Primeval Film Event in Cumberland

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Saturday, March 4th, 2017
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Have you ever wondered what it takes to create a new national or provincial park? The Valhalla Wilderness Society is touring around BC to screen their new film, Primeval: Enter the Incomappleux, the new must-see documentary from Damien Gillis and VWS.

Co-presented by Cumberland Forest, featuring presentation on Selkirk Mountain Caribou Park Proposal by VWS Director Craig Pettitt and Q&A with Pettitt and filmmaker Damien Gillis.

Filmed by award-winning filmmaker Damien Gillis (Fractured Land, Oil in Eden) on location deep in the heart of BC's Selkirk Mountains, Primeval is the story of the majesty, magic and endurance of one of the world's last truly intact temperate rainforests - the incomparable Incomappleux.

Following an expedition of conservationists, biologists and wilderness explorers, Gillis documents the nature and history of this unique place - replete with 1,800-year-old trees and rare lichens - along with a plan to preserve it through a new provincial or Canadian park, the Selkirk Mountain Caribou Park proposal. In recent decades, most of the ancient rainforest in the Incomappleux Valley has been logged. The magnificent core that is left has been spared only by the hard work of a small band of defenders - and remains under threat to this day.

Public access to the ancient forest has always been difficult, but in recent years, bridge and road washouts have closed it to all but a handful of hardy adventurers who could backpack there. Few people have seen it since. Now, after a Herculean filmmaking expedition, with Primeval, you are invited to experience the Incomappleux for yourself in all its splendour. Check out the teaser at https://vimeo.com/189394482!

For more information: Valhalla Wilderness Society