Patagonia’s Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival
Sponsored by the ERC and The Elephant’s Perch
Thursday October 23, 2008

Doors open at 5:30, Films begin at 6:30
NexStage Theatre, Ketchum

For the second year in a row the Environmental Resource Center is teaming up with the Elephant’s Perch to host “Patagonia’s Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival. It is designed to motivate viewers to take action in their community by exposing them to environmental issues from around the world. Beginning at 5:30 pm great prizes will be raffled and refreshments will be available before films begin at 6:30 pm.

Eight short movies have been chosen from an award-winning list of independent films. These films will educate and inspire viewers around issues both local to the Wood River Valley and global in scope.  This year’s film festival will examine food production, energy sources, water usage, and land conservation.

Tickets will be $10 each for ERC members and students 13 and up or $20 for a family package. For non-ERC members tickets will be $15 each or $25 for a family package. Join the Environmental Resource Center today for $50 and get free tickets for your entire family for this fantastic night of films.

Tickets will be available for advance purchase at the Elephant’s Perch and at the Environmental Resource Center. Call 726-4333 for more details.

Festival Films

Hybrid Pedal
Environmentalists and road bikers make a thousand-mile ride from Portland, Oregon, to Salt Lake City, Utah, to draw attention to endangered wildlands in the Western United States. Along the way, riders rode through seven threatened areas including spots local to the Wood River Valley.

Ladies of the Land
As small family farms continue to disappear, and large, mechanized farms dominate American agriculture, a new kind of farmer is sprouting up across the land: women. This film follows four women who never thought they’d be farmers, but now who are dedicated to goats, grains, and green beans.
http://www.ladiesofthelandmovie.com/trailer.html

Oil and Water
Two kayakers embark on an endless summer-style 35,000 km road trip from Alaska to Argentina in a retro-outfitted Japanese fire truck without a single drop of petroleum. They converted their regular diesel engine to run on everything from pig lard to palm pulp and they traveled for 9 months in pursuit of the
best whitewater in the Americas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzV-6Q3GSfA

Gimme Green
Lawns are undeniably an American symbol. But what do they really symbolize? Pride and prosperity? Or waste and conformity? Gimme Green is a humorous look at the American obsession with the residential lawn and the effects it has on our environment, our wallets and our outlook on life.
http://www.gimmegreen.com/home.htm#

I Love Mountains
450 mountains blown up ... 1,000 streams buried ... 1 million acres flattened. Just southwest of our nation’s capital, one of the greatest human rights and environmental tragedies in American history is taking place right now. In this short film the organization, Appalachian Voices illustrates how mountaintop mining is erasing some of the most beautiful and oldest landscapes
in the United States.

Land Out of Time
The US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management are leasing millions of acres to the gas and oil industry and issuing tens of thousands of permits to drill for natural gas all over the heart of the West. The wild places of America’s Western geography are being rendered into an industrial landscape. This film introduces you to the faces and unconventional partnerships behind the fight to save the landscapes of the West.
http://www.alandoutoftime.com/watchthetrailer.html