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Rainforest: Limits of Splendour

Richard Boyce

2011

Inspired by Kwaxsistalla, a Kwakwaka’wakw clan chief, the filmmaker embarks upon a cinematic journey contrasting the tree-farms that dominate the landscape surrounding his home on Vancouver Island with an ancient rainforest on the Pacific Coast of Canada. Guided by passion and a determination to honor reality, Richard Boyce travels to the most remote corner of Vancouver Island, through some of the most intensive logging on the planet, into a wilderness that is on the brink of extinction. Massive trees, ranging in age between 1,200 years old and seedlings, thrive along the banks of an ancient river floodplain, which provides for diverse life forms in the temperate rainforest.

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CREDITS

Directed by
Richard Boyce
Produced by
Richard Boyce, Daniel Cross
Executive Producers
Mila Aung-Thwin, Ronald J. Boyce, Bob Moore
Music By
Phil Dwyer
Location Sound
Adam Bowick, Richard Boyce
Edited by
Richard Boyce, Daniel Cross, Robin Dianoux, Ryan Mullins
Additional Photography
Chris Delgatty, Josef Krancevic, Mila Aung-Thwin, Adam Bowick, Norm Bergkvist
With the financial support of
Canada Council for the Arts, British Columbia Arts Council
This production was made with the support of
Media Net, Eyesteelfilm, Island Bound Media