In this era of “reconciliation”, Indigenous land is still being taken at gunpoint. Unist’ot’en Camp, Gidimt’en checkpoint and the larger Wet’suwet’en Nation are standing up to the Canadian government and corporations who continue colonial violence against Indigenous people. The Unist’ot’en Camp has been a beacon of resistance for nearly 10 years. It is a healing space for Indigenous people and settlers alike, and an active example of decolonization. The violence, environmental destruction, and disregard for human rights following TC Energy (formerly TransCanada) / Coastal GasLink’s interim injunction has been devastating to bear, but this fight is far from over.

An incisive account of how a group of land defenders took on the Canadian government, gas companies and armed police to fight the construction of a major pipeline.
The Wet’suwet’en First Nation are used to fighting for their land – a territory they have lived on for centuries. Now they face the construction of two government-backed gas pipelines that would divide their villages and pollute the land. As the resistance devises ways to fight against police attempts to seize the land, their non-violent opposition is met by guns and oppressive force. Filmed over the course of a decade, Yintah (‘Land’) witnesses the activism and bravery of a people fighting for their rights. Resembling a real-life thriller, Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell and Michael Toledano’s urgent and compassionate film is a gripping record of indigenous resistance and an astute chronicle of the blurred lines between colonisation, capitalism and an escalating climate crisis.