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In 1999, my wife, Sarah, and I came to Tell-uride to plan our wedding and timed the scouting trip to coincide with Mountainfilm, a festival we’d never attended. Yes, we found a photographer and a great restaurant for the reception (The Cosmopolitan, which is owned by Chad Scothorn, a Food for Thought judge this year) during that weekend, but we also began a long-term love affair with the festival that has changed our lives.

That first Mountainfilm recalibrated my sense of what was possible. I discovered wise people such as the late Robert Fulton and wonderful films such as Genghis Blues (which we are screening this year for its tenth anniversary). Subsequent trips provided a long list of memorable experiences that helped shape my worldview and belief system. I was mesmerized by the 2003 presentation of the Chang Tang Expedition (Jimmy Chin, a member of that Tibet trip, is here this year with a new film, Samsara); I saw a little of myself in Solilochairliftquist in 2005; and I discovered the essential work of photographer James Balog (who will speak about his Extreme Ice Survey on Saturday).

In 2004, I returned to the festival yet again—this time to screen a film I directed, called Time for a New God. The documentary is about a rabbi, named Irwin Kula, who argues that our visions of God have always reflected our needs. For instance, when we were hunter-gatherers,

we had animal gods; but in an agrarian society, we turned to Mother Earth. In the film, he poses this question: At the turn of the millennium, we are living in a deeply unsettling time of climate change and religious fanaticism, so what kind of God do we need now?

This isn’t the space to discuss whether I believe in a new God—or any God, really—but given the grave challenges facing this planet and its people, it seems clear to me that it is time for a new paradigm for society. I’m biased, but I believe that Mountainfilm people are leading the way to a future that could work: Seek them out and engage. They may be on stage and in films, but they could just as well be waiting in line or riding the gondola. And when you speak with them, remember what Wallace Stegner, who would have turned 100 this year, wrote: “The time has come to search the map for better possibilities, to strike out in new directions. We have much to fear, and also much to desire, and together our fear and our desire can set us on a new, more promising course.”

Lead the way. David Holbrooke, festival director

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Check the map (opposite) for locations, and go straight to Events (p. 76) or Social Pages (p. 81) for parties and events.

HospitalityFind your festival pass, program and answers to all questions at Hospitality. Located in the X Café restaurant at the Camel’s Garden Hotel—near the base of the Gondola in Telluride—Hospitality also offers a full-service bar and restaurant with free Wi-Fi.

tHe MountainfilM storeBuy Mountainfilm apparel at Paragon Sports on main street (next to the Nugget Theatre).

tHeater linesOutside the Nugget, Sheridan Opera House and Library theaters, three different lines form: 1) pass holders and ticket holders, 2) ticket buyers and 3) volunteers. Audience members are admitted in that order. At the High Camp and Palm theaters, everyone—with the exception of ticket buyers—stands in the same line. At these two venues, ticket buyers enter last to fill remaining seats. The back of your pass explains any restrictions.

tHe Q systeMWhen lines start to form, theater staff will often issue Q tickets. If you see these colored and numbered pieces of paper being handed out, get one. The lower your number, the likelier that you will get into the theater. Qs are issued at the discretion of each theater staff—depending upon the popularity of the program—and they do not guarantee a seat in the theater. They do guarantee that your place in line will be held until 15 minutes before the start of

the program. So feel free to step away to grab a coffee, but be sure to return to line at least 15 minutes before the program begins.

starting tiMesTheater staffs have been instructed not to let people in once a program starts.

tBas (to Be announced)TBAs and surprise screenings will be posted outside all theaters, at Hospitality and online at www.mountainfilm.org.

individual ticketsIndividual program tickets go on sale—priced at $25—after all pass holders have been admitted to the theater.

getting around: tHe gondola and tHe gooseAll theaters are reachable by foot, bicycle or Gondola—which runs between Telluride and Mountain Village from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. during the festival. Telluride’s shuttle, the Galloping Goose, runs a loop through Telluride every 10 minutes. All are free of charge. mf

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the mountainfilm commitment

Last year, we launched a program called the Mountainfilm Commitment, which asked people to make a pledge to lower their carbon footprint. This new initiative garnered more than 350 commitments from guests and at-tendees to give up everything from red meat to long showers.

