Join us for the New York City premiere of Oscar-qualified film, YINTAH.

YINTAH, meaning “land,”  is a feature-length documentary on the Wet’suwet’en nation’s fight for sovereignty.

Following the film, please stay for a Q&A with film protagonist and Wet'suwet'en land defender Howilhkat Freda Huson, as well as director Michael Toledano. Afterward, join us for a reception.

Learn about the film at the official website.
Runtime: 124 minutes.

DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 PM. FILM BEGINS PROMPTLY AT 7PM.

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Spanning more than a decade, YINTAH follows Howilhkat Freda Huson and Sleydo’ Molly Wickham as their nation reoccupies and protects their ancestral lands from several of the largest fossil fuel companies on earth.

YINTAH is about an anti-colonial resurgence—a fierce and ongoing fight for Indigenous and human rights. The film reveals the hypocrisy of the Canadian government’s espousal of reconciliation while it seizes Indigenous land at gunpoint for resource extraction.

Wet’suwet’en land is unceded: There is no treaty, no bill of sale, or no surrender placing the land under Canadian authority. The Dinï ze’ and Tsakë ze’ (Hereditary Chiefs') jurisdiction over the territory is supported by a landmark 1997 Supreme Court of Canada decision. When a lower court effectively sidesteps this decision, granting pipeline companies access to Wet’suwet’en land, Wet’suwet’en leaders put their bodies on the line, building barricades to keep the companies out.

YINTAH is the story of the Indigenous right to stewardship and sovereignty over their territories. Freda, Molly, the Dinï ze’ and Tsakë ze, and the land defenders are part of a centuries-long fight to protect their children, culture, and land from colonial violence. For the Wet’suwet’en, their very future is at stake.
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NYC-based, youth-led climate justice group Planet Over Profit organizes direct action targeting financial institutions, billionaires, and politicians who profit off of destructive, colonial fossil fuel projects. The Coastal Gaslink Pipeline, primarily owned by private equity firm KKR (headquartered in NYC), violently threatens Wet'suwet'en sovereignty and ways of life. POP and partner groups take direct action targeting KKR and its enablers.

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The New School is pleased to screen YINTAH as a part of the Decolonizing International Affairs Events Series, presented by the Julien J. Studley Graduate Programs in International Affairs.