SYRCL’s 12th ANNUAL WILD & SCENIC® FILM FESTIVAL

Welcome to SYRCL’s 12th Annual and foster this dialogue. As always, we aim to have you Wild & Scenic Film Festival. leaving inspired and hopeful. The human “emPOWERment” piece is what does that for us. Knowing there are others The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) is thrilled to out there who care. Who work tirelessly to make a positive once again produce the Wild & Scenic Film Festival. Now in difference. And that small changes at a local level really do our 12th year, what started as two nights of film has grown into contribute to meaningful change at a global scale. Our fellow The Wild & Scenic® four nights and two full days of inspiring film, art, music, activist human beings give us hope. That more than 4,500 people turn Film Festival is brought to you workshops, speakers, excursions, and more. And we’re excited out for this environmental film festival gives us hope. So thank by SYRCL, to bring you the most programming ever in Grass Valley as well YOU for being here, being present, and contributing the South Yuba River as our “usual” lineup in Nevada City. to positive change. Citizens League. Our theme of “emPOWERment” promotes both the subject Happy viewing, SYRCL unites the community of energy and the human spirit that is positive and inspirational. to protect and restore the Yuba River. Energy is crucial for all of us and often cited as one of the Caleb Dardick Melinda Booth world’s most pressing environmental issues. Clean energy Executive Director Festival Director Please become a dues-paying vs. dirty energy. Renewable energy. Energy independence. member to help us increase our Petroleum. Biofuels. Nuclear. Coal. ANWR and offshore political influence and continue our important work. drilling. Fracking. Several of our films and workshops take on these issues and aim to educate us about this complex topic. SYRCL The only clear answer is that there is no easy one. 313 Railroad Avenue Nevada City, CA 95959 As you embark on the adventure that is Wild & Scenic, I encourage you to allow yourself time to reflect on what you’re (530) 265-5961 viewing. The content is designed to provoke, inspire, and start yubariver.org a dialogue about these concerns important to our planet’s wildandscenicfilmfestival.org welfare and collective well-being. Our activist workshops are an especially great place to dive a little deeper into a subject 2 SYRCL’s 12th ANNUAL WILD & SCENIC® FILM FESTIVAL WHAT’S INSIDE THE FESTIVAL TEAM Sponsors...... 4 Caleb Dardick, SYRCL’s Executive Director Melinda Booth, Festival Director & SYRCL’s Development Director Tickets...... 7 Mark Reiner, Festival Producer Greening of the Fest...... 8 Miriam Limov, SYRCL’s River People Manager How to Festival...... 8 Andrew Collins-Anderson, Filmmaker Liaison Fest HQ...... 10 Bouchard Communications, Public Relations Management Juanita Bratton, Venue Logistics Manager Media Lounge...... 11 Ceili Chilcott, Greening Coordinator The Yuba Watershed...... 12 Cinematiq, Film & On Tour Tech Nevada City & Grass Valley...... 13 Beth Dekker, Tech Volunteer Coordinator Wild & Scenic On Tour...... 14 Kathy Dotson, Graphic Designer Special Guests...... 15 Beverly LaFae, Downtown Coordinator Tonya Lindsay, Financial Manager, Special Events...... 18 Rich Mead, Sound & Lights Manager Music...... 21 Alanna McDermott, Volunteer Assistant Art Shows...... 22 Josh Miller, Head Photographer Workshops...... 24 Randi Pratini, Pre-ticket Sales Coordinator Craig Rohrsen, Technical Director Special Film Presentations...... 27 Erin Van Dyke, Food Manager Awards & Jury...... 28 Films by Issue...... 30 Additional SYRCL Staff 2014 Official Selection...... 32 Gary Reedy, River Science Director Jon Wilson, On Tour Associate Director Remembering Friends...... 57 Jenni Toedtemeier, Associate Development Director Weekend Schedule...... 58 Rachel Hutchinson, River Programs Manager Grass Valley Map ...... 58 Jenna Brager, On Tour Manager SYRCL Updates & Events...... 63 Sari Hale-Alper, Membership Coordinator Nevada City Map ...... back Jane Theobald, Administrative Assistant Marianne Pott, Americorps River Monitoring Coordinator The Wild & Scenic Festival Team Adele Rife, Americorps Restoration Coordinator Jenn Tamo, Americorps Stewardship Coordinator Our Vision Clockwise from left: Andrew Collins-Anderson, Jenna Brager, SYRCL’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival is a call to action. Mark Reiner, Miriam Limov, Jon Wilson, Melinda Booth this program is printed on 100% recycled paper. SYRCL Board of Directors At Wild & Scenic, filmgoers are transformed into Barbara Getz (President), Holly Mitten (Vice President), John a congregation of committed activists, dedicated to saving our increasingly threatened planet. We show environmental and Regan (Secretary), Georgette Aronow (Treasurer), Roger Hicks, adventure films that illustrate the Earth’s beauty, the challenges facing our planet, and the work communities are doing to protect the Luke Hunt, Shana Maziarz, Janice Rosner environment. Through these films, Wild & Scenic both informs people about the state of the world and inspires them to take action. Wild & Scenic Film Festival Committee Wild & Scenic raises resources and awareness for SYRCL’s initiatives to recover California’s wild salmon and to protect and restore Melinda Booth, Caleb Dardick, Barbara Getz, Roger Hicks, the Yuba River. And SYRCL’s Wild & Scenic On Tour serves as a national platform for local environmental advocacy. Shana Maziarz, Mark Reiner 3 GREEN STURGEON SPONSORS STEELHEAD TROUT SPONSORS 2014 FESTIVAL SPONSORS

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4 RIVER OTTER SPONSORS FEATURED EATERIES GREEN STURGEON SPONSORS Michael & Alicia Funk Peter Lockyer & Juliet Erickson Anonymous Walter Robb Nancy Shaub CHINOOK SALMON SPONSORS A DIVISION OF AUBURN PRINTERS INC. Alison Jones-Pomatto & Alan Pomatto Kimberley Milligan

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Sherry & Lou Bartolucci Lowell & Diane Robertson Yvon Chouinard Subir Sanyal FEATURED LODGING Richard & Marcie Ellers Anonymous Sue Ghilotti

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Caleb & Carolyn Dardick Freda Scott & Jason Danielson Gary Frankel Don & Madeline Simborg RED-LEGGED FROG SPONSORS FOOD & BEVERAGE SPONSORS Mike & Barbara Getz Nina & Mike Snegg Holly Mitten Elizabeth Soderstrom Dave Painter & Steve Rothert & Sharon Winegar Amelia Spilger Philpott Family Foundation Linda Lee Sutter & Rob Wunderlich Anonymous

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$349 Friend of the Yuba Pass Festival pass for all films in Nevada City & Grass Valley, NEED TICKETS? Pass & ticket descriptions online. TICKETS plus a Gala ticket and reserved seating for films. Purchase online through January 9th at 5pm. Want the VIP Film Festival Experience? $110 THRU 12/27 $120 AFTER 12/27 Festival Pass* wildandscenicfilmfestival.org You can have it by supporting SYRCL at a significant $100 SYRCL MEMBERS Tickets can also be purchased level. Visit Fest HQ to upgrade your experience. It’s $60 YOUTH 17 & UNDER a great way to support SYRCL year-round! Addition- at Fest HQ (NEW LOCATION) Become a al benefits included for the Film Festival and SYRCL SYRCL Member 224 Church Street, events all year. Nevada City & Save on Nevada City: Festival Passes! GREEN PASS: Your name on a seat at a Friday Evening $29/$15 YOUTH Friday, January 10 venue of your choosing for each film session. Saturday Morn & Aft $40/$18 YOUTH 10am - 9pm It’s yours whether you come and go or stay the whole time. Donations of $6,000 $29/$15 YOUTH Saturday Evening Saturday, January 11 or more. Sunday Morn & Aft $40/$18 YOUTH 8:30am - 9pm BLUE PASS: Access to the general Sunday, January 12 reserved seats at each venue. Must Grass Valley 9am - 4pm be seated 5 minutes before show- time or seats will be released to $20 Thursday Evening** ALL TICKET SALES ARE FINAL the public. Donations of $1,200 or more. Friday Evening $25 NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES Saturday Evening $25 THE FINE PRINT - PLEASE READ! *Festival Passes are good for regular programming at Nevada City and Grass Valley venues Thursday evening through Sunday afternoon. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis and is not guaranteed at the venue of your choice. Start Special Events times are staggered to accommodate full venues. Does not include Saturday Morning Kid Films, Gala, Sunday Night Award Winners, or any other special events. Saturday Late-Night Dance Party $20 ** Thursday evening is one-venue only and seating is limited to 400. Please arrive early; doors open 30 minutes before Wild & Scenic Gala $85 the show. Sunday Award Winners $18 Your festival ticket guarantees you a seat at one of the film venues during any session, BUT WE CANNOT GUARANTEE a seat in the theater of your choice. We highly recommend that if you would like to see a particular film, plan to arrive early $8 ALL AGES at the theater where it’s screening, and before the start of that session of films. Read “How to Festival” on page 8. Saturday Morning Kid Films 7

the one you may want. If you arrive at a venue that is full, please check with the volunteers at the door for available Greening the Fest HOW TO FESTIVAL seating at other venues. Help Make There are films I want to see playing at the same Wild & Scenic Green! What is a film session? time. What should I do? This is a grouping of films and venues during the weekend. The majority of films are screening more than one time. • RIDE YOUR BIKE, CARPOOL or take public Wild & Scenic has five sessions: Thursday evening, And if you still don’t get to see everything you want, check transportation to Wild & Scenic. Park your car and walk Friday evening, Saturday Morning & Afternoon, Saturday SYRCL’s Film Library in February to borrow 2014 films (and throughout the weekend. See the map for parking lots. Evening, and Sunday Morning & Afternoon. When you films from years past) - free to SYRCL members! buy a session pass you have access to all venues during • Bring a REUSABLE COFFEE MUG. Use your mug at that session in the town specified by your pass. But please concessions and get a discount on coffee. note, all pass holders must buy a separate pass for the • Bring REUSABLE SERVINGWARE. Although we special film events. During any given session, there are 7 to have compostable utensils at Wild & Scenic, using your 8 venues screening films. own is far more sustainable. I really want to see a certain film. How can I • Use the recycling and composting bins at the event. Let’s make sure I get a seat? get as close to ZERO WASTE as possible. Think Experienced film festival goers know that if there is a film before you throw - there are signs & volunteers that can help. you really want to see, get to that theater EARLY! Even if • Look for the special recycling boxes in each venue that film is playing in the middle or the end of a session, - please be sure to RECYCLE YOUR PASS HOLD- get there before the beginning of the session and stay ERS AND PROGRAMS before you leave the there to make sure you get a seat. And remember that festival. many of the films will play more than once throughout the weekend. Also, some of the award winning films will • Do you have an ELECTRIC CAR? There is an electric play at the Nevada Theatre on Sunday night (the award car charging station at the back of the Miners Foundry. winners will be announced on Sunday afternoon at the Awards Ceremony in the Miners Foundry). • Bring a REUSABLE WATER BOTTLE. No bottled water is sold at the festival. There are water fountains or Why can’t the festival guarantee me a seat at the taps at most venues. Plus, there is filtered water at the film I want to see? Vets Hall and the Miners Foundry, a generous donation All venues are first-come, first-served. We can guarantee from PureWater. you a seat at one of the venues, but not necessarily at 8 I want to meet and talk with some of the guest tations in film sessions and at Elixart and The Curly Wolf filmmakers and speakers - how? (see pg 24 - 26 for more details). Grab a Bite to Eat One of the coolest things about Wild & Scenic is meeting Is there anything else to do? & a Cup of Coffee the great people behind the films. You’ll probably bump into them at the venues or around town (look for their spe- YES! We have music, awards, workshops, food, wine and We’re proud to partner with our local food co-op, cial badges), or you can meet filmmakers after sessions, at beer, spontaneous music on the street, incredible art, and BriarPatch, for official festival concessions. the Media Lounge and at our fabulous Gala Event. Some even a natural history walk. Check out special events on Briarpatch will be serving food in the Miners of our filmmakers and special guests will also be facilitat- pages 18 -20. There’s something for everyone - and many Foundry lobby & Nevada Theatre. ing Activist Workshops on Saturday & Sunday, which is a events are FREE. Or, take a break and have fun shopping, great way to get a more intimate sense of their work. eating and drinking in Nevada City and Grass Valley Got a little longer? Visit one of our featured eateries for espresso, pizza, salads, sandwiches, What are the activist workshops all about? gourmet dining, pub fare and ice cream. On Saturday, 9:30am - 4:45pm, and Sunday, 9:30am in Nevada City: in Grass Valley: - 3:30pm, at the Activist Center (Nevada City’s City Califoria Organics Bear River Pasta Hall), you can learn more about the issues presented Matteo’s Public Cirino’s at Main St. in the films and how to make a difference. Or, if you Treats are a budding filmmaker, learn the secrets of industry New Moon Cafe professionals. And did we mention that the workshops are FREE? There will also be other panels and presen- Find these establishments using the festival map located on the back of this program and on pg 58.

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9 Events & More at Fest HQ FEST HQ Media Reception Friday 5 - 6pm, with food & drinks.

@ the NEW LOCATION Silent Wine Auction with great items from our festival 224 Church Street sponsors, featuring mostly wine, but also outdoor gear and more. Nevada City The auction opens on Friday at 4pm and closes Saturday at 7pm. First Stop for the Weekend Festival Store Buy something commemorative from the Wild & Scenic Store: caps, festival posters, beanies, water bottles, organic • PICK UP your sweatshirts, an adorable “I’m Wild & Scenic” onesie for your favorite Festival tickets baby, and more. at Will Call National Partner Booths Check out what our • BUY tickets National Partners are up to! Learn about their environmental responsibility, snag a surprise, and thank them for making Wild & Scenic possible. • CHECK IN for a volunteer shift On Tour Wild & Scenic hits the road with the 2014 films in February. Visit our On Tour team and table in Fest HQ to learn how to • ASK A QUESTION about bring Wild & Scenic to your community. Nevada City or Grass Valley • FIND OUT where to eat FREE WiFi Filmmakers, members of the press, and festival-goers are invited to enjoy free WiFi and a comfortable setting to meet, connect, and network. • GET INFO about the Festival & directions to venues Festival Artists View the work of festival artists Peggy Wright and Matt Black at HQ. • BUY festival memorabilia & gifts Join us at the Media Reception • FIND OUT MORE about the Fest HQ Hours Friday, January 10 5 - 6pm Yuba Watershed & SYRCL Friday 10am - 9pm Saturday 8:30am - 9pm Sunday 9 - 4pm at Fest HQ, 224 Church Street, Nevada City

10 Media Lounge at Fest HQ Meet filmmakers and activists in the Wild & Scenic Media Lounge, hosted by Elisa Parker of See Jane Do, SPECIAL THANKS a social change multi-media organization, and Michael Stone, host of radio program “Conversations,” with support from Terra Nyssa and NCTV. The Media Lounge is THE place for up-to-date information, photos on the green carpet, videos and exclusive interviews with guest filmmakers, activists and festival Thank You Volunteers For twelve years, the community has come together organizers. Enjoy free WiFi and a comfortable setting to meet, connect, and network. Plus check email, for SYRCL’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival. It is because write a quick blog, upload photos, tweet and more. of the hard work of over 600 volunteers that this event is such a tremendous success. Thank you especially to our key festival volunteers who go the extra mile: Amber Taxiera, Amy McLaughlin, Anna and Suzie Daggett, Brenda Igler, Brian Taylor, Cameron Demaranville, Casey and Monica Tomasi, Catherine Walden, Ceili and Guy Chilcott, Christopher Also, visit youth and Friedel, Dave and Sarah Gordon, Don and Megan Timpany, Drew Albrecht, Elyna Anderson, Erin, Peter mentors from Finding the and Sarah Minett, Gregory “Shafe” Shaffer, Jac Good Traveling Semester Cummings, Jacob Dyste, Janice Rosner, Jeanine Program at Fest HQ. Pfeiffer, Joe Limov, Joshua Hancock, Julie Dennis, Julie Fair, Kai and Brennan Meyers, Karen Atkins, Kathy Davidson, Kurt and Nancy Lorenz, Marty Mosman, Matt Cunha-Rigby, Meg Hanley, Melinda Day, Neena Johnson, Patrick McCauley, Paula Join us at the Media Reception Lewis, Penelope Curtis, Ryan Cummings, Sarah Friday, January 10 5 - 6pm Violett, Scot Woodland, Shana Stratton, Sue at Fest HQ, 224 Church Street, Nevada City Roberts-Emery, Tracy Larson, and Wendy Thompson. 11 Want to save wild salmon? Join the Yuba Salmon Now campaign. YUBA SALMON NOW Wild salmon are in jeopardy of extinction. Before the dams came in, as many as 300,000 wild salmon returned to the Yuba. Today, the numbers are as few as 8,000 – often less. SYRCL has led the effort to restore wild salmon to their ancestral waters – inspiring the community to call back the salmon through ceremony and celebration, litigation and advocacy – since the late 1990s. Salmon experts agree that the Yuba River is one of the best opportunities to restore wild salmon in California. Our Yuba Salmon Now campaign lays out a plan to restore salmon habitat in the lower Yuba River and ultimately get salmon past Englebright Dam into the upper Yuba. To request a copy of the campaign plan, or to join the campaign, please contact us at [email protected]

TAKE ACTION - All Weekend Fill out a direct action postcard to support SYRCL’s work. Visit any SYRCL booth, HQ or most venues to pick one up. Your voice makes a difference! Yuba Watershed map created by Lisa Lackey. Watershed Yuba

Find Flo! Salmon & Steelhead Trout are disappearing at an alarming rate. Look for SYRCL’s finned mascot, Flo, swimming around the festival throughout the weekend. Whoever has the most Flo sightings at the end of the weekend will win a weekend pass to the 2015 Wild & Scenic Film Festival. Pick up your “Find Flo”scorecard at Fest HQ or any SYRCL booth.

