Trivia

The Issue with Tissue - A Boreal Love Story holds its world premiere at Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival on September 18, 2022. Having the world premiere in Sudbury, Ontario, located in the middle of the boreal, with some of the Indigenous Elders and Leaders who appear in the documentary in attendance, is the ideal location for its world premiere.

Mini-review: The issue with Tissue JULIEN CAYOUETTE THE TRAVELER The documentary "The issue with Tissue - A Boreal Love Story" has the potential to have the same impact as "L'Erreur boréale" in 1999. The director uses the premise of extreme forest exploitation - not to say destruction - so that we can wipe our buttocks in order to talk about a much larger number of equally important subjects. Since the basic subject is the preservation of the boreal forest - one of the largest CO2 reservoirs on the planet - Michael Zelniker has chosen to leave most of the narration to elders from the First Nations of Canada. A very good choice that gives a lot of credibility to the message. He obviously can't go through them without talking about the impact of colonization on America's first inhabitants. This part of the film reminds us that residential schools are not the only source of destruction of their culture by the white man. The exploitation of the forest, the clear cuts, also have a great impact. In an instant, we understand that the concept of Truth and Reconciliation is much more complex than what we can see in our privileged world...as the First Nations have been telling us for years. The destruction of their ancestral living environment has consequences for their culture. For example, the slow disappearance of caribou herds will have a serious impact on them. While it is believed that the film will remain on the damage done to the First Nations, it moves on to another equally revolting subject. By the end of The issue with Tissue , you'll know more-and you'll be angrier-about forest biology, climate change, Resolute Forest Products' denial attitude, corporate greed, the absurdity of hyperconsumption (of toilet paper) and the power you have. It is a little less glorious this time to say that the film passes through Northern Ontario... At the very least, I've made the decision not to buy from Charmin anymore. I'm going to study this little guide ... The Issue with Tissue premiered at Cinefest 2022.

The Issue with Tissue - A Boreal Love Story received Cinefest Sudbury's 2022 Audience Choice Runner-up Award.

The Issue with Tissue - A Boreal Love Story screened in Montreal at La Cinémathèque québécoise during COP15, the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, to international audiences from every corner of the globe.

The Issue with Tissue - A Boreal Love Story opened the Sources of Knowledge Forum in Tobermory, Ontario on April 28, 2023. Filmmaker Michael Zelniker led a post screening q&a.