2008) and the award-winning Mohawk Midnight Runners (2013).
Teenagers, Family, Environment, Nature, Tradition, Indigenious, Road movie