12 Nevada City & Grass Valley: Creating a Place for Community OUR COMMUNITY

Nevada City In recent Taste Nevada County! years, Nevada Take a break from the films on City has come to Saturday afternoon to participate understand the in Nevada City or Grass Valley’s value of community Wine Stroll. For more information, space and has see page 18. been working to One Block reclaim it through of Nevada Grass Valley projects such as City’s Robinson Plaza Commercial Our community-building extends beyond (at the NC St. Closed Nevada City, and that is why it’s not un- Chamber Office), to Cars the Nevada City for the Fest common to find its sister-city, Grass Valley, Farmers Market, Weekend ... participating in special occasions such as the and the Boardwalk on Commercial Street. Through observation, surveys, conversations, and workshops, Be on the lookout AMGEM Tour of California Bike Race we are reconnecting and reformulating what it means for art, music, and the Wild & Scenic Film Festival! to be a community. yoga, dancing and more Recently, Nevada City became planned and smoke-free; please observe this spontaneous fun. ordinance and smoke only in See page 19 designated areas. for more info.

Whether you are in the heart of Grass Valley or at the Boardwalk in Nevada City, take the time to sit, relax and bask in our culture, history and charm.

13 WILD & SCENIC ON TOUR For the films featured at Wild & Scenic, this is just the beginning.

Over the past 12 years Wild & Scenic has evolved into the largest environmental film festival in the nation. The event each January in Nevada City kicks off the nationwide tour to more than 100 cities. Each tour venue is an opportunity for an organization to reach out into their community and bring people together around community-based activism. We offer a diverse menu of films with themes Hosting this event is a proven way for your organization to engage a new and such as energy, climate change, conservation, wildlife, community activism, diverse audience and raise funds to further a specific campaign. Film is a powerful environmental & social justice, and adventure. Plus, we provide PR materials medium which can educate, inspire, and motivate people to go out and make a and a comprehensive planning guide. As an environmental group which has difference in their communities and around the world. experienced amazing success with the Wild & Scenic Film Festival, we want to share our success with other organizations to create a network connected by a For more info contact JonFor Wilson, more information, contact the common goal – using film to inspire activism! [email protected],Tour Manager, 530.265.5961Lori Van Laanen: x204 [email protected], (530) 265-5961x204 www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org “At CLIF Bar, sustaining the planet is part of our business; “Our mission is to inspire and imple- “Klean Kanteen actively partners with local, we work diligently to protect the places where we play. ment solutions to the environmental crisis, and film is one of the national, and international organizations to We are proud to partner with the Wild & Scenic Film best ways we know to get people involved. Patagonia supports bring awareness to the need for safe and Festival for our sixth year now, helping to inspire environ- Wild & Scenic On Tour because it takes the best environmental healthy consumer products. We are proud to mental activism through the medium of film.” clifbar.com films made each year and shares them with a rapidly increas- sponsor the Wild and Scenic Film Festival and bring visibility to ing circle of people who leave the theater committed to finding these powerful stories.” kleankanteen.com “Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is excited solutions to the crisis we all face.” patagonia.com to participate in the Wild & Scenic Film “Orion is a Wild & Scenic National Festival as a 2014 National Sponsor. At “We’re proud to support Wild & Partner in order to support film and SNBC, we value our environment and Scenic in its mission to advance media working together to create a community of caring for actively work to protect it. The festival is the perfect opportu- environmental sustainability. Since 1976 we’ve published the planet. Through writing and art that explore the connection nity for SNBC to help educate people across the country on groundbreaking journalism at the intersection of politics, media, between nature and culture, Orion inspires new thinking about environmental issues while inspiring individuals to take action in and the environment. Our award-winning reporting informs, how humanity might live on Earth justly, sustainably, and joy- their own lives.” sierranevada.com provokes, and inspires.” motherjones.com ously.” orionmagazine.org 14 32 keeper in 2006, Ramsay created and taught the “Music Debra Winger Supervision” course at New York University’s Center for is an esteemed actress Advanced Digital Applications and wrote the book Mu- SPECIAL GUESTS (An Officer and a Gentleman, sic Supervision: The Complete Guide to Selecting Music Terms of Endearment, Urban for Movies, TV, Games, and New Media. He is the film Cowboy and many others) music supervisor of many award-winning films including Tim writer, producer, and activist. Jihad for Love, The Break Up Artist, and Heights. Ms. Winger has additionally DeChristopher, a favorite activist of Wild & been the recipient of multiple Scenic, is back. In 2008 as distinguishing honors, includ- Paul Bidder #70, Tim disrupted an ing Emmy, BAFTA, and Golden Globe nominations. illegitimate BLM oil and gas auc- Long active in social issues, Winger sits on the board of Colangelo is a Canadian environmental tion by outbidding oil companies the Tahirih Justice Center and works for several public photojournalist. He was first for parcels around Arches and Canyonlands National health organizations. She was a co-producer of the recognized for his work with the Parks in Utah. He was indicted on two felony charges Academy Award-nominated documentary Gasland, film,Sacred Headwaters, which for that act of civil disobedience and served 21 months which has been credited as having brought the subject helped lead to the protection of in a federal prison. He founded Peaceful Uprising, of fracking and its ramifications into a national spotlight. For more information, contact the this northern wilderness. The primary focus of Paul’s work a climate justice group that empowers nonviolent action She is currently the executive producer of Gasland II, Tour Manager, Lori Van Laanen: is the current shift in core Canadian values: the once cel- to defend a livable future, and is currently studying at the powerful sequel film about fracking. Debra speaks [email protected], (530) 265-5961x204 ebrated wilderness is now being viewed as nothing more Harvard Divinity School. Tim is hosting an activist work- after both screenings of Gasland II, Friday evening at www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org than a stockpile of natural resources. Paul is a National shop Saturday at 1:45pm. the Miners Foundry Osborn/Woods Hall and at the Geographic Explorer and a member of the International Nevada Theatre. League of Conservation Photographers. Paul lives in Van- couver, British Columbia. Paul’s filmSacred Headwaters Mark Dubois is a Ramsay screens Saturday eve, 7pm and Sunday, 2pm at the co-founder of Friends of the River Adams is Founder and Yuba River Charter School. His photo presentation and and the International Rivers Net- the Executive Director of Catskill discussion takes place Saturday, 5pm at The Stonehouse. work, and has long been a leader Mountainkeeper, an environ- Paul speaks after his film Saturday night at the Nevada in river conservation. In 1979, he mental advocacy organization Theatre. captured national headlines when dedicated to protecting the he chained himself to the bedrock Catskill Region in New York of the Stanislaus River Canyon as a State. He is also a film and television music supervisor, new reservoir filled. Dubois was international coordinator author, and educator. Prior to founding Catskill Mountain- for Earth Day 1990 & 2000, events that involved 200

15 Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature. Osprey speaks Northwest Film Festival, the Hometown Video Festival, after A World On Notice, Friday eve at the Stonehouse and the International Wildlife Film Festival. Michael SPECIAL GUESTS , and she is hosting a women’s empowerment workshop has worked as an undercover videographer for Green- Saturday, 10am at the Activist Center. peace, Native Forest Network, and BearWatch, with million people from 184 countries. He coordinated ten footage broadcast on CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, consecutive lobbying efforts at World Bank/IMF annual A&E, and the Discovery Channel. Mike is co-founder meetings, and he founded World Wise, a grassroots John (Jack) of Cold Mountain, Cold Rivers and the Buffalo Field campaign for international development bank reform. His Campaign. Michael presents a workshop at the Activist is a natu- current work focuses on river conservation, the power of Muir Laws Center, Saturday, 4:15pm, and speaks after the filmBuf - ralist, educator and artist. Laws individuals to make a difference and the maturation of the falo Battle, Saturday, 1:30pm at the Stonehouse. has worked as an environmental international environmental movement. Mark presents an educator since 1984 in Cali- activist workshop on Saturday, 11:15am. fornia, Wyoming, and Alaska. Caleen Sisk He teaches classes on natural is the spiritual leader and Tribal Osprey Orielle history, conservation biology, scientific illustration, and Chief of the Winnemem Wintu field sketching. He is a TogetherGreen Conservation Tribe of Northern California. She Lake is the Founder/Presi- Leadership Fellow with the National Audubon Society, received her training in the tradi- dent of the Women’s Earth and and was the 2011 artist for International Migratory Bird tional way from Winnemum Win- Climate Caucus (WECC) and Day. Laws has written and illustrated a variety of books tu Leader/ Healer Florence Jones works nationally and internation- about art and natural history. Jack leads a natural his- and now leads the tribe’s struggles to restore salmon in ally to promote resilient communi- tory hike on the Tribute Trail Sunday at 12pm and has a their traditional waters, gain federal recognition of their ties and foster a post-carbon booksigning at The Earth Store Sunday at 2pm. sovereign rights, and protect their sacred places. Caleen energy future, while also addressing societal transforma- speaks after the filmStanding on Sacred Ground: Pilgrims tion. She is Co-Chair of International Advocacy with the & Tourists, Saturday, 1:30pm at the Nevada Theatre and is President, a found- Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature and has devel- Michael Mease Sunday, 2pm at the Vets Hall. ing board member and current Campaign Coordinator oped a Resilient Community Training Program in Califor- for the Buffalo Field Campaign. He earned a B.A. in Ra- nia. She served on the Steering Committee of the UN dio/Television and Psychology Angela Sun Women’s Major Group for the Rio+20 Earth Summit from the University of Montana is a journalist, documentary film- and has recently completed organizing the International and has produced more than 20 maker, actress, and adventurer. Women’s Earth and Climate Summit, bringing together video documentaries on human She broke boundaries in the 100 women leaders from around the world to draft and rights and environmental issues. world of sports media as the implement a Women’s Climate Action Agenda. She is His videography has received first Asian-American female ‘on- the author of the award-winning book, Uprisings for the awards from the Best of the camera personality’ to appear 16 on networks such as ESPN, Yahoo Sports, The Tennis and Smoke Signals. In 2012, Trudell and Willie Nelson Channel and many others. She currently serves as the co-founded Hempstead Project Heart (Hemp Energies host of Yahoo Sports Minute. Watched by millions Alternative Resource Technologies) to raise awareness of SPECIAL GUESTS of viewers, it is the longest-running daily sports show the many economic and environmental benefits and uses online. Behind the lens, Angela directed & executive of industrial hemp. As Co-Director of Hempstead Project produced the feature-length documentary film,Plastic Heart, Trudell works to enliven public action toward Scott Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which has creating a sustainable green economy based on hemp. Williamson garnered awards worldwide and was recently tweeted A documentary on his life, Trudell, debuted at the 2005 has logged more miles on the about by former VP Al Gore. She is an avid surfer and Sundance Film Festival (and screened at Wild & Scenic). Pacific Crest Trail than anyone scuba diver and serves on the Board of Advisors for the John speaks after the film,Buffalo Wild, Saturday night at else in history. He has thru-hiked Ocean Defender organization. Angela speaks with her the Nevada Theatre. the PCT 13 times is was the first film Saturday, 1:30pm at the Miners Foundry Stone Hall person to complete a continuous and Sunday, 10am at the Stonehouse. Juliette West, one-season round trip of the Pacific Crest Trail (Mexico to 17 years old, stars in the film,How Canada and back). He has walked over 47,000 miles and completed what’s known in the thru-hiking community John Trudell, I Became An Elephant, the pow- erful rescue story of an abused as the “Triple Crown” (thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, Santee Sioux, is a philosopher, elephant in Thailand. Today the Pacific Crest Trail and the Continental Divide Trail in orator, national recording artist, Juliette continues her fight for the one season). In 2011, Williamson set a new Pacific Crest actor and poet. Trudell became elephants, working with the orga- Trail speed record, unsupported, by completing the trek involved in Indian activism in nization, In Defense of Animals (IDA), to reach new audi- in 64 days. In 1996, while working in Richmond, CA, the late 1960s and was a ences and inform young and old alike of the abuse of Williamson was shot in the face during an attempted spokesperson for the Indians of elephants in zoos and circuses. She founded a nonprofit robbery. “Coming that close to death, made me focus All Tribes takeover of Alcatraz Is- called JulietteSpeaks. Their mission is to provide a voice more on what I felt was important in my life” he said. Scott land. He joined the American Indian Movement and was for those who cannot speak for themselves, especially speaks after the filmTell it on the Mountain: Stories of the its national chairman from 1973 until 1979. In 1979, his elephants, advocating for public awareness about the PCT, Sunday, 10am at the Vets Hall. mother-in-law, wife, and three children were killed in a sus- issues confronting both captive and wild elephants and picious fire, a tragedy that led him to poetry. He began their protection. She has received numerous awards for putting his poetry to music in 1982, and soon after joined her work as a youth activist, including the Youth Activist of with legendary Kiowa guitarist Jesse Ed Davis to release the Year Award in 2011. Juliette speaks after both show- Our special guests listed above are just a sample of the several albums, including the 1986 release of AKA ings of her film,How I Became an Elephant, on Saturday talented filmmakers, activists, and other incredible folks at Grafitti Man, which Bob Dylan called the best album of evening at Yuba River Charter School and Sunday after- this year’s festival! Check out the workshop listings and the the year. His latest album is Crazier than Hell. John has noon at Oddfellows. Official Selections for additional guests with each film. played roles in major feature films, includingThunderheart 17 OPENING RECEPTIONS - FREE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ HAVEN - FREE Start the festival off with light hors d’oeuvres, local wine, & Come and celebrate with indigenous people from lo- SPECIAL EVENTS beer from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. cal watersheds and all over the world. The Indigenous Friday, 4 - 7pm at Mowen Solinsky Gallery. Peoples’ Haven has information, art, food and events from indigenous groups and activists to educate and inspire! Thursday FRIDAY NIGHT OPENING MUSIC Saturday, 10am - 7pm & Sunday, OPENING ART RECEPTION - FREE Arrive early at the venues on Friday and enjoy music by 10am - 5pm at the Haven Underground. Visit 151 Union Square in Grass Valley for special artist local musicians. See page 21 for a list of musicians. receptions before the 3D film session at the Del Oro FOOD ON THE GO Theatre. For information about the 3D film session, see Look for food booths by Sierra Harvest & Sierra Native pg. 27. Thursday, 4:30 - 6:30pm at 151 Union Saturday Alliance - homemades soups and fry breads. Commer- Square, 151 Mill Street, Grass Valley. YOGA - FREE cial Street, Nevada City. Saturday & Sunday, 8am at Elixart Friday COFFEE TALK - FREE WINE & ART STROLL - TWO LOCATIONS PADDLE ON THE YUBA Journalist Joe Donnelly recently wrote a wonderful feature GRASS VALLEY: Features five tasting rooms: Smith, for Orion Magazine about California’s lone wolf, “OR7,” 151 Union Square, Lucchesi, Avanguardia, & Sierra Starr. A Community whose presence in remote Plumas County has sparked a Conservation Saturday 3 - 5pm, ticket holders receive hot debate. Hear him talk about the lone lobo and what ½ price tastings, $3 per person. And, the fol- Paddle Day it was like to report this story; moderated by Orion staff. Join Rivers for Change lowing restaurants waive their corkage fee for dinner Saturday, 8:30am at the Curly Wolf, Saturday night for wine purchased from one of the tasting and SYRCL for a paddle Nevada City day on the lower Yuba rooms: Trattoria Milano, Cirino’s, Tofanelli’s, The Owl, Kane’s, Sergio’s, The Holbrooke Hotel Dining Room, River. Bring your own boat, WORKSHOPS - FREE lunch, and warm clothes. Meet at 9am at Hammond Gold Rush Burgers/Tex Mex. Learn more about environmental issues and how you can Park. We will unload gear at the put in and then run a help, get filmmaking tips from pros, and more at our Activ- shuttle to the take-out. Paddle goes rain or shine. $10 NEVADA CITY: Take a stroll during the evening break ist Center at Nevada City’s City Hall. Check out pages kids/$15 adults. A rental fee may apply if you need to and sample local wines (& beer at Fest HQ). Enjoy art 24 - 26 for details about the workshops and special rent gear. For more info and to register: rivers- at venues all over town. Separate ticket required for wine panels. Stop by for information from local and regional or- forchange.org tasting, at Fest HQ. Organized by the Nevada City ganizations tabling in the foyer. Saturday & Sunday, Chamber of Commerce and Nevada County Arts. 9:30am - 5pm at Nevada City’s City Hall. Saturday, 4 - 6pm in downtown Nevada City. 18 ART SHOWS - FREE WILD & SCENIC GALA Nevada County is a mecca for talented artists. See page Rub elbows with the festival’s special guests and meet 22 - 23 for a listing of over 40 artists featured at this other film enthusiasts while enjoying wine and gourmet SPECIAL EVENTS year’s festival. Stop by any SYRCL booth or Fest HQ to hors d’oeuvres in the beautiful Nevada City Winery. pick up a special program listing all of our featured artists Saturday, 10pm - 12am at the Nevada City and venues. Winery. Wild & Scenic Youth THE NEW CANADA - FREE LATE NIGHT DANCE PARTY Fun festival events where kids can get Join us for a special presentation by National Geo- Dance to the foot-stomping sounds of Dustbowl Revival. educated and inspired to take care of graphic Explorer and iLCP photographer Paul Colan- For more info, see pg. 22. Saturday, 10pm - 1am the planet! at The Stonehouse. gelo. Saturday, 5 - 6pm at The Stonehouse. Wednesday & Thursday Fest Street Events Wild & Scenic School Program at the Del Oro Theater Thursday STREET 3-D CHALK artist Mark Lewis Wagner set FREE ENTERTAINMENT Family-friendly 3D films at the Del Oro Theater (pg. 27) a Guinness World Record for the largest pavement art. • Acro Yoga Performance & Demo He has 5 pieces of art photographed by satellites, and he’s Friday starting a new • Capoeira Demonstration River trip on the Lower Yuba River (pg. 18) project to create • Interactive Art the first Chalk Saturday Kid Films at the Del Oro Theatre - NEW VENUE (pg. 27) Drawing Park. “Before I Die” Mark works as • Frackalicious puppet shows Sunday a digital artist & interactive booth Family-friendly films at the Nevada Theatre in the morning. with clients that include Pixar/ • On the Turtle Vision Pedal And find Flo for prizes! Details on the next page. One Block of Disney and the Powered Stage, music by: Cousin Cricket, Commercial St. Smithsonian Museum of Natural Norm & Tubby’s Hot Club, Thomas Spellman Closed to Cars for the History. Look for Mark & watch his & Friends, The LipBalms, D’Jango & Kyle, Little Youth Filmmaking at the Festival Fest Weekend! images unfold during the weekend. Violins, SambaDrop (9:30pm Sat) Students from Finding the Good Traveling Semester will be interviewing filmmakers and special guests at Fest HQ. PLUS: Soup from Sierra Harvest, tacos from Sierra Native Alliance & Cafe Mekka Coffee Kiosk

19 BOOK SIGNING - FREE See pg 16 for more info about the author. SPECIAL EVENTS John Muir Laws: Sunday, 2pm at The Earth Store, 310 Broad St, Nevada City Sunday AWARD SCREENINGS COFFEE TALK - FREE A selection of the 2014 Wild & Scenic Film Festival award-winning films will screen at this special event at the Join the star of the filmXmas Without China, Tom Xia, for Nevada Theatre Sunday evening. The lineup is a surprise! a discussion about filmmaking and issues concerning In addition, we announce the winner of the People’s the US and China today. Sunday, 8:30am at the Choice award at this event. A separate ticket is re- Curly Wolf, Nevada City quired for this event; entry not included with any festival pass. ECO TOURS - FREE Sunday, 7:30pm Co-Housing: Take a fun tour of Nevada City’s at the Nevada Theatre. unique co-housing project with architect Chuck Durrett. Meet in front of the Nevada Theatre, LIVE MUSIC 10am Sunday. Close the Festival with live music Trail Walk: Join members of Sierra Streams Institute by The Belfry Brothers. and the Natural History Network, John Muir Laws Sunday, 9pm at the (author of The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Ne- National Hotel. vada), and fellow naturalists for a guided hike along Nevada City’s Deer Creek Tribute Trail. Meet at the front of the Miners Foundry, 12noon Sunday.

