''Fractured Land'' is a 2015 Canadian feature

documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

film directed by Fiona Rayher and Damien Gillis, profiling the

Dené The Dene people () are an Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous group of First Nations in Canada, First Nations who inhabit the northern Boreal forest of Canada, boreal, subarctic and Arctic regions of Canada. The Dene speak Northern Atha ...

activist Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived common good. Forms of activism range from mandate build ...

Caleb Behn as he goes through

law school A law school (also known as a law centre/center, college of law, or faculty of law) is an institution, professional school, or department of a college or university specializing in legal education, usually involved as part of a process for b ...

and builds a

movement Movement may refer to: Generic uses * Movement (clockwork), the internal mechanism of a timepiece * Movement (sign language), a hand movement when signing * Motion, commonly referred to as movement * Movement (music), a division of a larger co ...

around greater awareness of

hydraulic fracturing Fracking (also known as hydraulic fracturing, fracing, hydrofracturing, or hydrofracking) is a well stimulation technique involving the fracturing of Formation (geology), formations in bedrock by a pressurized liquid. The process involves the ...

(fracking) on First Nations lands.

Production

The film was in a crowd-source funding drive as of early 2013.

Release

The film had its

world premiere A premiere, also spelled première, (from , ) is the debut (first public presentation) of a work, i.e. play, film, dance, musical composition, or even a performer in that work. History Raymond F. Betts attributes the introduction of the film ...

on 28 April 2015 at the

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is the largest documentary festival in North America. The event takes place annually in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 27th edition of the festival took place online throughout May and Jun ...

Awards

At the 2015

, the film finished 7th in the audience balloting. At the

2015 Vancouver International Film Festival The 2015 Vancouver International Film Festival, the 34th event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival, was held from September 24 to October 9, 2015. The festival's opening gala film was John Crowley's ''Brooklyn'', and its ...

, the BC Spotlight jury awarded ''Fractured Land'' the award for Best BC Film, and the film won the VIFF Impact: Canadian Audience Award.

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* * {{Rotten-tomatoes, fractured_land 2015 films 2015 documentary films Crowdfunded films Canadian documentary films English-language Canadian films Films shot in British Columbia Documentary films about hydraulic fracturing Documentary films about indigenous rights Documentary films about First Nations Documentary films about lawyers 2010s Canadian films

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