# Canada Wild Productions Canada Wild Productions is an independent documentary film and television production company established in 1991, based in Vancouver. The company is led by Director Nettie Wild and Producer Betsy Carson. It specializes in creating documentaries and public art projects that address controversial issues, aiming to foster debate and dialogue. Their distribution strategy includes broadcast television, online streaming, and theatrical screenings, complemented by community forums. Notable works include 'KONELINE: our land beautiful', 'FIX: The Story of an Addicted City', and 'A Place Called Chiapas'. Their projects have received numerous awards, including Genie Awards and recognition at international film festivals. **Business Identity** * Business name: Canada Wild Productions * Canonical Website: https://www.canadawildproductions.com/ * Business type: Organization * Founded: 1991 * Country: Canada * Email: carson@smartt.email **Film Selection Guide** * drug addiction: Bevel Up: Drugs, Users and Outreach Nursing, FIX: The Story of an Addicted City * healthcare: Bevel Up: Drugs, Users and Outreach Nursing * Vancouver: Bevel Up: Drugs, Users and Outreach Nursing, FIX: The Story of an Addicted City * British Columbia: KONELĪNE: our land beautiful, Blockade * land use: KONELĪNE: our land beautiful * culture: KONELĪNE: our land beautiful * Philippine politics: A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution * revolution: A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution, A Place Called Chiapas, A Place Called Chiapas - US edition * dictatorship: A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution * Indigenous land rights: Blockade * logging: Blockade * Zapatista uprising: A Place Called Chiapas, A Place Called Chiapas - US edition * Chiapas: A Place Called Chiapas, A Place Called Chiapas - US edition * advocacy: FIX: The Story of an Addicted City **Pricing Note** Prices listed in this document reflect current website listings and may change. The official film page is the authoritative source for current pricing and availability. **Film Catalog Data** ### Bevel Up: Drugs, Users and Outreach Nursing * Film Overview: Bevel Up is an educational film designed to give students and instructors access to the experience of health care practitioners who work with the drug-using population of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Produced by the same street nurses who work with these users on a daily basis, the film contains invaluable knowledge that can't be found in nursing schools and teaching hospitals. A team of street nurses reach out to youth, sex workers and street-entrenched men and women in Vancouver's inner city. Most importantly the nurses reflect on attitudes they bring to their work - attitudes that make or break the relationship needed to provide practical and nonjudgmental health care. Bevel Up... * Film URL: https://www.canadawildproductions.com/shop/bevel-up-drugs-users-and-outreach-nursing/ ### KONELĪNE: our land beautiful * Film Overview: "A feast for the eyes...in the hands of an expert story teller. KONELĪNE is a wise, humanistic documentary.... a tone poem to a beautiful land and the amazing characters who live in it. I urge you to see it." Marc Glassman, POV KONELĪNE: our land beautiful is a sensual, cinematic celebration of northwestern British Columbia, and all the dreamers who move across it. Some hunt on the land. Some mine it. They all love it. Set deep in the traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation, KONELĪNE captures beauty and complexity as one of Canada's vast wildernesses undergoes irrevocable change. Some hunt on the land. Some mine it. They all love it. An art film with politics, drama, and... * Size Options: Digital Download, DVD, Blu-ray * Price: CAD $15.00 to $250.00 * Film URL: https://www.canadawildproductions.com/shop/koneline-our-land-beautiful/ ### A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution * Film Overview: A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution chronicles the three points of a political triangle: the legal left, the illegal (armed) revolution, and the enemy which threatens them both: the armed reactionary right. It is 1987. The dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos has just been overthrown. Newly elected President Corazon Aquino struggles to wrench control of the country from her own military In the mountains, rebel priest Father Navaro and the communist New People's Army continue to fight an armed revolution. Kummander Dante, founder of the rebel army, is released from prison. He decides to give President Aquino's new democracy a chance and runs for senator. Radio DJ June... * Size Options: Digital Download (Home use), Digital Download (Institutional use), DVD for home use, DVD for Large Institutions (universities, government), DVD for Small Institutions (libraries, colleges and organizations) * Price: CAD $10.00 to $55.00 * Film URL: https://www.canadawildproductions.com/shop/a-rustling-of-leaves-inside-the-philippine-revolution/ ### Blockade * Film Overview: For most of us, native land claims and logging issues fuel political and moral debates. To the people of the Gitksan reserve of Gitwangak and the white village of Kitawanga, they are bread- and-butter issues worth fighting for. BLOCKADE takes place in the mountains and valleys of northern British Columbia, at the heart of the boldest aboriginal land claims case to challenge the white history of Canada. The Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs claim that everything within 22,000 square miles, including