June 26: The Snake and the Whale – Lopez Island

June 26: The Snake and the Whale at 7 PM at San Juan Island Library & Lopez Center for Community and the Arts.   Part of the FHFF Best of the Fest Series

The Snake and the Whale (2025, 96 min) examines the four federal dams impounding the Lower Snake River and their cascading impact on Idaho’s once-legendary salmon runs, and on the 74 Southern Resident orcas whose survival depends on those salmon.

Through the lens of investigative journalism, it asks the question communities across the Pacific Northwest are wrestling with: what will it take to bring them back?

Following the film, audiences will hear a recorded interview with Executive Producer Scott
Levy, an environmental advocate of nearly three decades working to protect and restore Idaho’s salmon runs, with updates on the film and the ongoing fight for dam removal.