Credit: Julia Oldham
The Portland EcoFilm Festival is the premier environmental film festival in the US Pacific Northwest! Four days showcasing the very best films about the environment, outdoor pursuits, nature and animals; filmmakers discussing their work, and local conservation and outdoor recreation community partners.
Our 2017 Festival Special Guests, Winona LaDuke, environmentalist and co-founder of Honor The Earth, and filmmaker Keri Pickett will open our festival with the PNW theatrical premier of their new film, FIRST DAUGHTER AND THE BLACK SNAKE.
Festival Passes are no longer available.
Filmmaker Keri Pickett and film subject Winona LaDuke in attendance for post-film discussion!
Winona LaDuke believes Big Oil is the black snake predicted in indigenous prophecy to bring the earth’s destruction. When proposed new oil pipelines threaten sacred wild rice lakes, Winona dreams of organizing a spiritual ride, riding her horse against the current of oil “because a horse can kill a snake.…
A humorous, behind-the-scenes look at a tenacious group of friends as they seek, find, develop and climb Jeff’s World, a remote rock climbing route and destination located ten miles north of the Minnesota border into Canada, accessible only by boat and hidden deep in pristine wilderness. PNW premiere! Directed by Brenda Piekarski. 2017, US, 1 hr. 3 mins.
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Hawaii is a microcosm for both the world’s food problems and solutions. More GMO seeds are grown in Hawaii, per acre, than anywhere in the United States. Because of that, Hawaiians are exposed to unknown amounts and types of chemicals.
Yet just 200 years ago, Hawaiians had one of the most advanced organic farming systems ever documented. Island Earth champions Hawaiians seeking to re-estab…
At the age of 86 and shortly before his passing, Frank Cabot - influential gardener, horticulturalist, philanthropist and founder of the Garden Conservancy - opened his personal garden, Les Quatre Vents in Quebec, to a film crew for the first time.
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A repeat showing of the 2017 Portland EcoFilm Festival’s award-winning feature and short films. Please see the festival’s website, portlandecofilmfest.org, or our social media during the festival, for announcement of the award-winning films.
