Food and Film Documentary Series: “Once a Braided River”

The Watershed Alliance of Southwest Washington’s annual free “Food and Film” documentary series is the fourth Tuesday of the month Jan. 23 through June 24 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. in the Columbia Room at the Vancouver Community Library, 901 C St, Vancouver. Free pizza is donated by Piehole Pizzeria. Doors open at 4:30 p.m., pizza (with vegan and gluten-free options) is served at 4:45 p.m. and the film starts at 5:15 p.m. The film series is in partnership with Clark County Green Neighbors, which offers a free lending library of previously shown documentaries.

On March 26, see “Once a Braided River,” telling the story of how the North Reach of the Willamette River was transformed from a braided river, rich in biodiversity and home to many bands of indigenous people, into an industrial zone with a ten-mile-long superfund site running from downtown Portland to the river’s confluence with the Columbia River. The documentary features community groups and activists working to replace the industrial zone with a green, working waterfront defined by good jobs, clean energy and healthy ecosystems.

Get more details and sign up at thewatershedalliance.org/portfolio/film-series/.