One of our vendors, Karl Mehrer of K2 Imaging, has committed to drive himself and

his equipment out to the festival from NYC, via Detroit to pick up additional gear, and then on to Telluride in his new bio-diesel vehicle.

This year, we hope to build on the pro-gram but can only do it with your help, so please think of a Mountainfilm Commitment you will make and then write it on the chalk boards in Elk’s Park, or go to our website www.mountainfilm.org.

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minds of mountainfilm

If you need a fix of thoughtful, hopeful and compelling conversation—and Mountainfilm’s festival date is still months away—check out our website, www.mountainfilm.org for the “Minds of Mountainfilm” series, a collection of exclusive interviews and conversations with our guests that is available year-round.

Plum TV will film this year’s interviews near the gondola station in Telluride on Satuday and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Feel free to stop by and listen. mf

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“Eating with the fullest pleasure—pleasure, that is, that does not depend on ignorance—is perhaps the profoundest enactment of our connection with the world.”—Wendell Berry

Of the 6.7 billion people currently living on this planet, one billion are overweight, while another 800 million starve. The present agriculture paradigm—which incorporates some questionable practices, such as monocultures, confined animal feeding operations and government-subsidized production of high-fructose corn syrup—cannot adequately feed our current population. So what are we going to do in 2050 when demographers estimate an additional 2.5 billion people will live on this planet?

We have assembled a wide-ranging lineup of scientists, chefs, thinkers and activists who can frame both the problems and potential solutions. We hope you walk away from the symposium with a better sense of what to put on your own table.

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Moving Mountains symposiumWhat Will Be on Our Table in the Year 2050?

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Dan BarBerAs the chef at Blue Hill in New York, Dan Barber is a leader in using fresh and local food in restaurants. Bringing the principles of good farming directly to the table helped him win the 2006 James Beard Award for Best Chef in New York.

Gene BaurGene Baur founded Farm Sanctuary, an activist group that works to end cruelty to farm animals. As a dedicated vegan, Baur has also led undercover investigations of slaughterhouses that were involved in inhumane practices.

ann CooperChef Ann Cooper is a school lunch advocate and author of Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children. She is also a former Telluride resident.

Dennis DimiCkDennis Dimick is the executive editor of National Geographic and has contributed to previous Mountainfilm symposiums on energy and water. At the magazine, he focuses on climate change and its effect on our lives.

Jerry Glover Named by Nature magazine as one of the five crop researchers who could change the world with his work at the Land Institute, Jerry Glover studies perennials, such as wheat, that could have a huge effect on the way we grow food.

Helena norBerG-HoDGeHelena Norberg-Hodge is the founder of the International Society for Ecology and Culture, a leading analyst of the impact of the global economy on cultures and agriculture worldwide, and a pioneer of the localization movement. She is an Alternative Nobel Prize winner and was last at Mountainfilm in 2005.

Dave JamesRancher Dave James makes sure his James Family Ranch is run in an effective and holistic way without any chemicals or non-natural influences on the property. And “family” is apt in its name because three generations of James work together on the ranch.

Bill mCkiBBenA leading environmental writer, thinker and activist, McKibben’s book, Deep Economy, explains why local economies are essential, especially when it comes to food. He is one of the founders of www.350.org, an activist group that is trying to reduce the carbon parts per million in the atmosphere to below 350, a number scientists say is the upper safe limit.

peter menzel & FaitH D’aluisioPeter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio have traveled around the world photographing what people eat in the course of a week for their remarkable award-winning book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.

rosamonD naylorRosamond Naylor is a scientist and the director of the Program on Food Security and the Environment at Stanford. She has been involved in a number of research projects throughout the world that concern aquaculture, high-input agricultural development and food security.

pamela ronalDProfessor of plant pathology at UC Davis, Pamela Ronald is married to an organic farmer. She co-authored a book with her husband entitled Tomorrow’s Table: Organic Farming, Genetics and the Future of Food.

minG tsaiMing Tsai, the emcee of this year’s symposium, is the chef and owner of Blue Ginger, a restaurant in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He hosts “Simply Ming” on Public Television, is a spokesman for the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) and member of the Obesity Roundtable at Harvard.