JOHN MUIR “IN PERSON” - FREE Find Flo! More info, page 25. Sunday, 10:30am, Elixart Keep your eyes peeled through- AWARDS CEREMONY out the weekend for Flo, the fish about town. The Be the first to learn of the award-winning films and person who records the most Flo sightings will win a art! Limited seating. First come, first served. Enjoy weekend pass to the 2015 festival. Pick up your Barefoot Bubbly from Barefoot Winery. Sunday, scorecard at any SYRCL booth or Fest HQ. 1:15pm in the Stone Hall of the Foundry. 20 Miners Foundry Osborn/ START OFF THE FESTIVAL WEEKEND Woods, 5:30pm with a little music - and ensure a good seat Agony Hill joyfully brings FESTIVAL MUSIC for the films. Complimentary music before together the musicians’ diverse the films comes with your Friday evening musical tastes and backgrounds NC Vets Hall, 6pm ticket. Doors open a few minutes before the to create and share great music. Ishaan Judd combines the natural Their repertoire consists of origi- tone of acoustic instruments with a start times listed below. nal works as well as covers of well-loved songs and hometown vibe. Strong bonds with seldom-heard gems. family and the natural elements inspire his writing that is known to include in- Yuba River Charter School, trospective material. Ishaan was voted 6pm Nevada County’s ‘Best Local Artist’ Nory Fussell moved to Nevada by the Union readers. County 34 years ago because of the Yuba River. His songs reflect Oddfellows Hall, 6pm Nevada Theatre, 6pm the joy, fun and love for life that George Cutter and Robbert Beaucoup Chapeaux has played nearly 400 Yuba blesses us with – songs of Trice play a unique blend of jazz concerts in California and the Pacific Northwest since community and critters, struggles and celebration, eco- style originals and twisted covers. forming in 2009. Uniquely talented with hauntingly nomics and employment. wild music - part Parisian Bistro, part Italian Café and Center for the Arts, altogether eccentric. The Stonehouse, 6pm Grass Valley, 6pm Mignon and Goodshield Andjru Werderitsch has performed on percussion Miners Foundry Stone Hall, Of Filipino and Spanish ancestry, Mignon Geli can and Didjeridu for television, theatre and numerous inter- 6pm flute and drum to all kinds of music including traditional national artists such as Suzanne Teng and Mystic Jour- Aaron Ross’ music focuses on and contemporary native music to folk, rock, jazz, funk, ney, Craig Kohland and Shaman’s Dream, Yuval Ron, the mythical America with its broken and soul. Goodshield Aguilar is a Turtle Island Native and The Open dreams, bucolic family moments of Oglala Lakota and Pasqua Door Orchestra. and unprecedented military power Yoeme heritage. His styles Musician Phil ... but has an ironic and sly thread of humor that’s often range from traditional drumming Garrison joins underestimated. He has earned his place as one of Ne- and singing, to acoustic melo- Andjru for the vada County’s most gifted musicians and songwriters. dies with spoken word, to funky performance. dance grooves to hard rock.

21 Art at Wild & Scenic Featured Artists FESTIVAL MUSIC For the third year we are partnering with Nevada National Geographic Ex- County Arts to show a variety of art from local and visit- plorer and iLCP photogra- Late Night Dance Party ing artists. We’re proud to feature 42 artists in 34 ven- pher Paul Colangelo ues throughout Grass Valley and Nevada City. These showcases a series of @ the Stonehouse artists bring a diversity of mediums and perspectives to wildlife photographs illus- Saturday night, 10pm - 1am $20 bear on the human relationship to our rapidly changing trating Canada’s tangled planet. We invite you to spend some time taking in their web of development and the environmental implica- Dustbowl Revival work throughout the weekend. A Venice, California-based roots collective that merges tions of the nation’s blind race towards northern old school bluegrass, gospel, jug-band, swamp blues Please join us for the following art events: resource development. Paul’s work is displayed at The Stonehouse, and he presents a special talk on and the hot swing of the 1930’s to form a spicy roots Opening Reception Thursday 4:30 - 6:30pm Saturday, 5pm at the same venue. cocktail. Known for their inspired live sets, the Dustbowl 151 Union Square, 151 Mill Street, Grass Valley. Revival boldly brings together Wine & Art Stroll Matt Black’s images explore the hidden human many styles Downtown Nevada City - Saturday, 4 - 6pm cost of cheap food and cheap labor in California’s of traditional Enjoy wine & beer and see the art at variuos venues. Central Valley. He is displaying his images at Fest American mu- Tickets and list of venues at Fest HQ. HQ highlighting the living and working condi- tions for the state’s 450,000 undocumented farm sic. Growing Grass Valley - Saturday, 3 - 5pm laborers. Matt’s film, screens steadily from A great time to check out the 17 artists featured at Harvest of Shadows, Sunday morning at a small string 13 businesses. All five wine tasting rooms The Stonehouse and band playing are offering half price tastings Stop by Fest that afternoon at Yuba up and down during this time! HQ to pick the west coast River Charter School. See page 18 for full details. up a special (hundreds of program with shows in the last two years), DBR has blossomed into a featured artists & venues. traveling collective featuring instrumentation that often Festival Artists includes fiddle, mandolin, trombone, clarinet, trumpet, Betsy Abrams Kelsey Bowen Liz Collins Eryka Fiedler banjo, accordion, tuba, pedal steel, drums, guitars, a Kara Asilanis Greta Broda Jennifer Rain Crosby Linda Galusha bass made from a canoe oar, harmonica and plenty Tristan Berlund LeeAnn Brook John Daly Leland Grammer of washboard and kazoo for good luck. Matt Black Neighborhood Center of the Arts Paul Dessau Karel Hendee Paul Colangelo Ed Hensley dustbowlrevival.com Eileen Blodgett Margie Determan 22 FESTIVAL ART Nevada County Arts is dedicated to the support and promotion of the arts in our beautiful community. They represent and advo- cate for the arts in Nevada County and act as liaison Since 2008 the Ridge Tapestry History to city, county and state government, chambers of com- Project has been a work of many hands, created merce and other regional organizations; they secure to express the history and culture of the San Juan funding to facilitate collaborative projects of benefit to Ridge and its meaning as a place. The tapestries artists and arts and cultural organizations; they collab- are at the Center for the Arts in Grass Valley. orate to increase audiences and support of the arts in Nevada County Nevada County, and they The local organization Radical Art for These artists (from top): Times (RAFTT) presents “The Halves,” a shadow LeeAnn Brook, educate and inspire the puppet show based on the Musicians of Bremen. Louise Preston, community about the value Come pick up a bottle of Frackalicious!, the protest David Mooney, & Margie Determan of the arts. They encourage beverage of choice, and watch the FREE puppet all artists, arts organizations show, Saturday and Sunday, 2 and 3:30pm. They and arts lovers to join in also have a display of their Frackalicious bottles in the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce window their efforts! For more and at 151 Union Square in Grass Valley. information, visit: nevadacountyarts.org

Art awards will be announced at the Awards Ceremony Sunday 1:15pm at the Karin Johnson Margie Miller Radical Art for These Times Andrew Sellery David Wong Stone Hall. Limited seating, pass or David Mooney Ridge Tapestry History Project Mike Shea Peggy Wright Ronald Kenedi Sunday ticket required for entry. Gail Lipson Tahiti Pehrson Kerstin Ronsiek Jane Theobald Alessya Yantsevich Jonathan Lyerly Louise Preston Edward Rotberg Mark Wagner Thank you to our 2014 Art Jury: Bruce Malnor James Pyle Eli Rush Katie Wolff Jane Olsen, Freda Scott, and Juliet Erickson

23 tices to reconnect us to ourselves, each other and the civil disobedience case and his experience with the world. This soulful, experiential workshop creates a larger climate movement. The role of music as a tool of WORKSHOPS - SATURDAY welcoming space for reflection,coupled with synergistic empowerment will be a major focus of the workshop. exercises that awaken our collective power to heal the Bryan Cahall will lead everyone in singing several City Hall, 317 Broad Street, Nevada City world. Join facilitators Mark Dubois, Tania Carlone and empowering movement-focused songs. Saturday, 10am - 5pm FREE TO THE PUBLIC Elizabeth Soderstrom on this internal journey to explore and discover new pathways for a more graceful and Battling to Save Whales in Antarctica Women on the Front Lines of Climate fierce activism. with Sea Shepherd Change Solutions 3:00 - 4:00pm Filmmaker Workshop Matt Kimura, a school teacher from Placerville, CA, trav- 10:00 - 11:00am Your Television is Broken ... Good! eled to Antarctica with the Sea Shepherd Conservation We are headed toward a potential 4 degrees C rise in 12:30 - 1:30pm Society to stop Japanese whalers from illegally slaugh- global temperature over the next decades that will create The impassioned activist all too often makes a mediocre tering whales. As the bosun aboard the vessel “Bob unprecedented havoc for future generations. Women are film and ends up sabotaging their own cause while drain- Barker,” Matt led a 7 person deck team and drove a fast no longer willing to stand by when so much is at stake. ing their and their supporters bank accounts. What parts rigid, hulled inflatable boat through icy seas and among Fierce and compassionate women worldwide are com- did they get wrong? This is a discussion of the direction hostile whaling ships. The Sea Shepherd’s actions during mitted to making a difference in the urgency of climate film is going. (Hint: it’s away from television.) We will pre- that time helped cut the Japanese self-imposed quota by change. Follow as the journey of the Women’s Earth dict the future and examine the new landscape with an over 500 whales. Matt’s presentation will include video, and Climate Action Network (WECAN International) is eye toward empowering success in documentary film, for photographs and first-hand accounts from his Antarctic heating up! Join us for film and discussion with WECAN both the activist and the filmmaker. Award-winning film- campaign. International Founder, Osprey Orielle Lake. maker Michael Brown has made a living from filmmaking for more than twenty-five years. He has learned through Guerrilla Filmmaking Finding the Throughline: making many mistakes that you need to get it right 4:15 - 5:15pm Deepening Activism in a Time or suffer. Founder of the Adventure Film School and lead- Mike Mease, co-founder of the Buffalo Field Campaign of Turbulent Waters er of filmmaking workshops at festivals around the world, (based in West Yellowstone), has become an expert at 11:15 - 12:15pm he is on a mission to encourage better filmmaking - and using guerrilla tactics to get video footage you need. Do you feel overwhelmed or discouraged by the business planning. He’ll talk about sneaking into places you are not allowed, environmental and social justice crises we face? Do you ensuring your video content is not confiscated and most find it hard to connect your passion with action? Do you Music As a Tool For emPOWERment importantly, how to use your video content to become the experience a sense of fatigue, isolation or embattlement 1:45 - 2:45pm number one news source on the issues you are covering. as an activist? If you answered yes to any of these ques- Tim DeChristopher will lead a discussion on building Mike will speak along with some video footage, telling tions, join us for a participatory workshop aimed at lifiting an empowering movement. He will discuss his stories about how to capture and create your own guer- you up and developing awareness of “throughline” prac- experienceDarin McQuoid with the movement that formedRivers around for Change his rilla media. 24 Special Workshops & Presentations JOHN MUIR “IN PERSON” Sunday, 10:30 - 11:30am, Elixart FREE THE NEW CANADA “John Muir: Empowered by Passion” is a dramatic Saturday, 5pm - 6pm, Stonehouse FREE first-person portrayal of John Muir by Don Baldwin, National Geographic Explorer and iLCP photographer Paul Colangelo discusses the current seismic former Resident Minister in Yosemite. Don appears shift in core Canadian values and what it means for one of the largest wilderness areas on earth. annually in Yosemite Valley and tours extensively highlighting the power of Muir’s life and legacy For generations, the vast Canadian in creating parks and protecting wilderness around wilderness has been a celebrated part of the world. national identity, but at the behest of the current federal government, it is now being viewed as a stockpile of natural resources. COFFEE TALKS Paul will share a series of wildlife hotspots 8:30am, The Curly Wolf - FREE tangled in Canada’s web of development Saturday - Journalist Joe Donnelly recently wrote to illustrate the environmental and a wonderful feature for Orion Magazine about Cali- humanitarian implications of the nation’s fornia’s lone wolf, “OR7,” whose presence in remote blind race towards northern resource Plumas County has sparked a hot debate. Moder- development. ated by Orion staff. Sunday - Join the star of the filmXmas Without China, Tom Xia, for a discussion about filmmaking and issues concerning the US and China today. All workshops & presentations, with the exception of those in film sessions, are FREE and open to the public. Enviro Fair Come by the Activist Center to learn about the work of these organizations: • American Rivers • Felidae Conservation Fund • Peace Center • Sierra Club • Wolf Creek Community Alliance • Animal Place • Finding the Good/Synergia • Protect American River Canyons • Sierra Fund • Int’l Women’s Earth & • Bear Yuba Land Trust • Hempstead Project Heart • Rios Libres • Sierra Streams Institute Climate Action Network • Buffalo Field Campaign • International Rivers • San Juan Ridge Taxpayers • Sierra Watch • Woolman Semester • Chickenfoot Ranch • Orion Magazine Assoc. • Wildlife Rehab & Release

25 munity was thrown into controversy. Eighteen years later, Going Underwater to Save Species Nevada County received a proposal to reopen the same 1:45 - 2:45pm WORKSHOPS - SUNDAY goldmine on the San Juan Ridge. This issue affects rural Filmmakers and photographers are increasingly learning communities throughout the Sierra. Come hear community the skills required to convey the beauty and vulnerability leaders from SYRCL, The San Juan Ridge Taxpayers As- City Hall, 317 Broad Street, Nevada City of aquatic ecosystems. Three of the people who are pio- sociation, Twin Ridges School District and neighbors who neering this effort. They will share their lessons, some fas- Sunday, 10am - 4pm FREE TO THE PUBLIC live near the proposed project. Session begins with a film cinating stories of aquatic conservation and some special about the Ridge community and its interdependence with photos and new video clips. Panel: Jeremy Monroe of the watershed, and the extraordinary people who call Creating the Political Will Freshwaters Illustrated (The Lost Fish, Water & Wood and this place home. Panel: Gary Parsons, San Juan Ridge Hidden Rivers of Southern Appalachia), Thomas Dunklin for a Sustainable Climate Taxpayer’s Association; Caleb Dardick, Executive Direc- (Fixing The Earth- One Watershed at at Time and From 10:00 - 11:00am tor, SYRCL; James Berardi, Principal, Grizzly Hill School; The Spawning Grounds) and Vanessa Belz (globalunder- Citizens Climate Lobby is a grassroots advocacy orga- Hank Meals, archaeologist and historian. Moderator: waterexplorers.org). Moderator: Gary Reedy, SYRCL. nization focused on national policies to address climate Debra Weistar, co-director, Finding the Good Traveling change. Learn why James Hansen has said: “If you want Semester, filmmaker, and landowner. Restoring Rivers Through Citizen to join the fight to save the planet, to save creation for Participation in Hydropower Re-licensing your grandchildren, there is no more effective step you Measuring the Impact of Art That Acts could take than becoming an active member of this 3:00 - 4:00pm group.” Panelists include economist Jerry Hinkle (CCL 12:30 - 1:30pm Hundreds of rivers in the United States have hydropower Chad Nicholson, an organizer for the Community Envi- Northern California Regional Coordinator who has lob- projects that are undergoing re-licensing with the Federal ronmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), will speak about bied Congress for 7 years to forward market-based solu- Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and this is a once- a new community rights movement which is emerging tions to the climate crisis), Peter G. Joseph, M.D (trained in-a-lifetime opportunity for river restoration. With some across the United States. CELDF is a nonprofit law firm by former Vice President Al Gore to educate the public focus on the Yuba River watershed, presenters will explain which has assisted over three hundred community groups about the devastating impacts of global warming and how restoration is being achieved with support from con- and municipal governments across the country. This move- CCL Group Leader Marin chapter), and Jennifer Wood servation groups and volunteers. Panelists include Dave ment consists of local communities which are using com- (CCL Group Leader Sacramento). Steindorf (California Stewardship Director for American munity lawmaking power to transition towards economic Whitewater), Amy Lind (Hydroelectic Coordinator for the and environmental sustainability. Nicholson will talk about Tahoe and Plumas National Forests), Amber Villalobos Citizens’ Response to the how communities­ in eight states across the country are us- (Environmental Scientist for the State Water Resources San Juan Ridge Mine ing the law to move towards sustainability, and to elevate Control Board) and Gary Reedy (SYRCL River Science 11:15 - 12:15pm the rights of people, communities, and nature above pow- Program Director). In 1995, a gold mine in a small rural community in the ers claimed by corporations and other governments. South Yuba watershed breached an underground aqui- fer. Eleven private wells went dry overnight and the com- 26 While most of our sessions are loosely themed, we have a handful of sessions that are unique events. Please join us for these special film presentations. SPECIAL FILM PRESENTATIONS

