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Jordan Manley
@jordanmanley.bsky.social
Filmmaker | Films about our relationship with nature: Treeline, Out On A Limb, A Skier's Journey, Hōkūle'a [in progress]

Living and learning in the Coast Mountains and Salish Sea | ⚲ Vancouver

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Treeline is a film about our oldest living companions. We've always depended on them. youtu.be/YCEaYInJbos?...
Treeline | The Secret Life of Trees | Patagonia Films
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I found this a deeply mesmerising film; slow cinema of the best kind.
Made in 1971, it almost silently follows César Newashish, a 67yo Atikamekw man, as he makes a canoe using only a forest’s materials: birchbark, cedar splints, spruce, roots & gum.
A miracle of craft.
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César's Bark Canoe
This documentary shows how a canoe is built the old way. César Newashish, a 67-year-old Atikamekw of the Manawan Reserve north of Montreal, uses only birchbark, cedar splints, …
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January 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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"Put plainly, we often speak of wanting to leave behind a healthy, functioning planet for beings not yet born, but we should not be afraid to also speak of leaving behind something beautiful, as well."

Beautfully stated, @robertmoor.bsky.social

emergencemagazine.org/essay/dendro...
Dendrochronology – Robert Moor
Walking amid a tangle of ancient Sitka spruces and cedars on Gwaii Haanas, Robert Moor wonders how old-growth trees can help us feel, rather than intellectualize, not only the deep past, but also our ...
emergencemagazine.org
December 3, 2024 at 12:45 PM
"Instead of saying, 'Where are you from?' you say 'Who are your rivers?'" — @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Treeline is a film about our oldest living companions. We've always depended on them. youtu.be/YCEaYInJbos?...
Treeline | The Secret Life of Trees | Patagonia Films
YouTube video by Patagonia
youtu.be
November 26, 2024 at 7:10 AM