This video with Botanical Colors Founder Kathy Hattori in Cordova, Alaska looks at foraging and natural dyeing.
Kathy travels to Cordova to teach a workshop on local color. In addition to foraging sustainably for natural dye plants on glaciers, Kathy and crew explored regional color through flowers, lichen and a little sprinkling of Botanical Colors’ own extracts. This video was part of the shorts program at Mountainfilm. Mountainfilm is a documentary film festival that showcases documentaries about environmental, cultural, political and social justice issues. The film festival is in Telluride, Colorado.
You can learn more about our experience in Alaska here.
“In June, I, along with two friends, tagged along with Botanical Colors founder Kathy Hattori to Cordova, Alaska. In a small, fishing town packed with some big personality and an almost spiritual take on regeneration in both food and fiber, we filmed Kathy in action. Between the slough of amazing locals and mind-blowing landscape, this was truly a dream trip…”
Wild Harvest: Alaska from Jenny Nichols on Vimeo.
About Jenny Nichols:
Harnessing the power of visual media to tell stories, Jenny works to create films that will act as tipping points in conservation campaigns. Jenny is a Director, DP, Cinematographer, Editor and Illustrator. She thrives on multidisciplinary projects and collaborates with a dedicated community of photojournalists, filmmakers, writers, illustrators, scientists and conservation organizations.
Jenny’s films have screened at HotDocs, Seattle International Film Festival, Brooklyn Film Festival, Telluride Mountainfilm, Banff Mountainfilm Festival, DC Environmental Film Festival, Jackson Hole Science & Media Awards, and many more!
Head to her site here.