Fort Nelson director’s film to hit home screens

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Those eagerly anticipating viewing “Tea Creek,” directed by Fort Nelson’s Ryan Dickie, won’t have to wait long to view it at home.

According to a press release on October 7th, the documentary will be available for all to stream on CBC’s streaming service, CBC Gem, this coming Friday, October 11th.

The picture was already on the schedule for last week’s Saskatchewan International Film Festival, and it will also be screened at two different Ontario-based film showcases later in October.

On October 19th, the film will be shown at Toronto’s Planet in Focus Film Festival and, later in the month, be featured at the Windsor International Film Festival.

Set in Northwest B.C., “Tea Creek” tells the story of Jacob Beaton’s efforts to turn his family’s farm into an Indigenous-focused food sovereignty training hub.

The farm in Kitwanga is about 140 acres with three separate fields in production, according to its website. 

A 2022 Tyee article says the farm produces about 20,000 pounds of food annually.

Dickie told energeticcity.ca back in April that his first visit to Tea Creek farm spawned an “entire feature film in itself.”

He said the initial idea of the film project between himself and producer Ben Cox encompassed three separate food sovereignty-related tales.

“It was stories of Indigenous folks doing Indigenous food sovereignty within the north,” said Dickie at the time.

But they soon deviated from their path when they realized Tea Creek farm had so many “compelling storylines and people.”

The film took about three years to complete and made its worldwide premiere at Vancouver’s Doxa Film Festival.

For further information on the Tea Creek film, visit the website here.

The actual farm’s website has further details.