By Lyssa Martin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Wren If you could choose to live forever, would you? This is the question at the centre of the short film W7éyle (Moon’s Wife) — a top-six finisher in this year’s Crazy8s film festival. Written and directed by Secwépemc filmmaker Amanda Wandler, the 15-minute film weaves together science fiction with an ancient story in Secwépemc culture. In an interview with The Wren, Wandler describes herself as a “huge fan” of the science fiction genre. The implications of immortality is one of those classic sci-fi ethical dilemmas. After watching another movie about the concept of living forever, Wandler pondered how — if everyone made the choice to be immortal — the population would explode at an even more unsustainable rate. But she also…
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