Fire, Water, Wood

Kathy March
Canada, documentary, 2004
16 mins. (MiniDV)

FireWaterWood: portrays a former tree planter's meditation on the environmentalism of reforestation, told through the personal and political tales of forestry workers. A journey through Northern British Columbia starts with the tale of drunk sex with a lover, then moves to the nefarious practices of timber corporation Agrium U.S., to the story of a refugee Sherpa, tortured by Soviets during the invasion of Afghanistan, now planting trees. These stories ask us to consider the violence people perpetrate upon each other and the forest.