Haida group animates pipeline opposition using stop motion and music
Kinnie Starr lends voice to Haida Gwaii campaign against Enbridge Northern Gateway
A new music video featuring the music of Kinnie Starr has stop-motion wood carved characters confronting Prime Minister Stephen Harper, depicted on a super tanker travelling around Haida Gwaii.
Haida Raid 3: Save Our Waters was released this week, in response to the December 2013 recommended approval of the controversial Enbridge Northern Gateway.
The video is a collaboration of activism and culture, produced by the Haidawood collective, who make stop motion animation featuring Haida culture and language.
According to the Indiegogo campaign that Haidawood launched, "the people of Haida Gwaii oppose both the controversial Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline and the introduction of oil tanker traffic to the northwest coast of Canada."
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The Haida Raid 3: Save Our Waters production brought together Indo-Scottish Canadian artist and neuroscientist Ken Leslie, and K'alts'idaa K'ah (Laughing Crow) Productions, a storytelling society.
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