Hadwin's Judgement

{{Infobox film | name = Hadwin's Judgement | image = Hadwin's Judgement poster.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Sasha Snow | producer = {{plainlist| *Elizabeth Yake *David Allen *David Christensen *Yves J. Ma }} | writer = | starring = {{plainlist| *John Vaillant *Doug Chapman }} | music = Jack Ketch | cinematography = {{plainlist| *Simon Schneider *Sasha Snow }} | editing = Gareth C. Scales<br>Ben Stark | distributor = National Film Board | released = {{Film date|2015|4|27}} | runtime = 87 minutes | country = Canada | language = English | budget = }} '''''Hadwin's Judgement''''' is a Canadian documentary film, released in 2015.<ref>[http://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/film-review-hadwins-judgement "Film Review: Hadwin’s Judgement"]. ''Hakai Magazine'', September 21, 2015.</ref> Directed by Sasha Snow and based in part on John Vaillant's 2004 book ''The Golden Spruce'', the film is about Grant Hadwin, the logger who protested logging company practices by cutting down the sacred Kiidk'yaas in 1997.<ref name=gazette>[https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movies/movie-review-one-mans-desperate-act-revisited-in-hadwins-judgement "Movie review: One man's desperate act revisited in Hadwin's Judgement"]. ''Montreal Gazette'', November 24, 2015.</ref><ref name="Volmers">{{cite news|last1=Volmers|first1=Eric|title=Documentary chronicles the strange tale of logger-turned-environmentalist Grant Hadwin|url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/movies/documentary-chronicles-the-strange-tale-of-logger-turned-environmentalist-grant-hadwin|accessdate=30 September 2016|work=Calgary Herald|date=22 January 2016}}</ref> The film also includes some docudrama elements, in which Hadwin is portrayed by actor Doug Chapman.<ref name=gazette/>

==Reception== The film premiered in April 2015 at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. In February 2016, it was named Best Canadian film at the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival.<ref name="Mack">{{cite news|url=https://www.straight.com/movies/642456/hadwins-judgement-among-winners-vancouver-international-mountain-film-festival|title=Hadwin's Judgement among winners at Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival|last=Mack|first=Adrian|date=20 February 2016|work=The Georgia Straight|accessdate=10 March 2016}}</ref>

The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016, in the categories of Best Feature Length Documentary and Best Cinematography in a Documentary.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/awards-and-festivals/film-awards/canadian-screen-awards-nominations-announced-including-oscar-darlings-room-and-brooklyn/article28254353/ "Canadian Screen Awards nominations announced, including Oscar darlings Room and Brooklyn"]. ''The Globe and Mail'', January 19, 2016.</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|4633202}} *{{Official website|http://www.hadwinsjudgement.com/thefilm/#titlepage}} *{{NFB film|hadwins_judgement}}

Category:2015 films Category:2015 documentary films Category:Canadian docudrama films Category:National Film Board of Canada documentaries Category:Documentary films about forests and trees Category:Documentary films about terrorism Category:Films set in British Columbia Category:Eco-terrorism Category:Films about lumberjacks Category:Films produced by David Christensen Category:2015 English-language films Category:2015 Canadian films Category:English-language Canadian films