Producer And Director
Trapper Of Peace River Documentary
Vancouver, Canada Area
This documentary is a portrait of a man from a little-known Canadian sub-culture: the trappers. Carl Gitscheff, a trapper, farmer, father and grandfather, is above all an advocate and lover of wild spaces. Over the course of his life, Carl has been drawn back again and again to the wilderness he learned to love as a child, trapping and hunting in the footsteps of his grandfather.But as coalmines multiply on his trapline, natural gas wells are drilled in his backyard, and oil is being… Show more This documentary is a portrait of a man from a little-known Canadian sub-culture: the trappers. Carl Gitscheff, a trapper, farmer, father and grandfather, is above all an advocate and lover of wild spaces. Over the course of his life, Carl has been drawn back again and again to the wilderness he learned to love as a child, trapping and hunting in the footsteps of his grandfather.But as coalmines multiply on his trapline, natural gas wells are drilled in his backyard, and oil is being pumped from the Peace River region where he lives, the animals he loves, and their habitat, are being sorely tested.The film traces a history that dates back to the exploration and settlement of this country, but is also contextualized by our contemporary climate of rapid and concentrated resource extraction for energy, examining its effects on the bush and wildlife that so characterizes British Columbia.An intimate POV documentary about love, loss and humane coexistence, we focus on one man who has become a passionate voice for the animal habitat he sees being lost to heavy industry. For more on the film go to: www.trapperofpeaceriver.com Show less