JosHua viertelAs a teacher, farmer and activist, Joshua Viertel has been involved in the sustainable food movement for years. Now as the new president of Slow Food USA, Viertel believes that “Good, clean, fair food can no longer be considered a privilege; we must acknowledge it as a right.”


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9 a.m.Welcome to the 2009 Moving Mountains SymposiumMing Tsai

How did our food system become so broken and how do we fix it by 2050?Bill McKibben

What is happening to our soil?Dennis Dimick

How can we save our soil?Jerry Glover How can organic farming and genetics contribute to a sustainable agricultural model?Pamela Ronald

What can scientists do to prepare for the rise in population?Dennis Dimick with Pamela Ronald, Jerry Glover and Roz Naylor

What is a CAFO and does it have a place in a future food system?Gene Baur

How does a truly holistic ranch system function and can it be effective on a large scale?Dave James

How do we build a movement that will result with people eating food that is good for them, good for the planet and good for the people who grow it?Joshua Viertel

What are we feeding our children, and why does that have to change?Ming Tsai with Ann Cooper

What do people eat around the world?Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio

LUNCH 12:30-1:30 p.m.

What is the future of flavor?Dan Barber

What effect does the global food system have on previously self-sustaining, indigenous cultures?Helena Norberg-Hodge

Why is locally grown food so essential to our future?Ming Tsai with Dan Barber, Bill McKibben and Helena Norberg-Hodge

What does a truly sustainable food system look like in 2050?Rosamond Naylor

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The National Parks, the stellar new film by Ken Burns, tells the epic—and quintessentially American—story of how this “shining badge of the nation’s glory” came to be. At its heart, the film covers the history of the parks, but because it’s directed by Burns, this rich past is infused with the high drama you find in grand characters with titanic conflicts.

Burns credits the subtitle of the film—America’s Best Idea—to Wallace Stegner, the master storyteller of America’s expansion into the West and a deeply eloquent voice in support of the parks (which is fitting because Stegner would have turned 100 this year). The parks system may seem obvious now, but it was nothing short of revolutionary in concept, and it wouldn’t have existed without the brilliant vision and stubborn persistence of an impressive array of men and women. It is their story that Burns tells masterfully and what makes this series essential viewing. It’s an honor and pleasure to host the world premiere of The National Parks here at Mountainfilm.

Burns will be in attendance at all screenings, and writer Bill McKibben will join him onstage at the Palm after the initial show. To round out the national parks, we present best-selling author Nevada Barr, who has written 15 novels featuring fictional park ranger Anna Pigeon; Shelton Johnson and Gerard Baker, two eloquent (and non-fictional) park rangers; and photographer Quang-Tuan Luong with his wonderful images of national parks that will be on display at the Ah Haa School.

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EPISODE ONE: ThE ScrIPTurE Of NaTurE (1851-1890)(frIDay, 6:30 P.m., Palm)The concept of vast lands being set aside and preserved is alien to Americans, but in 1872, Congress creates Yellowstone, the first na-tional park in world history. One of the cre-ators is John Muir, a Scottish-born naturalist who believes that “wildness is a necessity.” Q&a: KEN BurNS aND BIll mcKIBBEN

EPISODE TWO: ThE laST rEfugE (1890-1914)(SaTurDay, 9:30 a.m., Nug)John Muir’s passion and perseverance has led to a warm working relationship with President Teddy Roosevelt, who is an avid outdoorsman himself. The two men work together to preserve Yosemite, but their partnership has its limits when political pressures prevent Roosevelt from fulfilling Muir’s dream of a park in Hetch Hetchy. Q&a: KEN BurNS aND ShElTON JOhNSON

