2019 Wild & Scenic Film Lineup

Announcing this Year’s Film Lineup!

This year, you have two chances to catch this line up of inspiring, award-winning films – presented by the River Alliance of Wisconsin! Join us for Madison’s 12th annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival on March 20th at The Barrymore Theatre, or Green Bay’s 3rd annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival on April 25th at Backstage at the Meyer. Tickets go fast, so be sure to grab yours early!

Madison Tickets | Green Bay Tickets

Chandalar
Simms, Soul River Inc, Chad Brown, Colorblind Media | 2018 | 15 min

You Can’t Dam Your Way to Paradise
Ben Cowan, Taliesin Black-Brown | 2018 | 4 min

The Art of Fog Catching
Valeria Cardi | 2018 | 12 min

My Mom Vala
RC Cone, Scott Ballew | 2018 | 10 min

A New View of the Moon
Wylie Overstreet, Alex Gorosh | 2018 | 3 min

Flipping the Switch

Will Parrinello, John Antonelli, Matt Yamashita | 2018 | 6 min
LeeAnne Walters led a citizens’ movement that tested the tap water in Flint, Michigan, and exposed the Flint water crisis. The results showed that one in six homes had lead levels in water that exceeded the EPA’s safety threshold. Walters’ persistence compelled the local, state, and federal governments to take action and ensure that residents of Flint have access to clean water. Narrated by Robert Redford, Flipping the Switch is part of The New Environmentalists, which illustrates how ordinary people are effecting extraordinary change. 

Brotherhood of Skiing

Tyler Wilkinson, Ray Arisman, Colin Arisman, Luke Kantola, Faith E Briggs | 2018 | 10 min
Since 1973, the National Brotherhood of Skiers has overcome barriers by bringing soul and smiles to the mountain. Formed during the height of the black power movement, the organization is dedicated to creating a welcoming space for people of color on the slopes and supporting black youth in snowsports. Today, the NBS hosts the largest gathering of black skiers in the United States and represents 53 ski clubs with over 3,000 members across the country.

You 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.

Too Precious to Mine

Justin Clifton | 2017 | 10 min
The Havasupai – people of the blue-green waters – have lived at the bottom of the Grand Canyon for centuries. But now, uranium mining on the canyon’s rims is putting the tribe’s drinking water and its way of life at risk. What would you do to protect your home from uranium contamination? “If the Supai water is contaminated, the future of my society, of my people, will disappear.”– Carletta Tilousi, Havasupai Tribal Council

The Last Green Thread

Danny Schmidt, Eric Bendick, Andy Adkins, Dawson Dunning, Phill Baribeau | 2018 | 18 min
Amidst the backdrop of massive development and population growth, three friends embark on a journey through the Everglades Headwaters in Florida to survey a fragile wilderness corridor before it disappears forever.

Chandalar

Simms, Soul River Inc, Chad Brown, Colorblind Media | 2018 | 15 min
On a clear morning in Portland, Oregon, fourteen youth with oversized backpacks await a long day of travel. Along with five veterans, a few volunteers and “Axe the Service Dog” they are headed to Fairbanks, Alaska. From there, they will pile into bush planes and fly into the Arctic Circle. This is Soul River, a non-profit organization founded by decorated Navy veteran Chad Brown. Their three-week deployment to the Chandalar River is the culmination of outdoor conservation education, collective strengthening, leadership development, healing, and a whole lot of fly fishing.

You Can’t Dam Your Way to Paradise

Ben Cowan, Taliesin Black-Brown | 2018 | 4 min
The San Joaquin is one of the most over-allocated rivers in America, and yet plans remain to dam it further. The proposed Temperance Flat Dam threatens to destroy a pristine river gorge for a tiny drop in the bucket. The proposal has recently been denied, but the story lives on as a caution against reckless dams and a call to protect our scenic rivers.

The Art of Fog Catching

Valeria Cardi | 2018 | 12 min
Growing up on Mount Boutmezguida in southwest Morocco on the edge of the Sahara desert, Khadija Ghouate never imagined that the fog enveloping the nearby peaks would change her life. With groundwater levels dropping due to overuse, drought and climate change, the challenge to get enough water was becoming harder each day. Thanks to an exciting innovation, Ghouate’s village is now connected to the world’s largest functioning fog collection project, alleviating the need to collect water that fell mainly on women, and with state-of-the-art equipment setting an example for other projects globally.

My Mom Vala

RC Cone, Scott Ballew | 2018 | 10 min
Life has a way of putting us where we need to be. For Vala, that’s in both Greenland – where she works at her family’s fishing lodge – and Reykjavík, where she teaches her daughter how to do it all on her own, too.

A New View of the Moon

Wylie Overstreet, Alex Gorosh | 2018 | 3 min
Become reacquainted with awe alongside strangers interacting with a telescope trained on the moon. Watch as Wylie Overstreet takes a telescope around the streets of Los Angeles to give passersby an up-close look at a familiar object: a new view of the moon.