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2016 “On Tour” Wild & Scenic Film Festival in Auburn
22 Films, Live Music, Food & Drinks, Speakers, Silent Auction
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Tickets available online or at the door. All sessions included in ticket price.
$20 general / $12 students
Buy tickets, see schedule of films here
See map and directions to the State Theatre
See silent auction sculpture here
This March SYRCL's “On Tour” 2016 Wild & Scenic Film Festival returns to the State Theatre in Auburn with another incredible selection of films to change your world. The theme of this year’s festival is “A Change of Course” and was chosen because issues surrounding water and our watercourses are timely and warrant special attention.
Considered one of the nation’s premiere environmental and adventure film festivals, this year’s films combine stellar filmmaking, beautiful cinematography and first-rate storytelling to inform, inspire and ignite solutions and possibilities to restore the earth and human communities while creating a positive future for the next generation.
Festival-goers can expect to see award winning films about nature, community activism, adventure, conservation, water, energy and climate change, wildlife, environmental justice, agriculture, Native American and indigenous cultures.
Please join PARC and the Auburn Placer Performing Arts Center (APPAC) on Saturday, March 19th for a fun filled day of films, great food & drinks and American River Canyon News & Updates.
Thank you to our sponsors!
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Times
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Session One
Session Two Session Three |
2pm to 4 pm
4:30 pm to 6:30 pm (Dinner available) 7:45 pm to 9:30 pm (Doors close at 10 pm) |
Note: 22 films and no films are repeated
>See the List of Films below, or
>Download the list of films here - PDF
>Purchase Tickets Here
>State Theatre website, livefromauburn.com
>Event Poster
>Download the list of films here - PDF
>Purchase Tickets Here
>State Theatre website, livefromauburn.com
>Event Poster
22 films, and no films are repeated. One admission covers all day.
SCHEDULE OF FILMS
SESSION 1: 2pm to 4pm
Nature RX
Justin Bogardus, Jed Lazar, Joe Victorine, | 1 min.
Set in the world of a spoofed prescription drug commercial, Nature Rx offers a hearty dose of laughs and the outdoors - two timeless prescriptions for whatever ails you. Side effects may include confidence, authenticity, remembering you have a body, andbeing in a good mood for no apparent reason.
Comes With Baggage: A Short History of Bicycle Travel from Boneshakers to Bikepackers
Dominic Gill, Nadia Boctor | 18 min.
This lighthearted history of bicycle travel in the Americas makes you want to sell all your possessions, quit your job and escape on a bike. Past and current footage, along with interviews of bike pioneers, makers and historians are combined to give a unique perspective on where bicycles can take you both physically and spiritually.
Mile for Mile, James Q Martin | 15 min. Ultrarunners Krissy Moehl, Jeff Browning and Luke Nelson run 106 miles through the newly opened Patagonia Park in Chile, to celebrate and highlight Conservacion Patagonica’s efforts to re-wild and protect this vast landscape.
Black Bears – Yosemite Nature Notes
Steven M. Bumgardner | 2015 | 9 min.
Hundreds of black bears make their home in Yosemite National Park and seeing a wild bear is a highlight of any trip to the park. Bears often remind usof ourselves, and the relationship between bears and humans is complex and changing as visitors and park managers strive to keep bears wild.
Diversity and Inclusion in Our Wild Places
Jason Fitzpatrick | 8 min.
A campfire discussion on improving the diversity of both the visitation and the employment within our parks and wild spaces happened last May in Yosemite National Park. A gathering of extraordinary people from nonprofit agencies, land management bureaus and those involved in the movement to encourage more people of color to visit and seek careers in the outdoors brings light to important issues facing today’s conservation movement and outdoor recreation.
Guest Presenter: Paige Roper, Placer High School Environmental Club
An Education, A FatherDaughter Trip of Discovery
Mike Libecki, Mike Schirf, Fitz Cahall | 2014 | 9 min.
National Geographic Explorer Mike Libecki tackles his 58th expedition with his 11 year old daughter, Lilliana, for her first skiing expedition to Antarctica. Neither had any idea of the magic, power and beauty they would encounter that would change their lives forever…
The Important Places, Forest Woodward
Brendan Leonard |10 min.
As a father and son rediscover their connection through a journey down the Colorado River and in the Grand Canyon, this poignant short teaches us that although we may sometimes go astray — stuck in eddies and in life — the path back to the important places is never too far away.
Bison – Yellowstone InDepth
Steven M. Bumgardner | 2015 | 7 min.
Yellowstone preserves the most important bison herd in the United States. Learn more about the near extinction and recovery of these remarkable animals, how they make it through harsh winters, and what their survival says about our ability to share the landscape with another species.
Soil Carbon Cowboys
Peter Byck |12 min.
