The second part of a documentary series, Necessity: Climate Justice & The Thin Green Line, will have its Portland premiere on Sunday April 17th at 3pm at Portland’s historic Hollywood Theatre. Tickets are available at this link.
This story of climate resistance in the Pacific Northwest brings into view a historical landscape of tribal leaders, Indigenous activists and white allies as they resist oil trains and terminals in the transport of highly toxic products through critical waterways and treaty lands.
The post-screening Q&A discussion will include Necessity: Climate Justice & the Thin Green Line Director, Jan Haaken, and people featured in the film, including: Cathy Sampson-Kruse (Waluulapum Band, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation), Associate Producer, retired social worker and leader of the Thin Green Line movement; Jan Zuckermann, retired middle-school teacher in Portland who currently works with XR Portland and the Portland Public Schools Climate Justice Committee; and Annika & Sidrah Schramm, students at McDaniel HIgh School in Portland & activists in the Friday Fire Drill student strikes. The Q&A also includes Haunani Kalama, Native Hawaian healer and health educator, Associate Producer and Impact Strategist for the film.
In addition to Director Jan Haaken, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at PSU, the film project has drawn on a number of PSU faculty as advisors, as well as students working on the production team. Samatha Praus, Co-Director, graduated from Portland State with a major in Anthropology. Attorney Direlle Calica (Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs), Director of Intertribal Government at the Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, is featured in the film, explaining the history of the region as an energy corridor.
For more information, visit Necessity's website.