The Stand

On a misty autumn morning in 1985, a small group of Haida people blockaded a muddy dirt road on Lyell Island, demanding that the government work with Indigenous communities to safeguard the land and the future. In a riveting feature documentary drawn from more than a hundred hours of archival footage and audio, award-winning director Christopher Auchter (Now Is the Time) recreates the pivotal moment when the Haida Nation’s resolute vision and conscience changed the world.