Fort Nelson filmmaker’s Tea Creek nominated for festival awards

By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca FORT NELSON, B.C. — Ryan Dickie’s documentary about an Indigenous B.C. farm focusing on food sovereignty continues to gain accolades. Dickie’s film Tea Creek has been nominated for three awards at the Sundar Prize Film Festival in Surrey from April 10th to April 13th. A member of Fort Nelson First Nation, Dickie’s documentary focuses on the efforts of Indigenous farmer Jacob Beaton in mentoring Indigenous food producers at his family’s farm in Kitwanga. While the idea for the film came in 2021, the actual production didn’t start until a year later. The film had its worldwide debut at the Doxa Documentary Film festival in Vancouver last April. The film was made available through the CBC Gem mobile app last October. Dickie told…

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