Los Angeles Festival Premiere
DOCUMENTARY | United States | 57 MINUTES | English
Older Than The Crown
Older Than The Crown follows the trial of Sinixt tribal member Rick Desautel who in 2010 was charged with hunting as a non resident and without a proper permit in Canada. Rick harvested an elk on the ancestral land of the Sinixt people in Vallican British Columbia Canada. To the Sinixt, hunting on ancestral land is an aboriginal right gifted to them by Creator. A right that has legally been denied to the Sinixt people since 1956 when the Canadian government unjustly declared them extinct in Canada, despite the nearly 3,000 members existing on the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington State. Now with the Desautel Hunting Case, the Sinixt people have a chance to not only bring light to their unjust extinction by the Canadian government, but also abolish the declaration.
CAST & CREDITS
Directed by Derrick LaMere
Derrick LaMere is a Native American Filmmaker (Rocky Boy, Little Shell, Sinixt, Entiat, Wenatchi) from Spokane Washington. He is an award winning documentary filmmaker who’s recent films have been an official selection to more than 35 film festivals internationally.
Director
Derrick LaMere
Producer
Derrick LaMere
Screenwriter
Derrick LaMere
Cast
Rick Desautel, Linda Desautel
Showtimes
Saturday, November 12
IN-PERSON
Screening: 2:00 to 3:30pm