Many people talk about the cattle business as a big environmental problem. Cattle, when properly grazed, offer solutions to soil health, animal health, human health, water supply and food nutrition. It’s a brave new world, and it’s below our feet.
To Slow Down and Breathe
Grant Thompson |3 min.
“I went for a walk… and found going out was going in,” once said a hairy Scotsman. The beauty of slacklining is that is can be as introspective as it is explorative. When we’re not moving to run away from ourselves, going out into the wild places of this world can be a movement into our own souls.
Sufferfest 2
Cedar Wright |26 min.
Less than a year after climbing the fifteen tallest peaks in California, by bike, Alex Honnold and Cedar Wright have forgotten that it was their worst trip ever and for some reason…they are at it again. This time they attack an ambitious goal to climb 45 of the American Southwest’s most iconic Desert Towers, via their most difficult routes, in an epic and scenic bike journey that takes them through Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona. This movie has it all: gale force winds, hard climbing, snow in the desert, loose rock, and a puppy. What more could you ask for?
BREAK: 30 minutes
SESSION 2: 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
The Accidental Environmentalist
Kristine Stolakis, |12 min.
John Wathen was just an average guy until coming into contact with toxic chemicals, stumbling upon a video camera, and discovering his passion for protecting Alabama’s waters.
The Fire Next Time
Kevin White, Stephen Most |13 min.
When the Rim Fire burned 256,000 acres of the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park in 2013, it exposed the impacts that high intensity wildfires are having on watersheds, wildlife, and carbon storage. It also forged a coalition of environmentalists, loggers, scientists, officials, and land managers who are responding to this megafire and recognize the need to forestall the next one.
Q&A Guest Speaker: Daniel Berlant, Cal Fire, 5 min.
Co2ld Waters
Jeremy Roberts | 11 min.
Five of the most respected names in the fly fishing world converge on a single creek in Montana to talk about their passion and to discuss the single biggest threat to their timeless pursuit, climate change. Can four million fly anglers make difference? Legendary fishermen, including Yvon Chouinard of Patagonia, believe it is possible.
Emerald Waters of the Klamath-Siskiyou: Wild Rivers At Risk
Darren Campbell, Michael Dotson| 8 min.
In the heart of Southwest Oregon, the remote and rugged Kalmiopsis region is home to some of this country’s most iconic Wild and Scenic Rivers. A hotspot of biodiversity where salmon and steelhead still thrive, these rivers and the communities that depend on them are threatened by industrial strip mining.
Mother of All Rivers
Will Parrinello | 9 min.
Berta Cáceres rallied her indigenous Lenca people to wage a grassroots protest that successfully pressured the government of Honduras and the world’s largest Chinese dam builder, SinoHydro, to withdraw from building the Agua Zarca Dam. Narrated by Robert Redford, this film illustrates how an ordinary person can effect extraordinary change.
Art for Change
Will Parrinello |7 min.
Facing heavy government scrutiny, Myint Zaw, an accomplished photojournalist launched a series of art exhibits that influenced the government to stop construction of the Myitsone Dam on Myanmar’s treasured Irrawaddy River.
Martin’s Boat
Peter McBride | 24 min.
Honoring the legacy of Martin Litton, this film follows the newest boat in the Grand Canyon Dories fleet, the Marble Canyon, on its maiden voyage down the legendary Colorado River through the grandest canyon on Earth. Martin pioneered whitewater dories on the Colorado River in the 1960’s and started a proud tradition of naming the boats after wild places that had been lost or compromised by the hand of man.
62 Years
Logan Bockrath | 2015 | 9 min.
The last time Ken Brower traveled down the Yampa River in Northwest Colorado was with his father, David Brower, in 1952. This was the year his father became the first executive director of the Sierra Club and joined the fight against a pair of proposed dams on the Green River in Northwest Colorado. With a conservation campaign that included a book, magazine articles, a film, a traveling slideshow, grassroots organizing, river trips and lobbying, David Brower and the Sierra Club ultimately won the fight—ushering in a period many consider the dawn of modern environmentalism. 62 years later, Ken revisited the Yampa & Green Rivers to reflect on his father’s work, their 1952 river trip, and how we will confront the looming water crisis in the American West.
Q&A Guest Speaker: Ken Brower, 10 min.
INTERMISSION: 75 min.
SESSION 3: 7:45 pm – 9:45 pm
American River Canyon Updates, PARC, 10 min.
Guest Speaker: Otis Wollan, Save Bear River, 10 min.
Wild & Scenic North Fork American River
Doug Stanley, Michael Anderson | 6 min.
The North Fork American River near Auburn is still threatened to be flooded by the long stalled Auburn Dam. Politicians are trying to revive the congressionally authorized dam to be built. Protect American River Canyons (PARC) is working towards creating California Wild & Scenic designation to ensure protection for this unique and irreplaceable river.
