Film screening
Hadwin’s Judgement

Tue, 19.11.2024
8:00 PM Alliance Française Dubai

A compelling hybrid of drama and documentary, this film covers the events that led up to the infamous destruction of an extraordinary 300-year-old tree held sacred by the Indigenous Haida Nation of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia. Inspired by John Vaillant’s award-winning book The Golden Spruce, the film explores the complex character of Grant Hadwin, a logging engineer and survivalist who lived and worked happily for many years in BCʼs ancient forests. Witnessing the devastation wrought by clear-cutting, Hadwin was finally driven to commit what some would say was an extraordinary and perverse act, one that ran contrary to all he had come to value. Interweaving speculation, myth and reality, the film charts Hadwin’s emotional crusade against the destruction of the world’s last great temperate rainforest and explores the possible motives for his unprecedented crime.

Director: Sasha Snow
Documentary, 2015, 97 min

About the Film Program NAAS: Green Reel:

The film program NAAS, a collaboration of several cultural institutions in the UAE: the Goethe-Institut Gulf Region, the Embassy of France in the United Arab Emirates, the Embassy of Canada to the United Arab Emirates, the Italian Cultural Institute of Abu Dhabi, the Embassy of Switzerland to the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain and in partnership with Alliance Française Dubai, features independent films that explore relevant social and cultural topics. The first edition "Green Reel: Films for a Sustainable Future" focuses on the themes of environment and sustainability. It presents multi-genre films that tackle the burning issues of our planet in entertaining and exciting ways. NAAS: “Green Reel” runs from September 10, 2024 to November 26 at Alliance Française Dubai.