2019 Wild and Scenic Film Festival

Saturday Midday, NC Oddfellows

Hear Our Olympics
Palmer Morse, Matthew Mikkelsen | 2018 | 8 min
The wild Olympic Peninsula is like nowhere else. It has been recognized as a National Park, a wilderness area, an International Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site, and the quietest space in the lower 48. Yet, the park's rare and distinctive soundscape is threatened by new and unnatural noises: Navy electronic warfare training by jet in the skies over the park. Hear Our Olympics examines this threat and the challenges it poses to the park's soundscape as well as to U.S. military veterans.

Creek Sessions
Tahria Sheather, Lindsey Hagen, Chris Nuam | 2018 | 7 min
Nature has a rhythm – it just takes one to tune into it. Jess Kilroy – musician, climber, and conservationist – travels to wilderness areas around the West creating music from the natural sounds she finds there, with the goal of sparking people’s love for these wild lands. Creek Sessions follows Jess on a sensory journey to create music in Utah’s Indian Creek, reminding us that wild places are worth protecting not simply for their landscapes, but for their soundscapes too.

WILD UTAH: America's Red Rock Wilderness
Travis Hammill, Terri Martin, Olivia Juarez, Dave Pacheco, Clayton Daughenbaugh, Chris Lee, Alex Lee | 2018 | 14 min
This short documentary advocates for protecting more than 9 million acres of federally managed public lands as Wilderness, areas of pristine natural beauty, unique and untrammeled ecosystems, and unfathomable cultural significance. WILD UTAH: America's Red Rock Wilderness takes the viewer through the varied landscape and draws upon diverse voices to tell the story of why these lands are worth protecting and what can be done to ensure these public lands are protected for generations to come.

Your Rivers Need You
Jim Pattiz, Will Pattiz, Joe Bowen | 2018 | 6 min
The Red River in Kentucky was slated to be dammed in the early 60s and young landowner Joe Bowen supported it. He even gave the speech in favor of the dam against Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas and the Sierra Club. Not anymore. “In 75 years of living, I’ve changed my attitude about this wild river. The river is ours. So if it’s ours, then it’s also our responsibility. I want my great-grandchildren to see what I have seen.” In 1993, the Red River received Wild & Scenic River Designation.

Seldom Seen Sleight
Taylor Graham | 2018 | 13 min
As a rafting outfitter in the 1950s, Ken Sleight built his life around the Colorado River's Glen Canyon. He became one of Glen's most passionate advocates when it disappeared beneath the waters of Lake Powell in 1963. Today, at 88 years old, Ken remains dedicated to the fight to see his beloved canyons returned to their former glory.

The Movie to Keep Squaw True
Robb Gaffney, Scott Gaffney, Tom Mooers | 2018 | 55 min
When private equity developers and their corporate henchmen came to Tahoe to transform Squaw Valley into a Vegas-style amusement park, they ran into a mountain of community commitment, organized as the movement to Keep Squaw True. This movie tells the inspiring story of the ongoing seven-year struggle to stand up and defend Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe, and the Sierra Nevada.