KID FILMS LINE-UP: Elk Grass The Squeekiest Roar The Scared is Scared My First Fish Rock Wall Climbing Stories of TRUST: Calling for Climate Recovery - Montana Stories of TRUST: Calling for Climate Recovery - Iowa Stories of TRUST: Calling for Climate Recovery - Mass. Human Rights Are For Everyone! Titans of the Ice Age Raptor Blues 3D FILMS - THURS. EVE, GRASS VALLEY Silent Voices An Inconvenient Youth Join us for family-friendly 3D films at the Del Oro Theater Sharing the Festival An Inconvenient Youth: Off The Grid in Grass Valley. Visit 151 Union Square for an Opening With Local Schools Reception before the films (see pg. 18 and page 58 for film line-up). Thursday, 7pm, Del Oro Theatre, On Wednesday and Thursday, 1,500 AWARD-WINNING FILMS SCREENING Grass Valley A selection of the 2014 Wild & Scenic Film Festival local students participate in our Wild & award-winning films screen at this special event at the Scenic School Program at the Del Oro SATURDAY MORNING Nevada Theatre’s Sunday night movie series for the Theater in Grass Valley. Two programs KID FILMS third year in a row. Announced to the public earlier Kids of all ages are the same day, the award-winners screening will not designed to meet California state stan- invited to attend the Sat- be announced in advance—the lineup is a surprise . rd urday Morning Kid Films dards are offered. One for K - 3 and In addition, we announce the winner of the People’s th session. $8 for adults or Choice Award at this event. A separate ticket is another focused on 4 - 8 We want to children, and sold (if available) at the box office at the required for this event; entry not included extend a huge thank you to Sierra theater (cash only, please). PLEASE NOTE: Saturday with any festival pass. Sunday, 7:30pm at the Theaters for their generous partnership! Morning Kid Films requires a separate ticket, even if you Nevada Theatre. possess a weekend pass. Buy your ticket early! Saturday, 9:30am-noon, Del Oro - NEW VENUE 27 FILM SELECTION & AWARDS FESTIVAL JURY

Over 400 films were submitted and previewed to select the 125 for The 2014 Awards Jury our 2014 Official Selection. The Program Committee previews the films, evaluates them, and then recommends comes together from throughout the United States, and the films for the final selection. The Festival Producer creates the final program. This committee also helps cre- brings rich and varied experience in film, media, theater ate the “Short List” of films that proceed on to be judged by the Awards Jury. Thank you to the 2014 Program and environmental activism. Many thanks to our pres- Committee, who logged hundreds of hours of film watching: Sean Booth, Carolyn Dardick, Keri Rinne, and tigious jury for the long hours they spend selecting the Stephen Rogness. 2014 Wild & Scenic Awards. The Awards Jury watches a short list of films selected by the Program Committee SPECIAL AWARDS The Festival Producer decides on two awards prior to and the Festival Producer to decide upon the following the festival, the Student Filmmaker Award, given to a promising awards: Best of Festival, Spirit of Activism, Most Inspiring young filmmaker, and the John De Graaf Award for Adventure Film, Best in Theme, Best Short Short and a Environmental Filmmaking, given to a filmmaker who has excelled variety of Jury Awards & Honorable Mentions. Thanks in environmental filmmaking. Each year, the Wild & Scenic Kid’s Jury selects to Szabo Winery for hosting our Awards Jury Lun- cheon in their downtown tasting room. the Best Children’s Film at the Saturday morning Children’s Film Session. The Jury is made up of local elementary and middle school children, many of whom are regular Head Juror, SYRCL volunteers: Emma Garvey (Head Juror), Evan d’Urso, Brandon Derock Chapman, Kailey Derock Chuck Jaffee, likes to plug people into the spirit Chapman,Wes Mooers, Alexandra Whittle, Morgan Margulies, of independent filmmakers. Find Ari Funk, Roxy Blue Dotson, Faye White, and Eve White. links to more than 100 films he has Be the First to Hear! reviewed for The Union newspaper PEOPLES’ CHOICE AWARD Awards Ceremony at startlets.com. Besides selection YOU vote for your favorite film! You’ll receive Sunday, 1:15pm committee and jurying devotions to the Wild & Scenic, he has done one ballot with your festival ticket. Ballot boxes are located at Miners Foundry each venue, and ballots are due by the end of the film sessions the same for the Nevada City Film Festival. At startlets. on Sunday. The winner will be announced Sunday evening at Seating is first come, first served com, you can also link to his Oscars prediction newsletter, the Nevada Theatre at the special screening of award winning Barefoot Winery serves their which he’s been doing for more than 30 years. films. The winner will also be announced on our website and in a “Barefoot Bubbly” PLEASE NOTE: We strive for balanced and well-rounded films with press release on Tuesday, January14. Gold Medal-winning Champagne a multitude of perspectives. These perspectives do not necessarily represent the views of SYRCL. 28 Sherry Bartolucci Madeline is a California native and UCLA Cantwell is the FESTIVAL JURY graduate who served with the Managing Director of Orion FESTIVAL JURY Peace Corps in Peru teaching magazine, which explores management to the emerging the connection between Steve Shor has middle class. She has been the nature and culture and seeks over 25 years experience President of two small manage- to inspire new thinking about in casting, production and ment consulting companies and how humanity might live justly, management postions, and the Chief Administrative Officer for the Gordon and sustainably, and joyously on most recently worked at Co- Betty Moore Foundation and Executive Vice President Earth. Before starting at Orion lumbia/TriStar Pictures. He for the Bank of America. Sherry is currently the President she had worked for public broadcasting and for several has served on the boards of of Music in the Mountains’ Board of Directors. She small environmental and agricultural nonprofits. Madeline the Earth Communications is also the owner of SLB Farms, LLC, a Morgan show has a background in sustainable development and food Office, Friends of the River, horse business where her horses have earned over two security and serves on the board of Equity Trust, which American Oceans Campaign and Heal the Bay. dozen World and National titles. promotes equitable and sustainable approaches to land Steve is the programmer for both the Sonoma Interna- ownership, particularly in the areas of agriculture and tional and the Newport Beach Film Festivals, and also Michael Brown has affordable housing. is currently an independent producer with a variety of climbed to the top of two of projects in development. the world’s most demanding Roger Hicks is a found- professions. As a world-class Steve Katz is Publisher for mountaineer, he has summited ing member of SYRCL and was the organization’s spokesperson, Mother Jones. He joined MoJo Mount Everest five times. As a then board president for 15 of after serving as Vice President three-time Emmy award-winning the first 16 years. Roger contin- of Development for Earthjustice, filmmaker, he has made over ues to serve on the board, is an the nation’s leading non-profit fifty expeditions with cameras integral part of the Festival Com- environmental law firm. Steve rolling. Michael has made a habit of going to the world’s mittee, and returns to the Jury for has experience working in the harshest, most dangerous environments - the South Pole, the 4th year. He is Medical Di- fields of journalism, environmental the North Face of the Eiger, and 1,500 feet underground rector at Yubadocs Urgent Care, which he founded with advocacy, the arts, social justice, - and always comes back with incredible footage and his wife, Linda Rachmel. He’s passionate about rivers, and neighborhood-based housing development. He compelling stories. Outside Magazine describes him as a salmon, healthcare reform, and the Wild & Scenic Film co-founded The Media Consortium, a network of more “swashbuckling librarian”, and Men’s Journal calls him “a Festival. His film credits includeSicko . (Actually, that’s still than 60 progressive, independent media organizations master of gut-dropping action.” He also founded Outside his only one.) based in North America. Adventure Film School. 29 Shifted The Scared is Scared Revolution Tell It on the Mountain - The Squeekiest Roar Sacred Headwaters Stories of the Pacific Crest Trail Silent Voices FILMS BY ISSUE & GENRE The Joy of Air Snows of the Nile The Sensei Energy/Climate Stories of TRUST: Calling for Climate Activism Valhalla Change/Resources Recovery - TRUST Iowa A World On Notice: Women at the Walk On Water A Boom With No Boundaries Stories of TRUST: Calling for Climate Frontlines of Climate Change A Brief History of the 5cent Bag Tax Recovery - TRUST Massachusetts Beyond Reclaimed Backyard Stories of TRUST: Calling for Climate Buffalo Battle Animation Bringing it Home Recovery - TRUST Montana Gregg Treinish, A MoveShake Story Elk Grass Damocracy Switch Harvest of Shadows Two Wheels Good Gasland II The Price of Sand Honor the Treaties The Story of Solutions Idle Threat Uranium Drive-In Human Rights Are For Everyone! Momenta Sharing of the Heart: Conversations at Pandora’s Promise IWECI Summit 2013 - Jane Goodall Children’s Films Power to The People Food An Inconvenient Youth The Great Vacation Squeeze Powerless COMPOST-a-lujah! An Inconvenient Youth: Off The Grid What if Cannabis Cured Cancer Food for Change Who Rules the Earth? GMO OMG Growing Cities More Than Honey Adventure Occupy The Farm A Life Well Lived/Jim Whitaker Cascada Down The Line Global Perspective Glacier Caves: Mt. Hood’s Secret World Secrets of the Mongolian Archers High Altitude Fish Hunters Tahoe Time 1.5 High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 The Lightbulb Conspiracy Into The Mind Xmas Without China K2 Siren of the Himalayas Maidentrip North of the Sun Health One Day in Yosemite SLOMO Push It Unacceptable Levels Rock Wall Climbing Ryan’s Stories Noah Musher Antarctica 3D

30 Indigenous Perspectives El Campo es Vida Fixing The Earth One Watershed at a Time WORLD PREMIERE FILMS From the Spawning Grounds A World On Notice: Women at the Musicwood Frontlines of Climate Change Reynaldo Standing on Sacred Ground: Fire and Ice Beyond Reclaimed Standing on Sacred Ground: Buffalo Wild Islands of Sanctuary Environmental Lawyers Standing on Sacred Ground: & the Protection of Sharks Pilgrims and Tourists Standing on Sacred Ground: Profit & Loss Fixing The Earth One Watershed at a Time The Lost Fish: The Struggle to Save From the Ground to the Clouds Pacific Lamprey From the Spawning Grounds The Strong People Sacred Headwaters Vultures of Tibet The Great Vacation Squeeze Harvest of Shadows The Last Ocean Wildlife Long Live the King Land Preservation Trashed Blackfish Dying Green Buffalo Wild Momenta Sage Steppes: 800 Miles on the Bug People My First Fish Oregon Desert Trail Water/River Issues Fall Run Occupy The Farm Yosemite: A Gathering of Spirit Field Spotlight: Monique Pool Fighting the Futaleufu On The Edge, Antarctica 3D Hidden Rivers of Southern Appalachia From the Ground to the Clouds I Am Red Great White Shark Restoring Hope Oceans Long Live the King How I Became an Elephant Sage Steppes: 800 Miles Environmental Lawyers Lost Rivers My First Fish on the Oregon Desert Trail and the Protection of Sharks Raptor Blues Paramos: Water for Life Sharing of the Heart: Conversations at Field Spotlight: Nan Hauser Return to the Tepuis Powell to Powell: Portraits of the Upper CO IWECI Summit 2013 - Jane Goodall Field Spotlight: President Anote Tong Remains of a River: From Source to Sea Right Now: Living with Mountain Lions Fishing Pono: Living In Harmony With The Sea Down the Colorado Running Wild: The Life of Dayton O. Hyde Tahoe Time 1.5 On The Edge, Antarctica 3D Restoring Hope Team Network: Badru’s Story Water Lovin’ Nudies Plastic Paradise Titans of the Ice Age Water & Wood Who Rules the Earth? Scientific Whaling vs. Cultural Whaling Wild & Scenic North Fork American River Water Lovin’ Nudies Sharks In My Viewfinder We Are Rhino Wild & Scenic North Fork American River Stand Wings of Life 31 A = Adventure N = Narrative E = Environmental EA = Environmental Adventure AN = Animation K = Kids D = Documentary L = Local S = Student C = in Competition 2014 OFFICIAL SELECTION A Boom With No Boundaries anniversary of his historic summit of Everest. sionate women worldwide are committed mainstream media and UN negotiators. Andrew Satter, Jessica Goad (USA, 2013, 4min, A) to making a difference in the urgency of But now there is a vibrant global youth cli- WEST COAST PREMIERE IN PERSON: Eric Becker climate change. Join the journey as the mate movement making changes! (Canada, VETS HALL, SAT MORN Women’s Earth and Climate Action Net- 2013, 11min, K) The Bakken oil boom in North Dakota has A World On Notice: Women at the work (WECAN International) is heating up! brought much-needed jobs and economic Frontlines of Climate Change (USA, 2013, 9min, E) An Inconvenient Youth: Off the Grid development to the region. But the fast pace Terra Nyssa, Osprey Orielle Lake IN PERSON: Terra Nyssa, Slater Jewell-Kemker of the drilling has caused many problems, WORLD PREMIERE Osprey Orielle Lake DEL ORO, SAT MORN including industrial-scale impacts on Theo- STONEHOUSE, FRI EVE Director Slater Jewell-Kemker continues her dore Roosevelt National Park and the land We are headed toward a potential 4 An Inconvenient Youth mission to empower young people to take surrounding it. (USA, 2013, 5min, E) degrees Celsius rise in global temperature Slater Jewell-Kemker action against climate change. (Canada, IN PERSON: Andrew Satter over the next decades that will create DEL ORO, SAT MORN 2013, 2min, K) unprecedented havoc for our children and For too long, young people—the very A Brief History of the 5cent Bag Tax future generations. Women are no longer people whose lives will be most affected Backyard Craig Schattner, Adam Walker, willing to stand by when so much is at stake. by the consequences of climate change— Deia Schlosberg Emil Superfin Women are on the front lines of climate have been condescended to, or just plain CALIFORNIA PREMIERE MF STONE HALL, SAT AFT change solutions. Fierce and compas- ignored by governments, corporations, VETS HALL, SAT MORN ODDFELLOWS, SUN MORN Meet five people in four states, all with very When your city is overflowing with plastic different backgrounds and perspectives, bags, how will you react? Jack Green, but all at odds with the natural gas extrac- head of the Department of the Environment, tion occurring around them. Despite their is on a mission to rid the city of its plastic differences, unnerving similarities emerge bag scourge. First Place, American Univer- from their shared experiences with the mas- sity Eco-Comedy Competition (USA, 2013, sive unseen entity that is “the industry.” Best 2min, E) Student Film, American Conservation FF; Audience Choice, Element FF (USA, 2013, A Life Well Lived/Jim Whittaker 27min, E) Eric Becker IN PERSON: Deia Schlosberg MF OSBORN/WOODS, SAT EVE NEVADA THEATRE, SUN AFT Legendary Mountaineer Jim Whittaker talks risk, beauty, and adventure on the 50th Down the Line 32 Beyond Reclaimed ranches and the troubles begin. James Q Martin, Chris Cresci, The embattled animals have John Tveten a lone advocate—The Buffalo WORLD PREMIERE Field Campaign. This diverse STONEHOUSE, SAT EVE group of volunteers risks every- MF OSBORN/WOODS, thing, including their lives, to SUN AFT protect these animals from cer- The Flagstaff community be- tain destruction for doing what comes enlightened to the com- they have done for hundreds plex issues associated with the of years: roaming freely. (USA, use of reclaimed water. Utilizing 2011, 43min, E) captivating footage of the city Fall Run IN PERSON: Mike Mease and interviews with local profes- sionals, the film communicates Bringing it Home the need for sound water policy and con- Linda Booker, Blaire Johnson Buffalo Wild servation in this Arizona town. (US, 2013, NEVADA THEATRE, SAT EVE Mike Mease, Buffalo Field Campaign 10min, E) ODDFELLOWS, SUN MORN US PREMIERE IN PERSON: James Q Martin, Hemp - it’s not just for hippies anymore. To- NEVADA THEATRE, SAT EVE John Tveten day they’re using it in everything from salad VETS HALL, SUN MORN dressings to buildings. Industrial hemp is ac- This music video based on a poem by Blackfish tually a non-psychoactive plant, grown in 31 John Trudell takes you on the historical ride Gabriela Cowperthwaite, John other countries, but prohibited to farm in the America’s buffalo have traveled. (USA, Hargrove, John Jett, Carol Ray, Jeffrey U.S.A. where it could be a money-making 2013, 4min, E) Ventre, Samantha Berg, Mark Simmons crop for farmers and create jobs. So why IN PERSON: John Trudell, Mike Mease, VETS HALL, SAT EVE can’t we grow it here? Best Environmental Trinidad Goodshield, Mignon Geli A veteran trainer at Florida’s Sea World Film, Chagrin Documentary FF (USA, 2013, lost her life when she was attacked by the 52min, D) Bug People park’s killer whale, Tilikum. This wasn’t the IN PERSON: Anna Owen Paul Meyers first death by this animal in captivity. The film CENTER FOR THE ARTS, SAT is a powerful and provocative look at a re- Buffalo Battle Bugs for lunch anyone? For some of us, markable breed of animals we still don’t fully Tom Rogan the mere thought of insects (especially understand, and how the financial interests STONEHOUSE, SAT AFT eating them) is enough to make our flesh of water parks may run counter to the best When the last herd of free roaming buffalo crawl–literally. This playful essay film blends interests of the animals they put on display. in the US wanders outside of Yellowstone animation and macro photography to cre- (US, 2013, 80min, D) boundaries following natural grazing in- ate a comic yet compelling study of one of stincts, it comes into contact with local cattle our most primal fears. Programmers Award, 33 A = Adventure N = Narrative E = Environmental EA = Environmental Adventure out is down. Best of Fest, Fernie Mountain AN = Animation K = Kids D = Documentary L = Local S = Student C = in Competition FF (Canada, 2012, 22min, A)

