May 3, 2009: Greetings from Mackenzie, B.C.
This is a short film about the demise of a town due to the closure of the local logging businesses. The workers nail their hard hats to a remaining tree, covering its surface and providing for a striking visual, although I found myself wondering what was the point? It’s clear that a town built around local resource exploitation can’t survive when those businesses close, and the people must disband and move on, and it is kind of sad that the use of our natural resources requires this type of transient life, always subject to the dwindling resources as well as fluctuating global demand for commodities.
Would it be cruel of me to point out that I could have covered that ground in three minutes instead of five?
Heartfelt short film makes us think.
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