This Ontario premiere will include the live Canadian Eco Hero Award Presentation and a live Q&A with the director Lyana Patrick. Doors open at 5:30pm, and event starts at 6:30pm. --- Synopsis: The Nechako River is an invaluable resource that crosses the territory of several First Nations in British Columbia's Northwest region. When it was dammed in the 1950s to provide water for Rio Tinto's AlCan project, salmon populations were decimated and the First Nations' way of life was disrupted. In Nechako: It will be a Big River Again, Stellat'en director Lyana Patrick follows the Saik'uz Nation and her own nation in their quest to recognize their rights and restore river flow to their communities. The film reveals how historic colonial dynamics imposed by government and resource companies destroyed integral parts of First Nations communities, and how these wrongs are being righted through painstaking legal battles—many led by women fighting for their families and access to traditional lands. Patrick creates an intimate portrait of community resilience and the tireless legal fight to protect the land that sustains them. Nechako: It will be a Big River Again makes its Ontario premiere as PIF's opening night selection.