“You are trespassing!” Netflix has revealed an official trailer for a documentary film called Yintah, which is the word for “land” in this tribe’s language. This premiered at the True/False Film Festival earlier this year and has played at a number of other prestigious fests in 2024. The film focuses on the impact on the lives of the Wet’suwet’en people who live on unceded territory (in Canada), as they push back against and oppose the construction of multiple pipelines. Yintah is “about an anti-colonial resurgence—a fierce & ongoing fight for Indigenous and human rights in the face of a colonial government committed to seizing lands at gunpoint.” Canada has authorized fossil fuel giants to build pipelines across Wet’suwet’en land. The result: a decade long clash between Wet’suwet’en land defenders and Canadian police seeking to seize Wet’suwet’en land at gunpoint. The story is about two Indigenous women and other land defenders fighting to hold onto their land. Looks like an empowering and vitally important doc spending time with the real people involved. // Continue Reading ›