Sebastopol Documentary FF; Jury Award, ‘green’ energy, this film looks at two dams Dying Green Black Maria Film & Video Fest (USA, 2013, in Amazonia and Mesopotamia. Should Ellen Tripler 15min, D) climate change solutions include the destruc- CALIFORNIA PREMIERE tion of “the lungs of the Earth” and “the MF OSBORN/WOODS, SAT MORN Cascada cradle of civilization”? (Brazil & Turkey, Set in the foothills of the Appalachians, Anson Fogel, Shannon Ethridge 2012, 34min, E) this film explores one man’s vision of using YUBA RIVER CS, FRI EVE IN PERSON: Jason Rainey green burials to conserve land. The efforts YUBA RIVER CS, SUN AFT of one small town doctor have radically Tangled vines. Endless rain. Dodgy hotel Down The Line changed our understanding of burials in the rooms. Mud. Biting flies. Aggressive viruses... Francois-Xavier De Ruydts US. Student Oscar, Academy of Motion Is this a vacation? It is a hunt for the perfect CALIFORNIA PREMIERE Picture Arts & Sciences’ Student Academy waterfall. Best Cinematography, 5 Point FF; MF OSBORN/WOODS, SAT Awards; Best Student Documentary & Best Educational Content, Montana CINE Int’l Jury Award, Festival Image Montagne Pau EVENING KLEANKANTEEN.COM (USA, 2013, 8min, A) A handful of dedicated Vancouverites are FF (USA 2013, 23min, N) bringing a new outdoor sport to BC - Cany- IN PERSON: Ellen Tripler COMPOST-a-lujah! oneering. None of these canyons have ever Christopher Paetkau, Trevor Gill been explored, and once in, the only way El Campo es Vida ODDFELLOWS, SAT EVE Bridget Besaw VETS HALL, SUN AFT CALIFORNIA PREMIERE Let’s face it: composting isn’t the ODDFELLOWS, SAT EVE most glamorous of topics or ac- Javier Vera is a third generation tivities. It can be dirty, rotten, and gaucho living in Patagonia, smelly. But it doesn’t have to be. Chile - a region that has Meet Linda Olsen - master com- deteriorated significantly due poster. (Canada, 2012, 3min, E) to agricultural use by previ- IN PERSON: Christopher ous generations of gauchos. Paetkau, Trevor Gill While maintaining a traditional GET THE REAL STORY ON lifestyle, Javier is one of many POLITICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT Damocracy young locals working in con- Todd Southgate, Tolga Temuge, servation-based tourism initia- Doga Dernegi tives across Patagonia that are SUBSCRIBE FOR ONLY $1O STONEHOUSE, SAT MORN serving as new models for con- Field Spotlight: Monique Pool MOTHERJONES.COM/WSFF Exposing the myth of dams as serving the region’s wild lands. 34 Finalist, Banff Mountain FF Field Spotlight: (USA, 2013, 10min, D) IN PERSON: Bridget Monique Pool Peter Stonier, John Martin, Besaw Becca Field, Sebastian Perry Elk Grass YUBA RIVER CS, Abbey Luck, SAT EVE Pete Van Leeuwen Monique Pool, founder of WEST COAST PREMIERE the Green Heritage Fund DEL ORO, SAT MORN Suriname, finds herself “sloth- ODDFELLOWS, SAT EVE ified” after an area of forest Told in an abstract and in Suriname is cut down. dreamy manner, this ani- Monique rescues more mated music video lets the Glacier Caves, photo by Brent McGregor than 200 animals, mostly viewer float in and out sloths, and brings them to through space around the an emergency shelter, which lonely mountain, Elk Mountain, capturing also happens to be her home. Finalist, My the serenity and isolation inherent in nature. Fall Run Hero International Short FF (Suriname/USA, (USA, 2013, 2min, AN) Todd Moen STONEHOUSE, SAT EVE 2013, 6min, E) S I E R R A Environmental Lawyers Hooking and landing a steelhead on a fly is not easy. It is arguably the most difficult FoodWineArt and the Protection of Sharks type of fly fishing in the world. This story Field Spotlight: Nan Hauser SierraCulture.com Jeff Litton belongs to the brave steelhead himself. He Peter Stonier, John Martin, Becca Field, WORLD PREMIERE makes his way, half-way across the world Sebastian Perry The region’s Go-To Guide ODDFELLOWS, SAT AFT with predators on his tail, safely to swim up VETS HALL, SAT EVE for Food, Wine, Art & Sharks are amazing animals that provide this tiny inland river where he meets, in a Nan Hauser is a marine biologist and Destination Travel healthy ocean ecosystems, and a billion dol- brief encounter, two ecstatic anglers and a Conservation International Marine Fellow lar dive industry. Yet 3 sharks are removed very patient camera lens. One spectacular who studies whales and dolphins. Discover from our oceans every second, and Planet adventure always leads to another … and how through love, devotion, and sheer Earth can’t keep up. While supply and de- this is it. (USA, 2013, 15min, EA) force of personality Nan has been making mand mean life or death for shark species, IN PERSON: Todd Moen a massive difference, using her research to this innovative film targets environmental law- keep the oceans blue. First Place, My Hero yers as the key players to stop illegal fishing, International Short FF (Cook Islands/USA, Visit our new and bring about environmental justice for 2013, 6min, E) sharks. (Ecuador, 2013, 13min, E) mobile website! m.sierraculture.com IN PERSON: Jeff Litton 35 A = Adventure N = Narrative E = Environmental EA = Environmental Adventure Fixing The Earth - AN = Animation K = Kids D = Documentary L = Local S = Student C = in Competition One Watershed at a Time Thomas B. Dunklin Field Spotlight: President Anote Tong Fishing Pono: Living In Harmony WORLD PREMIERE STONEHOUSE, SAT AFT Peter Stonier, John Martin, Becca Field, With The Sea Sebastian Perry The Yurok Tribe’s Fisheries Program uses Mary Lambert, Teresa Tico ancient cultural ethics to manage and re- MF OSBORN/WOODS, SAT AFT WEST COAST PREMIERE store the Chinook and coho salmon of the President Anote Tong of the Republic of STONEHOUSE, SAT MORN Kiribati, a Pacific Island nation, is leading Klamath River. This film presents the historic Native Hawaiians on the island of Molokai context of the tribe’s struggle to affirm their the formation of the Pacific Oceanscape — use traditional conservation methods to an action plan for marine conservation that fishing rights and to fully participate in the restore their fishing grounds.The commercial management of Klamath fisheries today and impacts almost 40 million square kilometers exploitation of Pacific fisheries leaves no (more than 15 million square miles), a terri- into the future. (USA, 2013, 19min, E) room for doubt that current practices are un- IN PERSON: Thomas Dunklin tory larger than Canada, the United States sustainable and will leave nothing for future and Mexico combined. (Kiribati/USA, generations. This inspiring story celebrates Food for Change 2012, 5min, E) local fisherman Mac Poepoe and how one Steve Alves Open 7 days a week (530) 274-5020 yubadocs.com community turned the tide on a seemingly YUBA RIVER CS, SAT MORN Fighting For The Futaleufú doomed resource.(USA, 2013, 26min, D) Stephanie Haig, Darrell Lorentzen The little-known story of the cooperative IN PERSON: Mary Lambert, Teresa Tico movement in the US dates back to the STONEHOUSE, SAT EVE Great Depression. This alternative economic YUBA RIVER CS, SUN AFT Own A Piece of In the 1980’s boaters successfully model is now experiencing a navigated the Futaleufu river in resurgence in response to the Chile, and eco-tourism flourished, recent market crash, widening Paradise bringing vibrant opportunities wealth disparity, and the consoli- and jobs to the community. Local dation of the food industry. (USA, activists and boaters now fight to 2013, 84min, D) IN PERSON: Steve Alves preserve this unique river and its community … a fight, too, for the future of Chilean Patagonia. Best From the Ground to the Clouds Short Documentary, Rockport FF; Denise Zmekhol Environmental Award, Mt Hood WORLD PREMIERE License # 00873741 FF (USA, 2013, 16min, D) MF STONE HALL, SAT EVE www. IN PERSON: Stephanie Haig Fifty years ago Jane Goodall set NevadaCounty4Sale out to study the wild chimpanzees GMO OMG .com of Tanzania with little more 36 than a pair of second-hand Glacier Caves: Mt. Hood’s binoculars, some pencils and Secret World a notebook. Now her team Ed Jahn, Amelia Templeton, uses mobile devices, satellite Andy Maser, Steve Amen, imagery and cloud-based Hayden Peters, mapping technologies to Katie Campbell, Todd Son- create a comprehensive picture flieth Selling the of the conservation challenges CALIFORNIA PREMIERE in the Congo Basin. This YUBA RIVER CS, SAT AFT Highest Quality transformational approach to After rappelling 15 stories into habitat conservation is part of a a hole in Oregon’s Sandy Gla- Natural & Organic global effort to monitor natural cier, adventurers encounter a resources … and is giving hope mile of caves and tunnels laced Products! to the endangered chimpanzee with waterfalls, whitewater, Hidden Rivers of Southern Appalachia populations. (Tanzania, 2013, towering ice sculptures and 8min, D) Soil in Good Heart otherworldly light. It’s the largest VISIT US IN: IN PERSON: Denise Zmekhol Gasland II glacier cave system outside of Alaska … SACRAMENTO Josh Fox, Trish Adlesic, Deborah Wallace but the caves are disappearing fast, as the From The Spawning Grounds US PREMIERE northwest’s glaciers retreat due to climate 4315 ARDEN WAY Thomas B. Dunklin MF OSBORN/WOODS, FRI EVE change. (USA, 2013, 31min, D) 916.488.2800 WORLD PREMIERE NEVADA THEATRE, FRI EVE ROSEVILLE STONEHOUSE, SAT MORN Taking a deeper look at the dangers of GMO OMG YUBA RIVER CS, SUN AFT fracking, Part 2 of this popular film explores Jeremy Seifert, Josh Kunau, Jill Latiano 1001 GALLERIA BLVD. Plunge into the clear cold water of the Salm- this controversial method of extracting natu- ODDFELLOWS, SAT EVE 916.781.5300 on River and get a fish-eye view of the river ral gas and oil, now occurring on a global MF OSBORN/WOODS, SUN AFT FOLSOM and its inhabitants. The underwater footage level, in 32 countries worldwide. The gas Who controls the future of your food? The of salmon and steelhead is accompanied industry portrays natural gas as a clean corporate takeover of our food system 270 PALLADIO PKWY. by a song and poem from Karuk artist Brian and safe alternative - but is it if fracked wells could mean the loss of humanity’s most pre- 916.984.8500 D. Tripp. (USA, 2011, 3min, E) leak over time, contaminating water and air, cious and ancient inheritance: seeds. The IN PERSON: Thomas B. Dunklin NEW LOCATION! hurting families, and endangering the earth’s film follows one family’s struggle to live and climate with the potent greenhouse gas, eat without participating in an unhealthy, DAVIS methane? Best Documentary, Environmental unjust, and destructive food system. Is there 500 1st STREET Media Awards (USA, 2013, 125min, D) still time to reclaim the food system’s purity, 530.750.2266 IN PERSON: Debra Winger protect biodiversity and save ourselves? www.wholefoodsmarket.com (US, 2013, 84min, D)

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A = Adventure N = Narrative E = Environmental EA = Environmental Adventure Harvest of Shadows AN = Animation K = Kids D = Documentary L = Local S = Student C = in Competition Matt Black WORLD PREMIERE STONEHOUSE, SAT MORN Great White Shark 3-D Growing Cities YUBA RIVER CS, SUN AFT Luke Cresswell, Steve McNicholas, D.J. Dan Susman, Andrew California has the nation’s richest agricul- Roller, Don Kempf, David Marks Monbouquette tural regions and an estimated 450,000 DEL ORO, THURS EVE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PREMIERE undocumented farm laborers currently work Misrepresented, maligned and on the verge ODDFELLOWS, SAT MORN in the state. This short highlights the Central of extinction, the great white shark is an VETS HALL, SUN AFT Valley’s farm fields and small towns, shar- iconic predator: the creature we love to fear. From rooftop farmers to backyard beekeep- ing interviews that shed light on the lives of The film explores the great white’s place in ers, Americans are growing food like never these communities of people. Indiewire Proj- our imaginations, in our fears and in the real- before. Hear inspiring stories of intrepid ur- ect of the Month (USA, 2013, 8min, D) ity of its role at the top of the oceanic food ban farmers, innovators, and everyday city- IN PERSON: Matt Black chain. (USA, 2013, 40min, D) dwellers who are challenging the way this country grows and distributes its food. From Hidden Rivers of Southern Appalachia Gregg Treinish, A MoveShake Story those growing food in backyards to make Jeremy Monroe, David Herasimtschuk Alexandria Bombach ends meet, to educators teaching kids to eat WEST COAST PREMIERE CALIFORNIA PREMIERE healthier, viewers discover urban farmers VETS HALL, SAT MORN MF OSBORN/WOODS, SAT EVE are harvesting a whole lot more than just YUBA RIVER CS, SUN AFT MF OSBORN/WOODS, SUN MORN good food. (USA, 2013, 59min, D) Biodiversity. It’s in the rivers of the Amazon, National Geographic’s Adventurer of the IN PERSON: Dan Susman the jungles of Borneo, the coral reefs of Year, Gregg Treinish, combined his passion Belize... oh, and the creeks of for adventure, his deep interest and Tennessee. That’s right, southern education in wildlife biology, and Appalachia is a little-known hotspot three seconds of courage to found for aquatic life and is home to some Adventurers and Scientists for Con- wildly diverse fish, mussels, sala- servation. A year of unpaid work manders, crayfish and other critters. and complete dedication was fol- Southerners are finding new ways to lowed by a wave of support that is explore and celebrate this precious continuing to grow. Moving Moun- life. (USA, 2013, 4min, D) tains Award, Telluride MountainFilm IN PERSON: Jeremy Monroe (USA, 2013, 15min, D) IN PERSON: Alexandria Bombach Plastic Paradise 38 High Altitude Fish Hunters the globe and face to face with Sam Bricker, Nathan Ward, the gentle giants she aims to Claude DeMoss save. Many awards, including, VETS HALL, SAT MORN River Quest Award, Silent River Join adventurers as they hike FF; Best Doc, Sausolito Int’l FF above treeline with blow-up and Kingston FF (USA/Thai- SUP boards and camo disguis- land, 2010, 82min, D) es all to flyfish for Colorado’s IN PERSON: Juliette West Greenback Cutthroats. (USA, 2012, 5min, A) Human Rights Are For Everyone High and Hallowed: Wide Angle Youth Media’s Everest 1963 Baltimore Speaks Out! David Morton, Jake Norton, Remains of a River Program Jim Aikman WEST COAST PREMIERE MF OSBORN/WOODS, SAT EVE DEL ORO, SAT MORN NEVADA THEATRE, Honor the Treaties Students in Wide Angle Youth Media’s Eric Becker SUN AFT Baltimore Speaks Out! Program created STONEHOUSE, SAT MORN This is about one of the greatest climbs in this short animation to draw attention to the YUBA RIVER CS, SUN AFT American mountaineering history ... the importance of human rights. All people, Photographer Aaron Huey fights for Na- 1963 Mount Everest Expedition. Narrated no matter who they are or when they live, tive American rights on the Pine Ridge by bestselling author and Everest veteran deserve to have equal access to the social, Reservation. The film explores the idea that Jon Krakauer, the film examines the sheer physical, environmental, and educational re- journalists often “get the story wrong.” NW commitment and impact of the first American sources that allow for health and happiness. Regional Emmy; Activism Award, Adventure ascent of Everest. Five decades later, we Best Short Made By Young Adults, Chicago FF (USA, 2012, 14min, D) journey back to discover if the essence of Int’l Children’s FF; Kids First Award, Media IN PERSON: Eric Becker risk, adventure and the unknown that drew that Matters (USA, 2011, 3min, AN) the first Americans to the summit still exists on the mountain today. Best Climbing Film, Ad- How I Became an Elephant I Am Red Tim Gorski, Synthian Sharp venture FF; Best Adventure Film, Mt. Hood Pete McBride YUBA RIVER CS, SAT EVE Independent FF (USA, 2013, 48min, D) YUBA RIVER CS, FRI EVE ODDFELLOWS, SUN AFT YUBA RIVER CS, SAT EVE Follow Juliette West, a wide-eyed fourteen MF STONE HALL, SUN AFT year-old from suburban California, on her The Colorado River runs 1,450 miles across quest to save the world’s largest land mam- seven states and two countries supplying mals; a quest that takes her halfway across water for 36 million people. 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A = Adventure N = Narrative E = Environmental EA = Environmental Adventure Long Live the King AN = Animation K = Kids D = Documentary L = Local S = Student C = in Competition Cory Luoma WORLD PREMIERE sea for six million years but has not kissed to attain them? Film of the Year, Best Editing STONEHOUSE, SAT MORN the ocean since the late 1990s. (USA, & Best Cinematography, IF3 VETS HALL, SAT MORN 2013, 4min, E) (USA, 2013, 85min, A) Returning numbers of salmon have been is PROUD dropping steadily, with rivers and regions to support Idle Threat K2: Siren of the Himalayas across the state seeing some of the lowest George Pakenham, Kimball Tran Dave Ohlson, Jason Reid, returns ever. It is forcing Alaska Fish and MF OSBORN/WOODS, SAT AFT Andy McDonough Game officials to close or severely limit MF STONE HALL, SUN MORN YUBA RIVER CS, SAT AFT fishing around the state. In addition, what the 2014 Idling engines consume more than 6 billion It is the 100-year anniversary of the land- is starting to seem like an all out war on gallons of gasoline annually in the U.S., a mark K2 expedition … rope in and follow salmon—mining, dams, hatcheries and the C Wild & Scenic significant but little-known contributor to local world-class climbers in a breathtaking state government are all marching forward air pollution, respiratory disease and global high-altitude mountaineering experience. in opposition of Alaska’s treasured salmonM Film Festival climate change. This film is a lively look The documentary examines the history and resource. For many, this is an attack on Y at one man’s spirited struggle to improve geography of the Karakoram mountains religion, not just a fish. (USA, 2014, 15min, public health by raising awareness about while contemplating the risks, rewards and EA) CM idling’s impact, starting in New York City. personal nature of exploration in an age MY (USA, 2012, 37min, E) when there are few blank spots left on the Lost Rivers CY IN PERSON: George Pakenham map. (Pakistan, 2012, 75min, A) Caroline Bâcle, Katarina Soukup NEWS CMY NORTHERN 88.1 FM Quincy Into The Mind CALIFORNIA PREMIERE K 90.9 FM Sacramento Eric Crosland, Dave Mossop, STONEHOUSE, SAT EVE Malcolm Sangster Nearly every major city was 90.5 FM Tahoe/Reno MF STONE HALL, FRI EVE built near the convergence 91.3 FM Stockton/Modesto NEVADA THEATRE, of many rivers. As cities grew SUN AFT with the Industrial Revolution, MUSIC Experience the majesty of these rivers became conduits 88.9 FM Sacramento