Saving Auburn Ravine
Steve Hubbard | 10 min.
Activists are struggling to restore wild salmon runs to Auburn Ravine. This film tells their story and shows the obstacles they face.
Guest Speaker: Steve Hubbard, 5 min.
DamNation
Executive Producer: Yvon Chouinard |87 min.
This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers. Dam removal has moved beyond the fictional Monkey Wrench Gang to go mainstream. Where obsolete dams come down, rivers bound back to life, giving salmon and other wild fish the right of return to primeval spawning grounds after decades without access.
Festival Ends/ Closing remarks
Purchase Tickets Here
Map and Directions to the State Theatre
SESSION 1: 2pm to 4pm
Nature RX
Justin Bogardus, Jed Lazar, Joe Victorine, | 1 min.
Set in the world of a spoofed prescription drug commercial, Nature Rx offers a hearty dose of laughs and the outdoors - two timeless prescriptions for whatever ails you. Side effects may include confidence, authenticity, remembering you have a body, andbeing in a good mood for no apparent reason.
Comes With Baggage: A Short History of Bicycle Travel from Boneshakers to Bikepackers
Dominic Gill, Nadia Boctor | 18 min.
This lighthearted history of bicycle travel in the Americas makes you want to sell all your possessions, quit your job and escape on a bike. Past and current footage, along with interviews of bike pioneers, makers and historians are combined to give a unique perspective on where bicycles can take you both physically and spiritually.
Mile for Mile, James Q Martin | 15 min. Ultrarunners Krissy Moehl, Jeff Browning and Luke Nelson run 106 miles through the newly opened Patagonia Park in Chile, to celebrate and highlight Conservacion Patagonica’s efforts to re-wild and protect this vast landscape.
Black Bears – Yosemite Nature Notes
Steven M. Bumgardner | 2015 | 9 min.
Hundreds of black bears make their home in Yosemite National Park and seeing a wild bear is a highlight of any trip to the park. Bears often remind usof ourselves, and the relationship between bears and humans is complex and changing as visitors and park managers strive to keep bears wild.
Diversity and Inclusion in Our Wild Places
Jason Fitzpatrick | 8 min.
A campfire discussion on improving the diversity of both the visitation and the employment within our parks and wild spaces happened last May in Yosemite National Park. A gathering of extraordinary people from nonprofit agencies, land management bureaus and those involved in the movement to encourage more people of color to visit and seek careers in the outdoors brings light to important issues facing today’s conservation movement and outdoor recreation.
Guest Presenter: Paige Roper, Placer High School Environmental Club
An Education, A FatherDaughter Trip of Discovery
Mike Libecki, Mike Schirf, Fitz Cahall | 2014 | 9 min.
National Geographic Explorer Mike Libecki tackles his 58th expedition with his 11 year old daughter, Lilliana, for her first skiing expedition to Antarctica. Neither had any idea of the magic, power and beauty they would encounter that would change their lives forever…
The Important Places, Forest Woodward
Brendan Leonard |10 min.
As a father and son rediscover their connection through a journey down the Colorado River and in the Grand Canyon, this poignant short teaches us that although we may sometimes go astray — stuck in eddies and in life — the path back to the important places is never too far away.
Bison – Yellowstone InDepth
Steven M. Bumgardner | 2015 | 7 min.
Yellowstone preserves the most important bison herd in the United States. Learn more about the near extinction and recovery of these remarkable animals, how they make it through harsh winters, and what their survival says about our ability to share the landscape with another species.
Soil Carbon Cowboys
Peter Byck |12 min.
Many people talk about the cattle business as a big environmental problem. Cattle, when properly grazed, offer solutions to soil health, animal health, human health, water supply and food nutrition. It’s a brave new world, and it’s below our feet.
To Slow Down and Breathe
Grant Thompson |3 min.
“I went for a walk… and found going out was going in,” once said a hairy Scotsman. The beauty of slacklining is that is can be as introspective as it is explorative. When we’re not moving to run away from ourselves, going out into the wild places of this world can be a movement into our own souls.
Sufferfest 2
Cedar Wright |26 min.
Less than a year after climbing the fifteen tallest peaks in California, by bike, Alex Honnold and Cedar Wright have forgotten that it was their worst trip ever and for some reason…they are at it again. This time they attack an ambitious goal to climb 45 of the American Southwest’s most iconic Desert Towers, via their most difficult routes, in an epic and scenic bike journey that takes them through Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona. This movie has it all: gale force winds, hard climbing, snow in the desert, loose rock, and a puppy. What more could you ask for?
BREAK: 30 minutes
SESSION 2: 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
The Accidental Environmentalist
Kristine Stolakis, |12 min.
John Wathen was just an average guy until coming into contact with toxic chemicals, stumbling upon a video camera, and discovering his passion for protecting Alabama’s waters.