the trees, is rightfully theirs. A lot of white people don't agree. The Hobenshields are the sons of white settlers. After 60 years of logging and living in the valley, they figure they... * Size Options: Digital Download (Home use), Digital Download (Institutional use), DVD for home use, DVD for Large Institutions (universities, government), DVD for Small Institutions (libraries, colleges and organizations) * Price: CAD $10.00 to $55.00 * Film URL: https://www.canadawildproductions.com/shop/blockade/ ### A Place Called Chiapas * Film Overview: Subcomandante Marcos lights his pipe and says straight into the camera, "You've still got a lot of research to do. I don't know what you have been doing all this time. How long have you been in Chiapas?" "Five months," replies filmmaker Nettie Wild. "Hmm..." says the military commander of the Zapatista uprising, "....I've been here 12 years and I'm barely starting to understand." Marcos is a pipe-smoking, charismatic contradiction. He's a "mestizo", a Mexican of mixed Spanish/Indian blood.He's an intellectual from the city who is the military leader and spokesman for an indigenous guerrilla army. On January 1st, 1994, the Zapatista indigenous uprising took over five towns and 500 ranches in... * Size Options: Digital Download (Home use), Digital Download (Institutional use), DVD for home use, DVD for Large Institutions (universities, government), DVD for Small Institutions (libraries, colleges and organizations) * Price: CAD $10.00 to $55.00 * Film URL: https://www.canadawildproductions.com/shop/a-place-called-chiapas/ ### FIX: The Story of an Addicted City * Film Overview: Dean Wilson used to be an IBM salesman. Now he is possibly the most outspoken drug addict in Canada. As president of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) he is a loud and articulate advocate for street addicts from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, one of Canada's poorest neighbourhoods, and the site of the highest HIV rate in North America. Ann Livingston is the charismatic organizer of VANDU. She is a non-user, driven by an impatient spirituality and she is as confrontational as hell. Together, Ann and Dean lead an unpredictable crew of street addicts in their fight to open North America's first safe injection site for drug users. Safe injection sites, where users can inject... * Size Options: Digital Download (Home use), Digital Download (Institutional use), DVD for home use, DVD for Large Institutions (universities, government), DVD for Small Institutions (libraries, colleges and organizations) * Price: CAD $10.00 to $55.00 * Film URL: https://www.canadawildproductions.com/shop/fix-the-story-of-an-addicted-city/ ### A Place Called Chiapas - US edition * Film Overview: Subcomandante Marcos lights his pipe and says straight into the camera, "You've still got a lot of research to do. I don't know what you have been doing all this time. How long have you been in Chiapas?" "Five months," replies filmmaker Nettie Wild. "Hmm..." says the military commander of the Zapatista uprising, "....I've been here 12 years and I'm barely starting to understand." Marcos is a pipe-smoking, charismatic contradiction. He's a "mestizo", a Mexican of mixed Spanish/Indian blood.He's an intellectual from the city who is the military leader and spokesman for an indigenous guerrilla army. On January 1st, 1994, the Zapatista indigenous uprising took over five towns and 500 ranches in... * Price: CAD $29.99 * Film URL: https://www.canadawildproductions.com/shop/a-place-called-chiapas-us-edition/ **Frequently Asked Questions** * **What is Canada Wild Productions known for?** Canada Wild Productions specializes in creating accessible and engaging documentaries and public art projects that open doors to debate and dialogue on controversial issues. They have a unique distribution method that includes broadcast television, online streaming, and theatrical screenings. * **Who are the key people at Canada Wild Productions?** The principals of Canada Wild Productions are Director Nettie Wild and Producer Betsy Carson. Nettie Wild is a leading documentary filmmaker, while Betsy Carson has over 35 years of experience in documentary film, television, and digital projects. * **Where is Canada Wild Productions based?** Canada Wild Productions is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. * **What are some notable films produced by Canada Wild Productions?** Notable films by Canada Wild Productions include 'KONELINE: our land beautiful', 'FIX: The Story of an Addicted City', 'A Place Called Chiapas', 'Blockade', and 'A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution'. * **How can I contact Canada Wild Productions?** You can contact Canada Wild Productions via mail at 1818 Grant Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5L 2Y8, or by emailing Betsy Carson at carson@smartt.email and Nettie Wild at nbcwild@gmail.com. They can also be reached by phone. * **What awards have Canada Wild Productions' films won?** Canada Wild Productions' films have won over 45 international and national honors, including the Berlin Emerging Filmmakers Award, Hot Docs Best Documentary, two Genie Awards, and the International Documentary Association's Award for Best Feature Documentary. ## Official Resources - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/CanadaWildProductions/) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/canadawildproductions/?hl=en) - [Verified Profile](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0928370/) - [Verified Profile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nettie_Wild)