Screening with EPFC North and DOXA 2025 SANCTUARY STATION: A FILM BY BRIGID MCCAFFREY Friday, May 9: 6 PM
Sanctuary Station traces a series of encounters with women and youth who have forged deep bonds with the towering redwoods and remote landscapes of northern California. Shot on luminous black-and-white 16mm, the film unfolds like an album of personal stories, mourning rituals, and acts of resistance. Anchoring these moments are the words of poet-activist Mary Norbert Körte (1934–2022), her poetry touching on inner reflection and the larger cycles of life. Scenes of forest defense movements and the simple beauty of daily routines capture the delicate balance between individual memory and collective action, in a landscape shaped by history and the fight for its future.

69 minutes, 2024, USA | 16mm to digital, b&w, sound

Location: The Cinematheque 1131 Howe St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2L7

Sanctuary Station is screening as a part of DOXA’s paraDOXA series and co-presented by EPFC Collective, Q&A with Brigid McCaffery, Lisa Marr and Paolo Davanzo.