Synopsis
Logging Algonquin is a 30 minute documentary film that looks at the historical and on-going logging happening in Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada. Through conversations with Indigenous scholars, scientists, foresters, and political experts, the film asks the question:
‘Does logging belong in our modern day Park?’
The film not only provides expert opinions but brings the viewer down onto the forest floor as they follow a group of passionate environmentalists (Mark Friesen, Katie Krelove, Dave Marcus) searching for logging in the park and a researcher (Michael Henry) attempting to document the remaining old growth forest in Algonquin. While short in length, the film dives into numerous topics around the issue and manages to relate the logging in Algonquin Park with the broader environmental condition in Ontario and across the globe.
The Trailer
Featuring Interviews With
Chief of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation from 2003-2020
Kirby Whiteduck
Toronto City Councillor and the Last Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (2015-2019)
Dianne Saxe
Chief Scientist for Parks Canada from 2002-2013
Dr. Stephen Woodley
Liam Murray
Company Representative of Murray Bros. Lumber
MPP and Parliamentary Assistant for the Ministry of the Environment (Ontario)
John Yakabuski
Dean of Faculty of Forestry at Lakehead University; Co-Founder of Algonquin Eco-Watch
Biologist and Co-Founder of Algonquin Eco-Watch