Snohomish River Film Festival Held at Luckie Farms
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Back in January/February, a group of brave storytellers joined virtually for a two week training that generated 12 digital stories now known as Tales of Two Rivers. This group of stories was split between the Snohomish and the Stillaguamish basins within Snohomish County. On Thursday, June 9, the first of two film festivals was held to feature the Snohomish basin stories.
Anyone around the Puget Sound this year knows that the weather has been consistently wet and cold for months. Thursday’s weather was no exception. In fact, the irony of ironies is that an “atmospheric river” cruised through right as set-up began! This term, to describe a “flowing column of condensed water vapor,” isn’t new, but it’s only recently been in the vernacular of the Pacific Northwest. The result for us was… lots of rain. Thankfully, there were many tents, and a 1907 barn in which to stay mostly dry.
The six films shown in order were:
A River Dream by Monica Van der Vieren
Coral’s Story [of the 1975 flood] by Coral Christenson
Farmers Forever by Ralph Quaas
A Sense of Place by Kevin Conley
Blue Heron Slough by the Port of Everett’s Kate Anderson
I Will Be A Farmer by Tara Luckie
You can view this playlist here.
After the videos were shown, Lindsey Desmul from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, led a panel featuring the creators of the films. Audience members had the opportunity to participate in the dialogue of what we can do for our local rivers, as well as share their own experiences with working with the land and watching Snohomish County develop through the years.
Prior to the film showing, host and farmer Tara Luckie demonstrated a calf feeding for the attendees! These fluffy cows are Highland cattle, a Scottish breed that are able to withstand hardy conditions. As a bonus, please enjoy these adorable photos!
