The Whale and the Raven

On a remote island in the Pacific, populated by wolves, ravens and two whale researchers there is a town with the promise of a second industrial boom torn between the wish to protect its territory and the pressure to cope with invest
Director Mirjam Leuze’s The Whale and The Raven illuminates the many issues that have drawn whale researchers, the Gitga’at First Nation, and the Government of British Columbia into a complex conflict. As the people in the Great Bear Rainforest struggle to protect their territory against the pressure and promise of the gas industry, caught in between are the countless beings that call this place home.