Broadcasters (Money Source 1)—Hadwin’s Judgement (Director: Sasha Snow)

November 2007: Jonathan handed me quite the stack of proposals to read this weekend. That’s what you get for going on vacation. Time to play catch-up. He was pretty excited about one in particular. Put it at the top of the pile, tapped it a couple times and with that grin of his said, Here’s a goodie. He was right.

I just read the pitch for a film called Hadwin’s Judgement, based on the recent best-selling book, The Golden Spruce, by Vancouver author, John Vaillant. Gripping tale from the late ’90s of a so-called “eco-terrorist” who cut down an ancient majestic tree on Haida Gwaii to draw attention to unsustainable logging practices. Ironic, ...

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