Alaska, Bolivia, the Himalaya for disease and pollution. The 88.7 FM Sutter/Yuba City and beyond, and dive into the 19th-century solution was to 91.7 FM Groveland/Sonora mind of a common skier as he bury them underground and attempts the ultimate mountain. merge them with the sewer Why are we inspired to rise to systems. But many rivers still run LICENSED TO the challenges in our lives and through today’s metropolises what do we learn on this journey Return to the Teupis … and they do so out of sight. 40 Follow these hidden waterways around the Momenta More Than Honey Musicwood world and meet the people dedicated to Andy Miller, Robin Moore, Jeremy Markus Imhoof, Helmut Grasser, Thomas Maxine Trump, Josh Granger exploring and exposing them. (Canada, Jones, Chris Steinkamp, Ed Lewis, Kufus, Pierre Allan-Meier, Sonja NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PREMIERE 2013, 72min, E) Eric Wallis Scheider, Will Turner MF STONE HALL, SAT MORN WORLD PREMIERE ODDFELLOWS, SAT MORN A modern twist on a classic story; a culture Maiden Trip ODDFELLOWS, FRI EVE NEVADA THEATRE, SUN MORN clash of staggering proportions, where age- Jillian Schlesinger MF STONE HALL, SUN MORN Oscar-nominated director Markus Imhoof old land disputes upend our simplistic view CENTER FOR THE ARTS, FRI EVE The Pacific Northwest is at a crossroads - tackles the vexing issue of why bees, of the past. World-famous guitar-makers MF STONE HALL, SUN AFT do we go the way of dirty coal, or do we worldwide, are facing extinction. With the travel into a primeval rain forest to negotiate 14-year-old Laura Dekker sets out—with cam- say ‘NO!’? The choice is clear: It’s time to tenacity of a man out to solve a world-class with Native American loggers before it’s too era in hand—on a two-year voyage in pursuit embrace innovation, move away from fossil mystery, he investigates this global phenom- late for acoustic guitars. Acoustic musicians of her dream to be the youngest person to fuels, and ignite the clean energy economy. enon, through exquisite macro-photography (Steve Earle, Kaki King, etc) provide a mov- of the bees. This is a strange and strangely sail around the world alone. Laura finds her- The film is narrated by world-renowned ing soundtrack. The result is a funny, com- self far from land and family, exploring the moving film that raises questions of species climber, Conrad Anker, and features environ- survival in cosmic as well as apiary terms. plex and heartbreaking battle over natural world in search of freedom, adventure, and mentalist Bill McKibben and snowboarder Best Doc German Film Awards; Best Doc/ resources, and a profound cultural conflict. distant dreams. Audience Award, SXSW FF; Jeremy Jones. (US, 2014, 40min, D) Best Producer, Romy Gala, Austria (Ger- (USA, 2012, 82min, EA) Director’s Award, Telluride Mountain Film IN PERSON: Andy Miller many, 2012, 95min, E) (USA, 2013, 81min, D) My First Fish Ben Galland WORLD PREMIERE DEL ORO, SAT MORN ODDFELLOWS, SAT EVE YUBA RIVER CS, SUN AFT A boy catches his first fish. After an epic battle, the boy has a chance to hold the fish, and once they make eye contact, the mem- ory is etched into the child’s brain forever, instilling a connection to the wild and the foundation for environmental stewardship. (USA, 2013, 7min, E) IN PERSON: Ben Galland

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41 A = Adventure N = Narrative E = Environmental EA = Environmental Adventure One Day in Yosemite AN = Animation K = Kids D = Documentary L = Local S = Student C = in Competition Steven M. Bumgardner MF OSBORN/WOODS, SAT EVE On Tuesday, June 26, 2012, thirty filmmak- Nord for Sola (North of the Sun) On The Edge, Antarctica 3D ers spread throughout Yosemite to docu- Jon Bowermaster Inge Wegge, Jørn Nyseth Ranum, ment the national park and the people who WORLD PREMIERE Anne Bergseng work and play there. The film tells a deeply DEL ORO, THURS EVE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PREMIERE human story of one of America’s most Though big and remote, seemingly tough YUBA RIVER CS, FRI EVE famous wild places. Hikers, hang gliders, and foreboding, Antarctica can be a MF STONE HALL, SUN AFT painters and cooks help create this unique fragile place, too. As the planet continues Norwegians Wegge and Ranum spent nine portrait of One Day in Yosemite.(USA, to change -- and warm -- Antarctica and its cold months on a remote arctic island by 2013, 15min, D) wildlife are changing, too, and fast. Join film- the coast of Northern Norway. Though they IN PERSON: Steven M. Bumgardner had little food and meager shelter, they did maker and frequent Wild & Scenic guest, bring with them items of utmost importance: Jon Bowermaster, for an up-close look at the most pristine place on planet Earth, first-ever Pandora’s Promise their surfboards. The remote bay holds a Robert Stone in 3D. (USA, 2013, 40min, E) well-kept secret: some of the world’s finest MF OSBORN/WOODS, SAT AFT IN PERSON: Down the Line surfing waves. Audience Award, Norwe- In the next few decades, humankind will Jon Bowermaster gian Documentary FF (Norway, 2012, need to double (or even triple) energy pro- 46min, EA) duction as billions of people in the developing world lift Occupy The Farm themselves out of poverty Todd Darling, Car Grether and begin to live modern WORLD PREMIERE lives. Unless the source of VETS HALL, SAT AFT this new energy is clean MF OSBORN/WOODS, and non-CO2 emitting, the SUN AFT risk of triggering a devastat- 200 urban farmers occupy ing global climate catastro- the last piece of farmland in phe is all but certain. The the urban East Bay. They plant magnitude of this dilemma 15,000 seedlings in hopes of has left the mainstream envi- stopping a real estate devel- ronmental movement teeter- opment. Declared one farmer, ing between apocalyptic “This is Occupy 2.0.” (USA, thinking and utter disarray. 2013, 98 min, D) (USA, 2013, 80min, E) IN PERSON: Todd Darling Sacred Headwaters Power to the People 42 Paramos: Water for Life Powerless John Martin Fahad Mustafa & Deepti Kakkar ODDFELLOWS, SAT AFT YUBA RIVER CS, SAT MORN At 2,640 meters, Bogotá, Columbia’s Would you risk your life to flip a capital, is home to more than eight switch? In India, putting oneself in million people who depend on the harm’s way to deliver electrical power surrounding mountains for their water. is all too common, especially for Loha This ecosystem is now threatened Singh. He earns his living by giving by mining, ranching, and large-scale electricity to those who can’t afford it, agriculture, and millions could suffer if splicing lines from paying utility custom- it is not conserved. Best Conservation ers. The film sheds light on the oppos- Film, Telenatura FF (Columbia, 2012, ing corners of this political ring, from 8min, E) Singh’s electrical Robin Hood tapping wires to the myopic utility company. Plastic Paradise: Jury Award & Best Film, Mumbai Film The Great Pacific Garbage Patch FF (India, 2013, 82min, D) Down the Line Angela Sun MF STONE HALL, SAT AFT Push It STONEHOUSE, SUN MORN Jen Randall Thousands of miles away from civiliza- Sharks in my Viewfinder YUBA RIVER CS, SAT AFT tion, Midway Atoll is in one of the Two women prepare for their first most remote places on earth. And ever big wall - El Capitan in Yosemite. WEST COAST PREMIERE yet it’s become ground zero for The Great Power to The People Along the way, we visit climbing heroines STONEHOUSE, SAT AFT Pacific Garbage Patch, syphoning plastics Steve Hubbard for inspiration - and we overcome broken YUBA RIVER CS, SUN AFT from three distant continents. The problem MF STONE HALL, SAT MORN bones, awful weather, a lack of funds and In summer 2012, graduates from Colorado is more insidious than we could have ever One hundred forty years ago, in a tiny several crises of confidence. (USA, 2013, College walked, kayaked, and rafted from imagined. Best Environmental Film, SF gold mining camp in the Sierra Nevada 34min, A) Rocky Mountain National Park to Lake Ocean FF; Best of Fest, Docuwest FF (USA, mountains, a tinsmith invented a new type Powell along the Colorado River. Along the 2013, 57min, D) of water wheel that revolutionized the way Raptor Blues way they talked to over 30 people involved IN PERSON: Angela Sun power is produced from water. While the Ian Timothy in the Colorado - farmers, ranchers, water name of Lester Pelton may nearly have been DEL ORO, SAT MORN managers, professional rafters, conservation- forgotten by history like countless other Forty A musical stop motion animation explaining Powell to Powell: ists, and more. Their journey is told in five Portraits of the Upper CO Niners, his legacy lives on in hydroelectric the dangerous effects of rodenticides on chapters. (USA, 2013, 24min, EA) power plants around the world. (USA, birds of prey in a way that everyone can Will Stauffer-Norris, Zak Podmore, IN PERSON: Will Stauffer Norris David Spiegel, Carson McMurray 2012, 30min, D) understand. (USA, 2013, 2min, AN) Power to the People IN PERSON: Steve Hubbard IN PERSON: Ian Timothy 43 A = Adventure N = Narrative E = Environmental EA = Environmental Adventure Revolution AN = Animation K = Kids D = Documentary L = Local S = Student C = in Competition Rob Stewart, Gus van Sant ODDFELLOWS, FRI EVE MF OSBORN/WOODS, SUN Remains of a River: From Source to Sea Return to the Tepuis MORN Joe Riis, Jenny Nichols Down the Colorado The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this CALIFORNIA PREMIERE Will Stauffer-Norris, Zak Podmore follow-up to his acclaimed Sharkwater doc- YUBA RIVER CS, SAT AFT WEST COAST PREMIERE umentary continues his remarkable journey; YUBA RIVER CS, SUN AFT YUBA RIVER CS, FRI EVE one that will take him through 15 countries “I hear the most beautiful sound in the YUBA RIVER CS, SUN AFT over four years, and where he’ll discover world,” says Dr. Bruce Means. He s refer- Two friends. 113 days. 1,700 miles. One that it’s not only sharks that are in grave ring to the call of a toad that he and his endangered river. Two boaters hike and danger – it’s humanity itself. From the coral expedition team, North Face climber Mark paddle from Wyoming to Mexico along the reefs in Papua New Guinea and deforesta- Synnott and National Geographic contribut- Colorado River. Ultimately, the mighty Colo- tion in Madagascar, to the largest and most ing photographer Joe Riis, travelled to the rado is reduced to a trickle and they must destructive environmental project in history tops of the Tepuis of South America to find. hike the Mexican desert to reach the sea. in Alberta, Canada, he reveals that all of (Guyana/USA, 2013, 9min, E) They witness the environmental damage our actions are interconnected. Audience done to the river and consider the ethics Award for Best Documentary, Atlantic FF; of draining a wild river to support a desert Most Popular Environmental Film, Vancouver civilization. (USA, 2012, 22min, EA) Int’l FF; Social Justice Award, Santa Barbara IN PERSON: Will Stauffer-Norris Int’l FF (Canada, 2012, 87min, E) Restoring Hope Reynaldo Kris Millgate Dan Childs, Nick Werber WORLD PREMIERE US PREMIERE STONEHOUSE, SAT MORN NEVADA THEATRE, SAT EVE Watershed restoration. It’s evolving into Reynaldo lives in the Amazon Rainforest … more than just a water issue across the he used to cut down trees and farm the land country. Walkways, wildlife, willows. They to survive. He learned the hard way that it are all rearranging from the roads to the was not a sustainable way to live. Then he river. Jackknife Creek in Southeast Idaho is learned how to farm in balance with the the poster child for this evolution. It’s where forest. Now he travels all over the region everything is considered when everyone helping others to do the same. Best Short, works together to restore hope. First Place, United Nations Forest FF, UK Green FF Environment Reporting, Idaho Press Club (UK/Peru, 2013, 6min, D) (USA, 2012, 14min, E) Right Now: Living with Mountain Lions 44 Right Now: Living with Mountain Lions Rock Wall Climbing The inspiring story of a remarkable cowboy Ryan’s Stories Rob Whitehair, Zara McDonald Hal Clifford, Jason Houston who triumphs in his quest to protect wild Anson Fogel, Aimee Tetreault NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PREMIERE CALIFORNIA PREMIERE horses and the prairie lands of the American MF STONE HALL, FRI EVE YUBA RIVER CS, SAT EVE DEL ORO, SAT MORN West. From cattle drives, rodeos, conser- Ryan Hudson grew up in and out of home- VETS HALL, SUN MORN How do big wall climbers get their start? vation battles, personal heartbreak and less shelters. At 14, Ryan was introduced to This music video is an urgent wake up call With little walls, of course. This may be the new-found love, this film is an inspirational snowboarding through Outdoor Outreach, to spotlight public apathy towards mountain case for 8-year-old Kathrin Houston who journey that assures each of us that we can dedicated to using outdoor activities to lions. It challenges us to consider and re- convinces her father to build a climbing wall truly make a difference if we try. Audience empower at-risk youth. Now competing spect the wild animals around us as we--and in their garage. (USA, 2013, 5min, K) Award Sarasota FF; Best Feature, Prescott FF as a semi-pro athlete and serving as an they-- go about our daily lives. Honorable (USA, 2013, 92min, D) ambassador for The North Face, Ryan’s Mention, Santa Monica Indie FF (USA, Running Wild: IN PERSON: Suzanne Mitchell story shares just how transformational the 2013, 5min, E) The Life of Dayton O. Hyde LIVE SKYPE: Dayton Hyde outdoors can be. (USA, 2013, 7min, N) IN PERSON: Zara McDonald, Suzanne Mitchell Tom McMurray MF STONE HALL, SAT EVE Sacred Headwaters 1.875" ODDFELLOWS, SUN AFT Paul Colangelo NEVADA THEATRE, SAT EVE YUBA RIVER CS, SUN AFT The shared birthplace of three salmon rivers in Northern Canada, the traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation, and home to an incredible ecosystem of large mammals, the Sacred Headwaters is at risk of losing all that makes it sacred to resource extraction. (Canada, 2012, 4 min, E) IN PERSON: Paul Colangelo

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Brand: R&D: Design: Proofing: Production: A = Adventure N = Narrative E = Environmental EA = Environmental Adventure story of Mongolia’s Olympic archers, the Sharks In My Viewfinder AN = Animation K = Kids D = Documentary L = Local S = Student C = in Competition artisans who make their tools, and the Bud- (Cápák a Keresomben) dhist calm that helps them stay on target. Zsolt Sásdi , Attila Dávid Molnár, (USA, 2012, 13min, D) Enduring heat and hail over mountains, countries now claim their scientific whaling is Zsolt Marcell Tóth across rivers and through canyons, Sage part of their cultural heritage, which makes it ODDFELLOWS, SAT AFT concludes that to know the high desert absolutely impossible to be scientific whaling. Sharing of the Heart: Conversations at As you watch this film, more than 11,000 is to love it ... and protect it. (USA, 2013, The differences between the two are clear as IWECI Summit 2013 - Jane Goodall sharks are killed worldwide, 300,000 a 9min, E) night and day. (Ecuador, 2013, 7min, E) Terra Nyssa day. Around 100,000,000 each year. IN PERSON: Heidi Hagemeier, IN PERSON: Jeff Litton WORLD PREMIERE This film is dedicated to these animals. I’m Michelle Alvarado MF STONE HALL, SAT EVE Daniel Selmeczi, underwater photographer: Secrets of the Mongolian Archers At the International Women’s Earth and “What we have found has gone beyond Scientific Whaling vs. Cultural Whaling Lucy Walker Climate Summit Jane Goodall reflects on my wildest imagination.” Best of Fest, Baikal Jeff Litton MF OSBORN/WOODS, SAT MORN women’s leadership as we raise new gen- Int’l FF Special Prize, Csodakút Int’l Wildlife ODDFELLOWS, SAT AFT Archery is in their blood … the legacy of erations of stewards to care for the planet. FF (Hungary, 2012, 52min, EA) Scientific Whaling is used as a loophole to Genghis Khan, who conquered half the (USA, 2013, 5min, E) continue illegal commercial whaling. Some world with bows and arrows. This is the IN PERSON: Terra Nyssa

The Lightbulb Conspiracy Stories of Trust: Calling for Climate Recovery from Montana

46 Shifted and eager markets to the west. The govern- pair of rollerblades and his IRA for a taste of Stand Matt Butterworth, Eric Marciniak ment’s plans to export this resource shadow divinity. Best Short Doc, SXSW FF; Audience Anthony Bonello, Nicolas Teichrob MF STONE HALL, SUN AFT any desire to invest in renewable energy. Award, AFI/Docs (USA, 2013, 16min, D) YUBA RIVER CS, FRI EVE Featuring up and coming mountain bike This film looks at how the people have the MF OSBORN/WOODS, SUN MORN riders in British Columbia; we follow them power to influence politics and the decisions Snows of the Nile With a pipeline proposal always comes throughout the province and down into the we make about energy, the economy and Nathan Dappen, Neil Losin talk of what will be gained – but shouldn’t US. Shot on location in Kelowna, Vernon, the environment. Accolade Award of Excel- CALIFORNIA PREMIERE we be asking, ‘What do we stand to lose?’ Vancouver’s North Shore, Squamish, Whis- lence (Canada, 2013, 8min, E) MF OSBORN/WOODS, SAT AFT A hauntingly beautiful examination of the tler, Pemberton, Vancouver Island, Oyama, Uganda’s Rwenzori Mountains rise 5000m people and culture of the Great Bear Rain- and Green River, Utah. (Canada, 2013, SLOMO from the heart of Africa. At their summits are forest– and the lives of those committed to 35min, A) Josh Izenberg, Amanda Micheli some of Earth’s only equatorial glaciers … defending its fragile ecosystems. Movie of MF OSBORN/WOODS, SAT MORN but they are changing fast. Follow two sci- the Year, SUP Awards; Best Environmental Silent Voices YUBA RIVER CS, SUN MORN entists in their goal to retrace the steps of the Film, NZ Mountain FF; Best Film, Vancouver David Obrien Frustrated with his life, Dr. Kitchin abandons legendary 1906 expedition and re-capture FF (Canada, 2013, 46min, EA) DEL ORO, SAT MORN his medical career and moves to Pacific historical glacier imagery in order to visual- British Columbia is in a unique position as Beach. He undergoes a radical transforma- ize the impacts of a century of climate it holds vast oil sands reserves in the east tion into SLOMO, trading his lab coat for a change. (USA, 2013, 20min, EA)

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Stories of Trust: Calling for Climate Recovery from Montana The Last Ocean Raptor’s Blues

