Equinox- International Day of Forests – World Water Day 2025

Events Overview:

• Thursday, March 20, 2025 5-7 PM – Indigenous Cinema Climate Showcase – Peninsula College Theater – Little Theater (PUB) – 1502 East Lauridsen Boulevard, Port Angeles WA
• Friday, March 21, 2025 7-9 PM – Indigenous Cinema Climate Showcase – Field Arts & Events Hall • 201 W Front St., Port Angeles WA
• Saturday, March 22, 2025 11 AM-1 PM Water Blessing Ceremony with S’Klallam and Lummi tribal citizens – Hollywood Beach, Port Angeles WA
• Saturday, March 22, 2025 2 PM – Protect the Elwha Legacy Forests Hike, Port Angeles WA

Thursday March 20, 2025 – Spring Equinox ~ Theme: Renewal & Rebirth

Peninsula College Theater – Little Theater (PUB) – 1502 East Lauridsen Boulevard, Port Angeles WA

• 5:00 PM – Indigenous Cinema Climate Showcase ~ 6-films
• 6:15 PM – Filmmaker Q & A

Friday March 21, 2025 – International Day of Forests ~ Theme: Forests and Food

Indigenous Cinema Climate Showcase
Field Arts & Events Hall • 201 W Front St., Port Angeles WA

• 6:30 PM  Doors Open   
• 7:00 PM    Indigenous Climate Cinema Showcase
• 8:15 PM Filmmaker Q & A

Saturday March 22, 2025 – World Water Day ~ Theme: Glacier Preservation

• 11:00 AM Opening & Introductions ~ Hollywood Beach, Port Angeles WA
  Theme:  Interconnectivity with the forests, 
  Sacred Relationship w/Elwha River
• 11:30 AM Assemble Honorary Guests & Officiants
• 12:00 PM Water Blessing Ceremony
• 1:00 PM Peaceful Rally at the 101 Highway & Pebble Beach
• 2:00 PM Guided Forest Hikes
  Doc Holliday – Sadie Creek
  Power Plant – Elwha Lower Dam – Elwha River Dam Hike (Rain or Shine) – Meet at Colville MTB Trails Parking area

6 short films in 67 minutes, followed by Q&A with the filmmakers and film stars!

Call of the Orcas

Exploring the effort to recover endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales of the Pacific NW, researcher Ken Balcomb’s work over 50 years helped people see the Orcas as individuals, in family groups and led to a subspecies listing under the US Endangered Species Act.  

Directed by:  Jessica Plumb, 2023

Runtime:  10 minutes    |    Language:  English    |    Country:  United States

Climate Diaries:  Heather’s Story

Follows female geoduck diver Heather Purser of  the Suquamish tribe as she goes underwater exploring the personal, spiritual and economic impacts of the climate emergency in the Salish Sea.  

Directed by: Ali Scattergood & Berit Anderson, 2022

Runtime:  9 minutes    |    Language:  English    |    Country:  United States

Líť’sit yiká· xá·bil-ts:  Quillayute River Restoration

The Quileute Tribe of Washington State is on a mission to restore the river they depend on for their livelihoods, culture, and identity.  Directed by:  Jennifer Moslemi & Marita Davison, 2024

Runtime:  6 minutes    |    Language:  English    |    Country:  United States

Last Stand: Saving the Elwha River’s Legacy Forests

When an ecologically sensitive forest in the Elwha River Watershed was identified for harvest, the Earth Law Center, Keystone Species Alliance, and Center for Whale Research began using all legal means to halt the impending clear-cut.  Directed by:  Dan Herz, 2024

Runtime:  23 minutes    |    Language:  English    |    Country:  United States

All Our Relations:  Tribute to Orcas

This tribute to the Orcas is a moving 7-minute film drawing on footage from this event and other interviews.  It delivers powerful, somber and urgent narratives from regional Indigenous leaders.  Tribute to the Orca highlights Indigenous communities’ ancient kinship with orcas and salmon, and the importance of reciprocity in our relationship with our caretaker: Mother Nature.  This short film includes a special focus on the Southern Resident orcas whose survival, like the survival of Indigenous lifeways here in the Pacific Northwest, depends on scha’enexw (the Salmon People).  2024

Runtime:  7 minutes    |    Language:  English    |    Country:  United States

Facing the Storm:  An Indigenous Response to Climate Change

An episodic series highlighting Climate Justice leaders in the indigenous community who have been fighting to protect Mother Earth since time immemorial.  Directed by: Mikayla Gingrey, 2024

Runtime:  12 minutes    |    Language:  English    |    Country:  United States