A new award-winning documentary. Presented in honor of Earth Day 2026. Tickets $15.
Filmmaker Michael Zelniker will be at the screening for a Q&A after the film.
The Issue with Tissue – a boreal love story documents the little known, largely untold story of the boreal forest and the Indigenous Peoples who call it home, how it is being clear-cut for the manufacture of toilet paper and that protecting and conserving the boreal is an existential imperative.
Told by the First Nations Elders and Leaders of the boreal, leading scientists and activists, The Issue with Tissue creates a kind of talking circle that inspires our storytellers to speak with intimacy and candor about the issues confronting us all, sharing their enlightened, unified vision that the way forward lies in elevating and supporting Indigenous knowledge/stewardship in combination with the ages old wisdom that can be found in the life of these forests and trees.
Credits
Filmoption International presents
An Aion Pictures film
Directed by
Michael Zelniker
Written by
Michael Zelniker
Produced by
Michael Zelniker
Executive Producers
Paul Cadieux
Michèle Audette
Dave Porter
Allen Edzerza
Cinematographer
Michael Zelniker
Composer
Victoria Yeh
Editor
Michael Zelniker
Participants
Michèle Audette · Innu First Nation
Suzanne Simard
Valérie Courtois · Innu First Nation
Elder Dr. Dave Courchene · Anishinaabe First Nation
Elder AJ Felix · Sturgeon Lake First Nation
Nigel Roulet
Dave Porter · Kaska First Nation
Dr. Nancy Turner
Melody Lepine · Mikisew Cree First Nation
Nicole Rycroft
Todd Paglia
Martin-Hugues St-Laurent
Chief Darrell Bob · St’at’imc Nation