Standing on Sacred Ground: Pilgrims and Tourists 47 A = Adventure N = Narrative E = Environmental EA = Environmental Adventure Standing on Sacred Ground: Standing on Sacred Ground: AN = Animation K = Kids D = Documentary L = Local S = Student C = in Competition Pilgrims and Tourists Profit and Loss Christopher “Toby” McLeod Christopher “Toby” McLeod Standing On Sacred Ground: Standing on Sacred Ground: NEVADA THEATRE, SAT AFT NEVADA THEATRE, SAT AFT VETS HALL, SUN AFT In Papua New Guinea, a Chinese govern- Fire and Ice Islands of Sanctuary In the Russian Republic of Altai, activists and ment-owned nickel mine has violently relo- Christopher “Toby” McLeod Christopher “Toby” McLeod shamans create nature parks to rein in tour- cated villagers to taboo land and is dump- STONEHOUSE, FRI EVE STONEHOUSE, FRI EVE ism and resist a natural gas pipeline through ing mining waste into the sea. In Alberta, Mountain cultures around the world protect VETS HALL, SUN AFT a World Heritage Site. In Northern Califor- First Nations people suffer from rare cancers their ecological heritage with help from a In Australia, Aboriginal clans maintain nia, Winnemem Wintu girls grind herbs on as their traditional hunting grounds are strip- new generation of scientists. In Ethiopia, tra- Indigenous Protected Areas and stand up a sacred medicine rock as tribal elders fight mined to unearth the world’s third-largest oil ditions that long protected trees, meadows to the destructive effects of a mining boom. U.S. government plans to enlarge Shasta reserve. Indigenous elders and activists con- and mountains are under attack by evangel- In Hawai`i, indigenous practices restore Dam, which would forever submerge this front us with the ethical consequences of our ical Christians. In the Peruvian Andes, potato the island of Kaho`olawe after 50 years of touchstone of the tribe. Best Doc, American culture of consumption. Best Documentary, farmers face global warming that is melting military use as a bombing range. Best Doc, Indian FF (USA, 2013, 56min, D) American Indian FF (USA, 2013, 56min, D) the glaciers—their water source. Best Doc, American Indian FF (USA, 2013, 57min, D) IN PERSON: Christopher “Toby” IN PERSON: Christopher “Toby” American Indian FF (USA, 2013, 56min, D) IN PERSON: Christopher “Toby” McLeod, Quinn Costello, Caleen Sisk McLeod, Quinn Costello IN PERSON: Christopher “Toby” McLeod, Quinn Costello, Luana McLeod, Quinn Costello Busby-Neff, Craig Neff

Standing on Sacred Ground: Pilgrims and Tourists Wings of Life 48 Stories of Trust: Calling for Climate Stories of Trust: Calling for Climate Stories of Trust: Calling for Climate Switch Recovery from Iowa Recovery from Montana Recovery from Massachusetts Harry Lynch, Dr. Scott Tinker Kelly Matheson, Deia Schlosberg Kelly Matheson, Deia Schlosberg Christi Cooper-Kuhn, Kelly Matheson, NEVADA THEATRE, SAT MORN DEL ORO, SAT MORN DEL ORO, SAT MORN Deia Schlosberg, Sean Solowiej, Dr. Tinker explores the world’s leading en- Glori Dei Filippone, a 13-year-old from John Thiebes, a 24-year-old beginning Katie Lose Gilbertson ergy sites, from coal to solar, oil to biofuels, Iowa, is many things, including an actress, farmer, shares that one of the most important DEL ORO, SAT MORN many highly restricted and never before singer, athlete, and big sister. But most moments in his life was when he realized cli- Since the age of 13, Eshe has been giving seen on film. He gets straight answers from importantly, she is a connector. Glori’s story mate change was real. He believes that the speeches in the hopes that we can change the people driving energy today, interna- of strength and perseverance as she advo- value of a stable climate is not worth some- our patterns by listening to the diversity of tional leaders of government, industry and cates at the agency level and in the court- thing, but is worth everything, and John is voices, including youth. She believes that academia. In the end, he cuts through the room to ensure we take care of the one and leading by example on his small farm in the if the government listens with the intention confusion to discover a path to our future only atmosphere we have. heart of Montana. Best Made in Montana of acting, then we’ll be able to repair our that is surprising and remarkably pragmatic. (USA, 2012, 7min, D) Film, Int’l Wildlife FF (USA, 2011, 7min, D) climate. (USA, 2012, 9min, D) Best of Fest, Colorado Environmental FF IN PERSON: Christi Cooper-Kuhn, IN PERSON: Christi Cooper-Kuhn, IN PERSON: Christi Cooper-Kuhn, (USA, 2012, 98min, D) Deia Schlosberg Deia Schlosberg Deia Schlosberg

Standing on Sacred Ground: Islands of Sanctuary The Last Ocean 49 A = Adventure N = Narrative E = Environmental EA = Environmental Adventure Tell It on the Mountain - The Great Vacation Squeeze AN = Animation K = Kids D = Documentary L = Local S = Student C = in Competition Stories of the Pacific Crest Trail John de Graaf, David Fox, Lisa Diener, Shaun Carrigan Diana Wilmar, Greg Davis WORLD PREMIERE Tahoe Time 1.5 TEAM Network: Badru’s Story VETS HALL, SUN MORN This is part adventure film, part documenta- MF OSBORN/WOODS, SAT MORN Justin Majeczky Benjamin Drummond, Sara Joy Steele ODDFELLOWS, SUN MORN WORLD PREMIERE MF STONE HALL, SAT EVE ry, and part video journal … following a di- verse cast of characters as they undertake a The US is the only rich country without a law MF STONE HALL, SAT MORN Each year 60 camera traps are set in the requiring paid vacation time for workers, NEVADA THEATRE, SAT AFT rugged forests of Bwindi Impenetrable Na- life-changing journey along the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), a string of trails running from the and American vacations, already among MF OSBORN/WOODS, SAT EVE tional Park in Uganda. His work is part of the shortest in the world, are getting shorter. The beauty and essence of Tahoe is ad- the TEAM Network, a global web of field US Mexico border, through the heart of California, Oregon and Washington, and Beautifully photographed in Yosemite Na- dictive. Experience Tahoe over 14 months. stations that provide an early warning sys- tional Park, Europe and Washington State, This short films is the next best thing to being tem for loss of biodiversity in tropical forests. ending 7 miles into Canada.. Award of Ex- cellence, Indie Fest (USA, 2013, 119min, D) this film makes the case for more vacation there. (USA, 2012, 5min, EA) This team of scientists has collected over time, using personal stories, humor and ex- IN PERSON: Justin Majeczky one million images of mammals and birds IN PERSON: Shaun Carrigan, Scott Williamson pert commentary. (USA, 2013, 27min, D) to help guide conservation efforts. (USA, IN PERSON: John de Graaf 2013, 6min, E)

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50 The Joy of Air The Last Ocean The Lightbulb Conspiracy The Lost Fish: The Struggle Bryan Smith, Fitz Cahall Peter Young Cosima Dannoritzer, Joan Úbeda to Save Pacific Lamprey MF OSBORN/WOODS, SAT MORN CENTER FOR THE ARTS, FRI EVE NEVADA THEATRE, SAT MORN Jeremy Monroe, David Herasimtschuk NEVADA THEATRE, SUN AF VETS HALL, SAT EVE STONEHOUSE, SUN AFT CALIFORNIA PREMIERE “Leave the ground beneath your feet, Rise The Ross Sea is a vast, icy landscape that In the 1920’s, manufacturers deliberately STONEHOUSE, SAT AFT up, your inner legend greet. A body in mo- teems with life -- whales, seals and penguins started shortening the life of consumer prod- YUBA RIVER CS, SUN AFT tion – Twisting, turning, churning, yearning – carving out a place on the very edge of ucts to increase demand. This historic look at An ancient fish native to the Pacific North- apex found, heaven bound. But remember, existence. With stunning footage of Ant- obsolescence is made real through archival west, the Pacific lamprey has been an what goes up must come down.” Best Short, arctica’s unique landscapes and wildlife, footage and interviews. The film also looks important subsistence fish for Northwest Leavenworth Adventure FF (Canada, 2013, this film profiles the international battle over at modern examples, including computer American Indian tribes for thousands of 4min, A) commercial fishing in the Ross Sea, the last printers and the controversy over the inability years. Millions of dollars have been spent pristine ocean ecosystem on earth. (New to replace iPod batteries. Some businesses on salmon life support systems, but the less- Zealand, 2012, 53min, E) are moving towards more sustainable prac- er-known lamprey has slipped through the IN PERSON: David Donnenfield, tices and products, including Philips Electron- cracks of conservation. Tribes have taken Brandon Lauridsen ics, who is producing an LED bulb designed the management of the lamprey into their to last 25 years. (Spain, 2010, 52min, D) own hands and are now fighting to bring IN PERSON: Steve Michelson

Antarctica 3D Two Wheels Good Standing on Sacred Groud: Fire and Ice

51 A = Adventure N = Narrative E = Environmental EA = Environmental Adventure The Sensei roar. This lovely animated short shows us AN = Animation K = Kids D = Documentary L = Local S = Student C = in Competition Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen that being different can be beautiful. (UK, MF OSBORN/WOODS, SAT EVE 2010, 4min) attention to the struggle of a lost fish. (USA, has been mined for years, but new demand NEVADA THEATRE, SUN AFT Forty-three-year-old Yuji Hirayama is one of The Story of Solutions 2013, 25min, D) for silica for fracking has caused new com- Louis Fox, Erica Priggen, Annie Leonard, IN PERSON: Jeremy Monroe panies to arrive. Land with silica deposits is the great legends of modern climbing. Near retirement, he plans one big swan-song Jonah Sachs, Ruben DeLuna selling for high prices. It’s a bonanza for a MF STONE HALL, SAT AFT The Price of Sand few lucky landowners and the new mines mission, one of his hardest ever, at the spec- tacular summit of Mount Kinabalu, on the YUBA RIVER CS, SUN MORN Jim Tittle promise jobs and economic stimulus for the We’re told to cheer a growing economy – WEST COAST PREMIERE small towns nearby. (USA, 2013, 56 min, D) island of Borneo. But first he must find the right partner. (USA, 2013, 26min, D) more roads, malls, and Stuff! – even though VETS HALL, SAT MORN IN PERSON: Jim Little our health indicators are worsening, income STONEHOUSE, SUN AFT inequality is growing, and polar icecaps are The frac sand mining boom in Minnesota The Scared is Scared The Squeakiest Roar Maggie Rogers melting.But what if the goal of our economy and Wisconsin is due to a rapid increase in Bianca Giaever wasn’t more, but better – better health, bet- demand for pure silica sand, which has be- DEL ORO, SAT MORN DEL ORO, SAT MORN A lion’s roar is supposed to be deep and ter jobs, and a better chance to survive on come a valuable commodity, and mines are I asked a six year old what my movie the planet? (USA, 2013, 9min, A) opening here at a rapid rate. Silica is used should be about, and this is what he told loud, but Bapoto, the smallest cub in his for glass manufacturing and toothpaste, and me. (USA, 8min, N) pride, is worried about the sound of his

One Day in Yosemite The Price of Sand

52 The Strong People Titans of the Ice Age Trashed Two Wheels Good Heather Hoglund David Clark, Reed Smoot, Don Kempf, Candida Brady, Titus Ogilvy Barry Gene Murphy, John Kelleher STONEHOUSE, SAT AFT Andy Wood, Laura Sadler, J.W. Croft, STONEHOUSE, SUN AFT CALIFORNIA PREMIERE September 17th, 2011 marked the begin- Ph.D, Jean-François Tremblay Our food chain is at risk through pollution of ODDFELLOWS, SAT AFT ning of a three-year river restoration project DEL ORO, THURS EVE our air, land, and sea by waste. Scientists, Four inspiring veterans of the open road on the Elwha River in Washington State. The Travel to the frozen landscapes of ten politicians, and ordinary individuals whose celebrate life in the saddle. Clare Lynch main component of the restoration project is thousand years before modern civilization. health and livelihoods have been funda- Award, Corona Cork FF; Special Mention, the removal of both the Glines Canyon and Dazzling computer-generated imagery mentally affected by waste pollution discuss Don Quixote Award Galway Film Fleadh Elwha dams. The dams, erected almost one brings this mysterious era to life—from saber- this serious issue. Visually and emotionally, (Ireland, 2012, 9min, D) hundred years ago, flooded Lower Elwha toothed cats and giant sloths to the iconic the film is both horrific and beautiful ... an in- Klallam tribal sites and depleted the Tribe’s mammoths, giants both feared and hunted terplay of human interest and political wake- Unacceptable Levels sacred salmon stock. The intricate histories by prehistoric humans. This is the harsh and up call. Starring Jeremy Irons. Jury Award, Ed Brown of the Tribe and the River weave together a beautiful kingdom of these titans: an ancient Tokyo Int’l FF; Audience Award, Maui FF; VETS HALL, FRI EVE story of ecological restoration and cultural world of ice, the dawn of our ancestors, a Documentary Award, Int’l Environmental FF STONEHOUSE, SUN MORN integrity. Outstanding Documentary, Emer- time when humans fought for survival. (USA, (UK, 2012, 97min, D) On average, all of us have over 232 indus- son College EVVY Awards (USA, 2013, 2013, 38min, D) trial chemicals floating around in our bodies. 35min, D) There is a growing consciousness across the

The Price of Sand From Ground to Clouds Walk on Water

53 globe that we are pouring billions of dollars Uranium Drive-In Valhalla Vultures of Tibet into research, testing, and drug creation to Suzan Beraza, Michelle Maughan, Nick Waggoner, Ben Sturgulewski, Zac Russell O. Bush, Elisabeth Oakham, combat disease, but our understanding of Judith Kohin Ramras, Mike Brown Annie Bush the issue has remained entrenched in treat- NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PREMIERE MF STONE HALL, FRI EVE MF OSBORN/WOODS, SAT MORN ment, not prevention. From healthcare to VETS HALL, FRI EVE YUBA RIVER CS, SUN MORN YUBA RIVER CS, SUN AFT regulations, we explore every angle of this MF STONE HALL, SUN MORN One man searches for satisfaction, under- In rapidly developing Western China a issue to provide others with the big picture There is a proposed uranium mill in SW standing, and love in the deepest snows on sacred ritual where the bodies of Tibetan so people can make up their own minds Colorado - the first to be built in the US earth. Weaving story and character with dead are fed to wild griffon vultures is a to determine what is acceptable in their in 30 years. It is an emotional debate pit- face-melting backcountry ski and snow- popular tourist attraction. This intimate win- own lives. Best Health & Environment Film, ting a population desperate for jobs and board action, the film is a vivid explosion of dow reveals the current state of ideological FIFE Int’l FF; Environmental Journalist Award, financial stability against an environmental character, snow, and nostalgic soul. *This issues in Tibet today - exploring a world in Filmambiente Int’l FF; Audience Award, group based in a nearby resort town. With- film contains nudity. Jury’s Choice, & Best which nature and culture, humans and ani- Yosemite Int’l FF (USA, 2013, 76min, D) out judgment, both sides of the issue are Storytelling, IF3 International Freeski FF; Best mals, spirituality and politics are all intercon- IN PERSON: Ed Brown brought to life in heart-wrenching detail as of Fest, Winter Wildland Festival, Best of nected. Finalist, Student Academy Awards; the film follows conflicting visions for the fu- Fest, Backcountry FF (USA, 2013, 64min, A) University of Texas Outstanding Graduate ture. Best Feature, Rural Arica Nativa FF (USA, Thesis Award (USA, 2013, 19min, D) 2013, 70min, D) IN PERSON: Russell O. Bush

Valhallla

54 Walk On Water accidentally removed critical life support We Are Rhino beyond any other plant on the planet— inter- Andy Maser systems needed for salmon and many Spencer Austin acting as it does with the body’s own “en- YUBA RIVER CS, FRI EVE other river creatures ... and it’s now time for CENTER FOR THE ARTS, SAT EVE docannabinoid system” to keep us disease- MF STONE HALL, SUN AFT some heavy lifting. Captured as part of the The millionaire farmer who wants to legalize free. An eye-opening film about the future of Having been paralyzed from the waist forthcoming filmWillamette Futures. (USA, trade so he sell the horns of his 800 rhinos cannabis—and perhaps even the future of down in a ski accident, Greg Mallory 2013, 4min, E) ... the American anti-poaching soldier who medicine. (USA, 2011, 60min, D) finds new life through whitewater kayaking. IN PERSON: Jeremy Monroe wants to wipe poachers off the face of the Greg’s story is a celebration of the spirit planet ... the rhino sanctuary owner who Who Rules the Earth? that lives within each of us. (USA, 2013, Water Luvin’ Nudies wants to personally protect every living rhino Paul Steinberg 5min, A) Debra and Tom Weistar ... three different people with three different WORLD PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE ideas. One question ... how can we save VETS HALL, FRI EVE Water and Wood STONEHOUSE, SAT AFT the rhino? (UK, 2013, 21min, D) YUBA RIVER CS, SUN MORN Jeremy Monroe, David Herasimtschuk Every spring, in the tributaries and still pools Combining science, beauty, and activism CALIFORNIA PREMIERE of the South Yuba River, an extraordinary What if Cannabis Cured Cancer within a compelling animated narrative, the VETS HALL, SAT MORN ritual takes place. This two-minute short is Len Richmond film brings the audience on a discovery YUBA RIVER CS, SUN AFT a small peek into the lives of one of the VETS HALL, SAT AFT adventure quite unlike any other. Written After more than a century of ‘cleaning’ Yuba’s many eclectic residents. (USA, 2013, ODDFELLOWS, SUN MORN by Paul Steinberg, a professor of environ- dead wood out of our rivers, we have 2min, E) This forbidden herb has healing properties mental politics at the Claremont Colleges IN PERSON: Debra and Tom Weistar