The Fire Next Time
Kevin White, Stephen Most |13 min.
When the Rim Fire burned 256,000 acres of the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park in 2013, it exposed the impacts that high intensity wildfires are having on watersheds, wildlife, and carbon storage. It also forged a coalition of environmentalists, loggers, scientists, officials, and land managers who are responding to this megafire and recognize the need to forestall the next one.
Q&A Guest Speaker: Daniel Berlant, Cal Fire, 5 min.
Co2ld Waters
Jeremy Roberts | 11 min.
Five of the most respected names in the fly fishing world converge on a single creek in Montana to talk about their passion and to discuss the single biggest threat to their timeless pursuit, climate change. Can four million fly anglers make difference? Legendary fishermen, including Yvon Chouinard of Patagonia, believe it is possible.
Emerald Waters of the Klamath-Siskiyou: Wild Rivers At Risk
Darren Campbell, Michael Dotson| 8 min.
In the heart of Southwest Oregon, the remote and rugged Kalmiopsis region is home to some of this country’s most iconic Wild and Scenic Rivers. A hotspot of biodiversity where salmon and steelhead still thrive, these rivers and the communities that depend on them are threatened by industrial strip mining.
Mother of All Rivers
Will Parrinello | 9 min.
Berta Cáceres rallied her indigenous Lenca people to wage a grassroots protest that successfully pressured the government of Honduras and the world’s largest Chinese dam builder, SinoHydro, to withdraw from building the Agua Zarca Dam. Narrated by Robert Redford, this film illustrates how an ordinary person can effect extraordinary change.
Art for Change
Will Parrinello |7 min.
Facing heavy government scrutiny, Myint Zaw, an accomplished photojournalist launched a series of art exhibits that influenced the government to stop construction of the Myitsone Dam on Myanmar’s treasured Irrawaddy River.
Martin’s Boat
Peter McBride | 24 min.
Honoring the legacy of Martin Litton, this film follows the newest boat in the Grand Canyon Dories fleet, the Marble Canyon, on its maiden voyage down the legendary Colorado River through the grandest canyon on Earth. Martin pioneered whitewater dories on the Colorado River in the 1960’s and started a proud tradition of naming the boats after wild places that had been lost or compromised by the hand of man.
62 Years
Logan Bockrath | 2015 | 9 min.
The last time Ken Brower traveled down the Yampa River in Northwest Colorado was with his father, David Brower, in 1952. This was the year his father became the first executive director of the Sierra Club and joined the fight against a pair of proposed dams on the Green River in Northwest Colorado. With a conservation campaign that included a book, magazine articles, a film, a traveling slideshow, grassroots organizing, river trips and lobbying, David Brower and the Sierra Club ultimately won the fight—ushering in a period many consider the dawn of modern environmentalism. 62 years later, Ken revisited the Yampa & Green Rivers to reflect on his father’s work, their 1952 river trip, and how we will confront the looming water crisis in the American West.
Q&A Guest Speaker: Ken Brower, 10 min.
INTERMISSION: 75 min.
SESSION 3: 7:45 pm – 9:45 pm
American River Canyon Updates, PARC, 10 min.
Guest Speaker: Otis Wollan, Save Bear River, 10 min.
Wild & Scenic North Fork American River
Doug Stanley, Michael Anderson | 6 min.
The North Fork American River near Auburn is still threatened to be flooded by the long stalled Auburn Dam. Politicians are trying to revive the congressionally authorized dam to be built. Protect American River Canyons (PARC) is working towards creating California Wild & Scenic designation to ensure protection for this unique and irreplaceable river.
Saving Auburn Ravine
Steve Hubbard | 10 min.
Activists are struggling to restore wild salmon runs to Auburn Ravine. This film tells their story and shows the obstacles they face.
Guest Speaker: Steve Hubbard, 5 min.
DamNation
Executive Producer: Yvon Chouinard |87 min.
This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers. Dam removal has moved beyond the fictional Monkey Wrench Gang to go mainstream. Where obsolete dams come down, rivers bound back to life, giving salmon and other wild fish the right of return to primeval spawning grounds after decades without access.
Festival Ends/ Closing remarks
Purchase Tickets Here
Map and Directions to the State Theatre
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A Silent Auction sculpture will be available for bid at the Wild & Scenic Film Festival on March 19
"Onward and Upward" By Eric Peach and Deanna Marsh Steel, kiln-formed glass, ceramic 7' x 16' x 7' Opening bid $850. 100% of winning bid goes to PARC as a tax-deductible donation. Sculpture is on view until March 19th at the General Gomez Gallery and Events Center at 808 Lincoln Way in Auburn. Bidding closes at 7PM on the evening of the Wild & Scenic Film Festival at the State Theatre in Auburn. |
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