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Greenpeace Documentary This Saturday
by monique t
News / September 22, 2006
The World Television Premiere of "Greenpeace: Making a Stand" is on Global Television, Saturday, September 23 at 7 p.m.
The documentary by Leigh Badgley and Vancouver's Omni Films is based on Rex Weyler's book Greenpeace: The Inside Story (Raincoast 2004).
The documentary follows Rex and Greenpeace's recent expedition in Argentina to preserve 18,000 hectares of forest for the Wichi Indians.
The film includes Greenpeace historical footage and a tribute to friend and colleague Bob Hunter.
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Rex Weyler sailed on the first Greenpeace whale campaign in 1975. His documentary footage, as a photographer on several Greenpeace campaigns, is extraordinary. To the left is one of Rex's photos of cameraman Fred Easton on the first day they encountered whalers, June 27, 1975 (photo copyright Rex Weyler).
On that day Greenpeace confronted Russian whalers off the coast of California in John Cormack's fishing boat. They had been on a bit of a goose chase across thousands of square miles of ocean, unsure of whether they'd even encounter the whalers, and suddenly here they were.
Cameraman Fred Easton was down to eight 100-foot rolls of film. About 20 minutes worth. They got in Zodiacs and took photos and film that was then seen around the world. The images of huge factory ships, harpoons and dead whales, drove monumental change in terms of the protection of certain whales and the practices for hunting them.
To read an account of that day and an excerpt from the book, visit The Tyee.
Greenpeace by Rex WeylerFor more about Rex and to see more great photos visit his website.
And if you're inspired to change your world, check out a new site ChangeEverything.ca.
Start small but think big.