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We Are Rhino

55 and award-winning author, the film was creating California Wild & Scenic designa- tive dance that feeds the earth, and today Yosemite: A Gathering of Spirit animated by students from the California tion to ensure protection for this unique and that dance is threatened. Best Theatrical Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan Institute of the Arts. The film is part of The irreplaceable river. (USA, 2013, 6min, E) Program, Jackson Hole Science Media MF OSBORN/WOODS, SAT EVE Social Rules Project, a multi-media initiative IN PERSON: Doug Stanley, Michael Awards; (USA, 2013, 80min, D) 150 years ago, the landmark federal act, involving students from colleges in Los Ange- Anderson IN PERSON: Louie Schwartzberg The Yosemite Grant, signed by Abraham les in an effort to inform and inspire. (USA, Lincoln, forever preserved the Yosemite 2014, 10min, A) Wings of Life Xmas Without China Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Giant IN PERSON: Paul Steinberg Louie Schwartzberg, Alix Tidmarsh Alicia Dwyer, Tom Xia Sequoias. Visionary Americans like Lincoln, CENTER FOR THE ARTS, SAT EVE MF STONE HALL, SAT AFT Muir and Roosevelt understood that the Wild & Scenic North Fork American River NEVADA THEATRE, SUN MORN YUBA RIVER CS, SUN MORN wonders of the American wilderness are Doug Stanley, Michael Anderson A bat, a hummingbird, a butterfly, and a Two families living in the same community not only our inheritance, but our responsibil- WORLD PREMIERE bee … their stories that reveal the extraor- collide when pride and mischief inspire ity. Yosemite Conservancy partnered with MF STONE HALL, SAT MORN dinary importance of flowers and their Chinese immigrant Tom Xia to challenge renowned filmmakers Ken Burns and Day- The North Fork American River near Au- pollinator partners. Though we primarily as- one family to celebrate Christmas without ton Duncan to bring this amazing time in burn, CA, is still threatened to be flooded sociate flowers with beauty, we often don’t any Chinese products. Best Comedy, Fri- America’s conservation history to life. (USA, by the long stalled Auburn Dam. Politicians realize how essential they truly are—that ars Club Comedy FF; Best Environmental 2013, 25min, D) are trying to revive the congressionally au- without flowering plants and their winged Theme, Flagstaff Mountain FF (USA, 2013, thorized dam to be built. Protect American messengers, and the foods they produce, 63min, D) River Canyons (PARC) is working towards we humans might not survive. It’s this seduc- IN PERSON: Alicia Dwyer, Tom Xia

56 Farrell Cunningham REMEMBERING FRIENDS On August 11, 2013, we lost a special teacher, environmentalist, and preserver of Maidu traditions, Farrell Leslie Elias Cunningham. Farrell passed away in Susanville, CA, a few months after moving from this area. There are so many beautiful views of the Yuba -- being able to see them is easy, As a college student, he spent a year studying art in but being able to capture the essence of the river in China and became fluent in Mandarin. His art was a photo is an art. SYRCL’s Board, staff and many recently on display at the Maidu Museum in Roseville. supporters mourned the passing of one of the Yuba’s most talented photographers -- Leslie Elias – passing At age 37, he was the youngest fluent speaker of Mountain Maidu, a language away early July of this year after a short illness at the which is left with only a handful of native speakers. From late 2008 to 2013 age of 59. he taught this language here in Nevada City, directing his students to perform humorous skits in Maidu at the Wild & Scenic Film Festival and other venues, with Leslie arrived in Nevada County in 1987, started exploring and photographing the environmental and social themes. He was also a captivating storyteller at the Yuba’s canyons and immediately fell in love with its drama and beauty. Luckily she Storytelling Festival in North San Juan. And he played the role of Chief Bromden shared her images with us, creating stunning photos of the Yuba in all its seasons. in the play “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” in its run at the Nevada Theater in Her intensely detailed compositions help us see the shapes, natural forms and light 2010. of the river in ways we would never have seen without her as our guide. SYRCL worked with Leslie over many years, printing her images in our publications, on our He wrote articles and gave talks on Maidu traditional ecology, taking care of the posters, and presenting her framed photos as awards and thank you gifts. land and the forest in the ancient ways of his ancestors.

He was active in the Maidu Summit in Plumas County and instrumental in winning We at SYRCL and our supporters remember her generosity and her talent with Humbug Valley back for the tribe from PG&E, a decision which was finalized great fondness. shortly after his death after many years of effort on his part. He was working on this project and interviewing Maidu elders after moving to Susanville. Save the Date! 13th annual He always told us “yahat yamaitototi ma’ankano nise,” which means “let us be good to each other.” He requested that after his passing, we are no longer to say his name, so that he may continue on his journey. If his name is pronounced, it must Wild & Scenic Film Festival be followed by “yatam,” according to Maidu tradition. We respect and honor him January 15 - 18, 2015 with this, and with our kind treatment of each other.

57 GRASS VALLEY EVENTS & MAP THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

9AM ------DEL ORO --- THEATER 10AM Sat. Morning Kids’ Films --- 9:30-11:30am --- See page 27 --- for list of films 11AM ------

151 Union Square Opening Reception 6pm Music: 6PM Andjru Werderitsch 4:30pm - 6:30pm --- & Phil Garrison ------DEL ORO CENTER FOR CENTER FOR 7PM THEATER THE ARTS THE ARTS --- 7-10pm Session Family-Friendly 3D 7-10pm Session --- Program The Last Ocean 53min --- We Are Rhino 21min 7-10pm Session Maidentrip 81min 8PM Bug People 15min Titans of the Ice Age --- Wings of Life 80min --- 38min --- On The Edge, 9PM Antarctica 3D 40min --- Great White Shark --- 40min --- Sponsored by 10PM Sponsored by Sponsored by Klean Kanteen Sherry & Lou Bartolucci Susie & Dave Bavo 58 All times are subject to change. NEVADA CITY FRIDAY EVE

NEVADA MINERS FOUNDRY MINERS FOUNDRY YUBA RIVER CS SPECIAL THEATRE OSBORN/WOODS HALL STONE HALL ODDFELLOWS STONEHOUSE VETS HALL EVENTS 4PM --- Lower Yuba River Float PLEASE NOTE START TIMES BELOW. 9am --- ON FRIDAY EVE, DOORS AT EACH VENUE OPEN A FEW MINUTES BEFORE LIVE MUSIC BEGINS. --- Opening Receptions FREE to the PUBLIC 5PM 4-7pm --- Mowen Solinsky Gallery --- 5:30pm Music: Media Lounge --- Agony Hill Reception 5 - 6pm 6PM 6pm Music: 6pm Music: 6pm Music: 6pm Music: 6pm Music: 6pm Music: Fest HQ --- Beaucoup Aaron Ross George Cutter and Goodshield Aguilar Ishaan Judd Nory Fussell Chapeaux Robbert Trice and Mignon Geli --- 6:30pm Session starts --- Gasland II 125min 7PM 7pm Session starts 7pm Session starts Speaker: 7pm Session starts 7pm Session starts 7pm Session starts 7pm Session starts --- Gasland II 125min Debra Winger Ryan’s Stories 7min Momenta 40min A World On Notice: Who Rules the Earth? I Am Red 4 min Actress/Activist Debra --- Speaker: Revolution 87min Women at the Front 10min Remains of a River: Winger speaking at Into The Mind 85min Miner’s Foundry and --- Debra Winger Lines of Climate Uranium Drive-In 70min From Source to Sea Nevada Theatre after 8PM Change 9min Down the Colorado Valhalla 64min Unacceptable Levels Gasland II --- Standing on Sacred 76min 22min --- Ground: Fire and Ice Cascada 8min 56min --- Walk On Water 5min 9PM Standing on Sacred Ground: Islands of Stand 46min --- Sanctuary 57min North of the Sun --- 46min --- 10PM ------Sponsored by 11PM Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by --- Michael & Alicia Alan Pomatto & Peter Lockyer & Kimberley Milligan CLIF Bar Orion Patagonia Funk Alison Jones-Pomatto Juliet Erickson 59 All times are subject to change. NEVADA CITY SATURDAY MORN & AFT NEVADA MINERS FOUNDRY MINERS FOUNDRY SPECIAL THEATRE OSBORN/WOODS HALL STONE HALL ODDFELLOWS STONEHOUSE VETS HALL YUBA RIVER CS EVENTS ------9AM doors open 9am doors open 9am doors open 9am doors open 9am doors open 9am doors open 9am doors open 9am --- Coffee Talk about CA’s --- Lone Wolf at the Curly 9:30am Session starts --- 9:30am Session starts 9:30am Session starts 9:30am Session starts 9:30am Session starts 9:30am Session starts 9:30am Session starts Wolf 8:30am The Lightbulb Secrets of the Mongo- Power to The People Growing Cities 59min From the Spawning A Boom With No Powerless 82min 10AM Activist Center Conspiracy 52min lian Archers 13min 31min Grounds 3min Boundaries 6min --- More Than Honey 95min Food for Change 84min (City Hall) open Switch 98min --- Vultures of Tibet 19min Protect American River Damocracy 34min Backyard 28min 9am - 5pm Canyons 6min --- Dying Green 24min Restoring Hope 14min The Price of Sand 56 min Activist workshops Tahoe Time 1.5 5min start at 10am 11AM The Joy of Air 4min Long Live the King 15min High Altitude Fish Musicwood 82min Hunters 5min --- The Great Vacation Fishing Pono 26min Downtown Events 10am - 11pm --- Squeeze 27min Honor the Treaties 14min Water & Wood 4min Commercial Street --- SLOMO 16min Harvest of Shadows 8min Long Live the King 15min 12PM Hidden Rivers 10min Indigenous Peoples’ --- Celebration --- 10am - 7pm The Haven --- 1PM doors reopen 1pm doors reopen 1pm doors reopen 1pm doors reopen 1pm doors reopen 1pm doors reopen 1pm doors reopen 1pm --- Wine & Art Stroll --- 4 - 6pm --- 1:30pm Session 1:30pm Session starts 1:30pm Session starts 1:30pm Session starts 1:30pm Session starts 1:30pm Session starts 1:30pm Session starts Downtown Nevada City starts Idle Threat 37min Paramos: Water Buffalo Battle 43min Occupy The Farm 98min Return to the Tepuis 9min 2PM The Story of Solutions 9min & in Grass Valley Tahoe Time 1.5 5min for Life 8min --- Pandora’s Promise Fixing The Earth One What if Cannabis Cured Push It 26min 3 - 5pm Xmas Without China 63min 80min Sharks In My Viewfinder Cancer 60min --- Standing on Sacred Watershed at a Time Glacier Caves: Mt. Hood’s A Brief History of the 5cent (Cápák a Keresomben) --- Ground: Profit and Field Spotlight: 19min Secret World 31min Bag Tax 2min Loss 56min President Anote Tong Environmental Lawyers 3PM The Strong People 35min K2 Siren of the Himalayas Standing on Sacred 5min Plastic Paradise: The Great and the Protection of --- Water Lovin’ Nudies 2min 75min Pacific Garbage Patch Sharks Ground: Pilgrims and Snows of the Nile --- 57min The Lost Fish: The Struggle Tourists 56min 20min Scientific Whaling vs. to Save Pacific Lamprey --- Cultural Whaling 4PM 25min Two Wheels Good 9min --- Powell to Powell: Portraits --- Shifted 35min of the Upper CO 24min --- 5PM 60 All times are subject to change. NEVADA CITY SATURDAY EVE NEVADA MINERS FOUNDRY MINERS FOUNDRY SPECIAL THEATRE OSBORN/WOODS HALL STONE HALL ODDFELLOWS STONEHOUSE VETS HALL YUBA RIVER CS EVENTS ------Special ‘Sacred 6PM Headwaters’ Presentation --- 5-6pm --- doors open 6:30pm doors open 6:30pm doors open 6:30pm doors open 6:30pm doors open 6:30pm doors open 6:30pm doors open 6:30pm The Stonehouse --- Activist/Actor/Poet John Trudell speaking 7PM 7pm session starts 7pm Session starts 7pm Session starts 7pm Session starts 7pm Session starts 7pm Session starts 7pm Session starts --- at film session, 7pm Sacred Headwaters Tahoe Time 1.5 5min Sharing of the Heart: COMPOST-a-lujah! Fall Run 15min Field Spotlight: Nan I Am Red 4min Nevada Theatre 4min 3min Hauser 6min --- Down The Line 22min Conversations at IWECI Beyond Reclaimed Right Now: Living with --- Reynaldo 6min Summit 2013 - My First Fish 7min 11min Blackfish 80min Mountain Lions 5min The Sensei 26min Jane Goodall 5min Bringing it Home Elk Grass 3min Lost Rivers 72min The Last Ocean 53min Field Spotlight: Monique 8PM Gregg Treinish, 52min From the Ground to the Pool 6min --- A MoveShake Story Clouds 8min El Campo es Vida Fighting the Futaleufu --- Buffalo Wild 4min 15min 10min 16min How I Became an TEAM Network: Badru’s Elephant 83min --- Speaker: One Day in Yosemite Story 6min GMO OMG 84min John Trudell 15min 9PM Running Wild: The Life of Yosemite: A Gathering of Dayton O. Hyde 92min --- Spirit 25min --- A Life Well Lived/Jim Wild & Scenic Gala --- Whittaker 4min 10pm - 12am 10PM High and Hallowed: Nevada City Winery Everest 1963 48min ------Late Night Dance Party --- with Dustbowl Revival 11PM 10pm - 1am --- The Stonehouse ------12AM Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Richard & Marcie Lowell & Diane Sierra Nevada Sue Ghilotti Briarpatch Mother Jones AJA Ellers Robertson Brewing Co. 61 All times are subject to change. NEVADA CITY SUNDAY NEVADA MINERS FOUNDRY MINERS FOUNDRY SPECIAL THEATRE OSBORN/WOODS HALL STONE HALL ODDFELLOWS STONEHOUSE VETS HALL YUBA RIVER CS EVENTS 9AM ------doors open 9:30am doors open 9:30am doors open 930am doors open 9:30am doors open 9:30pm doors open 9:30am doors open 9:30am --- Coffee Talk about US/China relations at the 10AM Curly Wolf 8:30am --- 10am Session starts 10am Session starts 10am Session starts 9am Session starts 10am Session starts 10am Session starts 10am Session starts Activist Center (City Hall) --- Wings of Life 80min Stand 46min Momenta 40min A Brief History of the Plastic Paradise: Right Now: Living with SLOMO 16min open 9am - 5pm 5cent Bag Tax 2min The Great Pacific Mountain Lions 5min --- More Than Honey Revolution 87min Idle Threat 37min Xmas Without China Workshops start at 10am Garbage Patch 57min 11AM 95min Bringing it Home 52min Buffalo Wild 4min 63min Gregg Treinish, Uranium Drive-In 70min Downtown Events Unacceptable Levels --- A MoveShake Story The Great Vacation Sage Steppes: 800 Miles The Story of Solutions on Commercial St. 76min --- 15min Squeeze 27min on the Oregon Desert Trail 9min 10am - 9pm 10min --- What if Cannabis Cured Who Rules the Earth? 12PM Cancer 60min Tell It on the Mountain - 10min Indigenous Peoples Stories of the Pacific Crest Celebration 10am - 5pm --- Valhalla 64min The Haven --- Trail 119min --- Tribute Trail Hike 1PM w/ John Muir Laws 12p --- meet in front of Miners Foundry --- doors reopen 1:30pm doors reopen 1:30pm doors reopen 1:30pm doors reopen 1:30pm doors reopen 1:30pm doors reopen 1:30pm --- Awards Ceremony 2PM 1:15 - 2:15pm --- 2pm Session starts 2pm Session starts doors reopen 2:20pm 2pm Session starts 2pm Session starts 2pm Session starts 2pm Session starts Miners Foundry --- The Joy of Air 4min GMO OMG 84min Running Wild: The Life of The Lightbulb Conspiracy Standing on Sacred Ground: My First Fish 7min 2:30pm Session starts Dayton O. Hyde 92min 52min Pilgrims Hidden Rivers 10min --- A Life Well Lived/ Beyond Reclaimed and Tourists 56min Water & Wood 4min 3PM Jim Whittaker 4min 11min I Am Red 4min How I Became an The Price of Sand 56min Elephant 83min Standing on Sacred Ground: From the Spawning Grounds 3min --- High and Hallowed: Occupy The Farm Walk on Water 5min Trashed 97min Award-winning films Islands of Sanctuary The Lost Fish 25min Everest 1963 98min 7:30pm --- North of the Sun 57min Sacred Headwaters 4min 48min 46min Nevada Theatre --- Fighting the Futaleufu 16min Into The Mind COMPOST-a-lujah! 4PM Maidentrip 81min Vultures of Tibet 19min 85min 3min --- Shifted 35min Harvest of Shadows 8min The Sensei 26min Growing Cities --- 59min Honor the Treaties 14min --- Remains of a River 22min 5PM Powell to Powell 24min Return to the Tepuis 9min Cascada 8min 62 Wild & Scenic is the South Yuba River Citizens League 2014 SYRCL Events & Yuba JOIN US! Excursions for Members & the General Public The Wild & Scenic Film Festival is a program of the South • Clean our Watershed. Our 16th Annual Yuba MARCH Yuba River Citizens League. Take your inspiration River Cleanup and Restoration Day saw participation Quiz Night - benefits Laura WIlcox Scholarship from Wild & Scenic and join or renew your from 550 volunteers at 35 sites. They removed 11,450 State of the Yuba SYRCL membership today. pounds of trash from 80 miles of shoreline. Donner Summit Snowshoe Trek • Educate River-Lovers. From June through Septem- SYRCL membership entitles you to discounts at events APRIL ber 2013, SYRCL’s River Ambassadors logged more (see a full calendar of our 2014 events online); you’ll also Guided Yuba River Hike than 503 hours in face-to-face conversations about receive free film rentals. Help us meet our mission to unite river stewardship with nearly 4,623 Yuba River visitors— JUNE 7 the community to protect and restore the Yuba River as well all while picking up over 6,532 pieces of garbage Wild for the Yuba: Beer, Wine & Auction as bring you the 13th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival and dog waste that would have otherwise ended up in 2015. downstream. SEPTEMBER 20 17 th Annual Yuba River Cleanup & Restoration Day SYRCL’s 2013 Highlights: • Monitor Our River’s Health. SYRCL’s citizen-led River Monitoring Program is now in its 13th year. Data OCTOBER & NOVEMBER • Fight for Fish. When powerful interests sought to Yuba Salmon Rafting Tours roll back SYRCL’s recent win directing the Army Corps is accessible through our online portal yubashed.org. to provide fish passage past Englebright and Daguerre JANUARY 15 - 18, 2015 Point Dams by 2020, SYRCL returned to court to pro- 13th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival tect these threatened fish. SYRCL is determined that this proposal not impede efforts to provide safe passage for endangered salmon past Daguerre Point Dam. JOIN TODAY at the Festival! Become a dues-paying SYRCL member • Restore the Lower Yuba. SYRCL planted 6,800 at Fest HQ, any SYRCL booth, or online at YubaRiver.org willow and cottonwood cuttings at Hammon Bar. This Every dollar helps tremendously, and adding you to our official membership tally boosts first-ever riparian restoration project on the lower Yuba our political influence. You’ll also stay up-to-date on Yuba news, receive discounts on River provides habitat for juvenile salmon during spring event tickets, and borrow for free from our film library. flows. 63