Feature Interview: Movie takes on hydro development in Canadian North
For untold generations, the lives of Canada’s Inuit people of Hudson Bay’s Belcher Islands have revolved around the Common Eider (Somateria mollissima sedentaria), a diving duck that actually overwinters there.
But in recent years, mass die-offs of the birds have been traced back to changes in water currents brought about by hydroelectric projects.
People of a Feather is a critically-aclaimed documentary that explores this issue in depth.
Marc Montgomery, host of Radio Canada International’s The Link, speaks with biologist Joel Heath, the film’s director.
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