Sun, Aug 30
|Big Picture Theater & Cafe
People of a Feather
Playing Sunday, August 30th @ 6:30pm 1hr 30m Rohan Press and Friends Of The Mad River will be facilitating a discussion after the screening on the issues highlighted in the film and how they pertain to our local community.
Time & Location
Aug 30, 2026, 6:30 PM
Big Picture Theater & Cafe, 48 Carroll Rd, Waitsfield, VT 05673, USA
Guests
About the event
"People of a Feather" is a documentary about the ongoing hydropower projects up in Quebec and how that is affecting the eider duck population in Hudson's Bay and, as a result, the life ways of the indigenous people of the region. This film was recommended to me by Jas Smith as a powerful story about the intersection of rivers, culture, and politics.
Featuring stunning footage from seven winters in the Arctic, People of a Feather takes you through time into the world of the Inuit on the Belcher Islands in Canada’s Hudson Bay. Connecting past, present and future is a unique relationship with the eider duck. Eider down, the warmest feather in the world, allows both Inuit and bird to survive harsh Arctic winters.
Traditional life is juxtaposed with modern challenges as both Inuit and eiders confront changing sea ice and ocean currents disrupted by the massive hydroelectric dams powering…
Tickets
Birds of a feather
$12.00
+$0.30 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00