2017 Special Fest Guests environmentalist Winona LaDuke and filmmaker Keri Pickett, in attendance to present the PNW premiere of their new film, FIRST DAUGHTER AND THE BLACK SNAKE! Tickets to film includes admission for festival opening night party! Also screening in this program: INVISIBLE OREGON

FIRST DAUGHTER AND THE BLACK SNAKE
Winona LaDuke believes Big Oil is the black snake predicted in indigenous prophecy to bring the earth’s destruction. When proposed new oil pipelines threaten sacred wild rice lakes, Winona dreams of organizing a spiritual ride, riding her horse against the current of oil “because a horse can kill a snake.”

Directed by Keri Pickett
2017 | US | 104 MINS.

SCREENING WITH: INVISIBLE OREGON
*PNW filmmaker | US PREMIERE
Filmmaker Sam Forencich in person for post-film discussion

Invisible Oregon is an art time-lapse piece three years in the making. Created entirely with infrared converted cameras, Invisible Oregon reveals a landscape beyond the range of human perception that challenges how we process the world around us.

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Directed by Sam Forencich
2016 | US | 6 MINS.
Festival Media Sponsor: KBOO Community Radio
Community partner: 350pdx

Tickets: http://www.portlandecofilmfest.org/.