Seeking the Current, Award-Winning Documentary On Canadian Hydropower, Coming to Screens Throughout New Hampshire

New Hampshire Environmental Organizations to Host Free Screenings and Panel Discussions for the Public featuring Filmmaker Nicolas Boisclair

CONTACT:
Dorene Hartford, CLF, (603) 225-3060
Ben Carmichael, CLF, (617) 850-1743
Denis McCready, Producer, Seeking the Current, (514) 808-7587

WHAT:

New Hampshire’s leading environmental organizations will host a series of free screenings of the award-winning documentary film, Seeking the Current, at locations throughout the state, beginning in March. For a complete listing, visit this site. Each screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring the director Nicolas Boisclair and experts on energy and environmental issues. The feature-length documentary provides a serious, unsparing look at Canadian power giant Hydro-Québec and its development of large-scale hydroelectric power facilities. Seeking the Current recounts the voyage of the filmmakers Boisclair and Alexis de Gheldere, who canoed the entire 500 km course of the pristine Romaine River one year before Hydro-Québec started construction on a new $8 billion complex of hydropower projects there. Along the way, the filmmakers examine the history and economics of hydropower in Québec and explore the renewable alternatives to new hydropower projects.

WHEN, WHERE AND HOW MUCH:

  • Thursday, March 8 at 7:00 pm – The Tillotson Center, 14 Carriage Lane, Colebrook, NH Admission is Free. Donations welcome. Post-film discussion with filmmaker Nicolas Boisclair moderated by Attorney Bob Baker. Sponsored by the North Country Power Line Education Fund and the Poore Family Foundation.
  • Friday, March 9 at 7:00 pm – Wolfeboro Public Library, 259 South Main Street, Wolfeboro, NH. Admission is Free. Donations welcome. Post-film discussion with filmmaker Nicolas Boisclair. Sponsored by the Wolfeboro Public Library and Global Awareness Local Action.
  • Sunday, March 11 at 4:30 pm – Wilton Town Hall Theatre, 40 Main Street, Wilton, NH. Post-film discussion with filmmaker Nicolas Boisclair and Conservation Law Foundation Staff Attorney Christophe Courchesne. Free. Donations welcome. Sponsored by NH Green Coalition, Granite State Guardians, and Women Making the Difference.
  • Friday, March 9 through Monday, March 12, at 2:00 and 7:00 pm – Red River Theatres, 11 South Main Street, Concord, NH.  Regular admission fees.
  • Monday, March 12 at 7:00 pm – As part of the Green Living Series, Green Concord will host the 7:00 pm showing of Seeking the Current at Red River Theatres and a post-film panel discussion. The panel will include filmmaker Nicolas Boisclair; Christophe Courchesne, Staff Attorney for the Conservation Law Foundation; and Will Abbott, Vice President for Policy and Land Management of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests.  Co-sponsored by the Conservation Law Foundation and the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests.
  • Tuesday, March 13 at 7:00 pm – New Hampshire Audubon Massabesic Center, 26 Audubon Way, Auburn, NH.  Admission is Free, with $5 suggested donation. Post-film discussion with filmmaker Nicolas Boisclair, Conservation Law Foundation NH Director Tom Irwin, and Appalachian Mountain Club Director of Research Ken Kimball. Sponsored by the Appalachian Mountain Club, the Audubon Society of New Hampshire, and the Conservation Law Foundation.
  • Wednesday, March 14, 7:00 pm – Howe Library, 13 South Street, Hanover, NH. Admission is Free. Post-film discussion with filmmaker Nicolas Boisclair and Conservation Law Foundation Staff Attorney Christophe Courchesne.  Sponsored by the Conservation Law Foundation and the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests.
  • Friday, March 16, 7:00 pm – Flying Monkey Movie House and Performance Center, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth, NH. Regular admission fee. Post-film discussion with filmmaker Nicolas Boisclair, Conservation Law Foundation Staff Attorney Christophe Courchesne, and Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests Vice President for Policy and Land Management Will Abbott.
  • Thursday, April 5, 7:00 pm – Putnam Theater, Keene State College, Keene, NH. Admission is Free. Post-film discussion with Conservation Law Foundation Staff Attorney Christophe Courchesne.  Sponsored by the Conservation Law Foundation, the Harris Center for Conservation Education, and the Keene State College Film Society.

WHO:
This series of screenings of Seeking the Current is presented by Appalachian Mountain Club Conservation Law Foundation, Conservation New Hampshire, The Nature Conservancy in New Hampshire, New Hampshire Audubon, Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, and other New Hampshire organizations.

Nicolas Boisclair is a professional environmental educator. He is an outdoor enthusiast who has led expeditions around the world. Seeking the Current is Boisclair’s first film.

WHY:
Seeking the Current has special relevance to New Hampshire as the state considers and debates the Northern Pass transmission project, the proposed 180 mile transmission line through New Hampshire that would bring an additional 1,200 megawatts of Hydro-Québec hydropower to the New England electric grid. For more information on the Northern Pass project, visit http://www.clf.org/northern-pass/