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Three teens from the Swinomish Tribe make a film about the threat their people face from two local oil refineries.
November 2009 (check local listings)
"March Point" follows the journey of three teens from the Swinomish
Tribe who have been asked to make a film about the threat their
people face from two local oil refineries. In the late 1950s, two
refineries were built on March Point, an area that was once part of
the Swinomish reservation by treaty. This is the story of the boys'
awakening to the destruction these refineries have wrought in their
communities. Ambivalent environmental ambassadors at the onset, the
boys grapple with their assignment through humor, sarcasm and a
candid self-knowledge. But as their filmmaking evolves, they
experience the need to understand and tell their stories, and the
power of this process to change their lives.