28 March 2025 | 09:00 - 10:30 (MDT)
Open Session - ON-SITE ONLY
Room: Indigenous Pavilion
Film Director: Thomas Miller
Set against the backdrop of two centuries of Finnish history, this short film tracks two young fishers as they learn about, and carry on, an ancient practice. Seining for a Song is a documentary by the American film director Thomas Miller, which deals with the history, culture and nature of Koitajoki in Eastern Finland.
The focus of the film is the country’s only river seining tradition, which renews the spawning areas of the endangered whitefish population. At the same time, the culture of the villages has changed and the restoration and rewilding efforts are under way.
The film is part of the cooperative’s extensive restoration activities in Koitajoki and commissioned by the Snowchange Cooperative and screened at the notable Festival of Northern Fishing Traditions in September, 2024.