EPISODE ThrEE: ThE EmPIrE Of graNDEur (1915-1919)(SaTurDay, 6:15 P.m., Nug)As the national parks turn 50, America hosts a dozen parks, yet they are loosely organized and poorly run. Enter Stephen Mather, a brilliant but mercurial marketing whiz who sets out to make the parks into a system and persuades congress to create a special agency to oversee it.Q&a: KEN BurNS aND gErarD BaKEr

EPISODE fOur: gOINg hOmE (1920-1933)(SuNDay, 9:30 a.m., Nug)With the Depression in full swing, setting aside public tracts isn’t a high priority, yet industrialist John D. Rockefeller agrees to secretly buy the land that becomes Grand Teton National Park. FDR becomes the first president to use federal funds to purchase private land for a national park.Q&a: KEN BurNS aND QuaNg-TuaN luONg

EPISODE fIVE: grEaT NaTurE (1933-1945)(SuNDay, 4:00 P.m., Nug)Park rangers are changing into soldier uni-forms to go to war, and the national parks are suffering as a result. Yet President Roosevelt does his utmost to keep them going. One weapon in his arsenal is the young photogra-pher Ansel Adams, who, in some ways, con-tinues the work of John Muir.Q&a: KEN BurNS aND NEVaDa Barr

EPISODE SIX: ThE mOrNINg Of crEaTION (1946-1980)(mONDay, 9:30 a.m., Nug) With the end of the war and the rise of an increasingly mobile and affluent nation, the national parks are once again struggling—but this time the problem is that they are being “loved to death.”Q&a: KEN BurNS

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Whenever someone enters a national park, it’s like going to another world. They feel that they’ve gone someplace better than what they left behind. But the irony is that where they’ve gone is the place where they have always been. It’s just [that] now they understand it, now they see it. Now they feel it, because parks are like going home.” —Shelton Johnson, park ranger

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When you enter any national park, you are entering a special place. Where else in America can you see such a spectacular landscape or such an iconic piece of our history—and know that it’s still exactly the same as generations of Americans have experienced before passing it along to us? Where else can you feel sure that what you show your children today will be exactly the same years from now, when it’s their turn to show their children?

National parks embody an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical: that the most magnificent and sacred places in our land belong not to royalty or the rich but to everyone—and for all time. It is, as the writer and historian Wallace Stegner once said, “the best idea we ever had.”

Having already made documentary films on two other American inventions—baseball and jazz—we decided to make The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, a six-episode, 12-hour film that will be broadcast in September on all PBS stations. In it, we discovered more than stories of the most dramatic landscapes on earth. We discovered stories of remarkable people from every conceivable background—rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists, and entrepreneurs—who have been part of the national park idea from the very beginning. What they had in common was a passion to save some precious portion of the land they loved so that those of us who follow might have the same chance to fall in love with that place.

And we discovered that, not only are national parks the best idea we Americans ever had, spending time in them with our families was the best time we ever had, as well.

The National ParksA Few Words from Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan

Not only do we save these lands or save these national parks, they save us.” —Terry Tempest Williams

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AmericAns on everestNorman Dyhrenfurth(sundAy, 4:15 p.m., soH)In Person: JIm WhIttakerNarrated by Orson Welles, Americans on Everest documents the first U.S. team to successfully summit the world’s highest mountain in May of 1963. Although this year’s special guest, Jim Whittaker, was the first American atop Everest, this film introduces you to the rest of the team, including Tom Hornbein and Willy Unsoeld who made the legendary first ascent from the peak’s West Ridge. The expedition, organized by National Geographic, resulted in this film that was the Geographic’s first television special.—DH(USA, 1963, 53 min)

ApHrodite’s FArmAdam Strange(sundAy, 9:30 p.m., pAlm)This delightful narrative short tells the story of Aphrodite’s Farm—situated at the base of Mount Taranaki on New Zealand’s North Island—which produces a miraculous milk that cures the infirm, prolongs youth and enhances fame. Only the five members of the Riley family know the secret behind the magical elixir. When tragedy strikes, the remaining women try to make due in the face of serious hardship. Although it looks as if everything is lost, help will come from the most unlikely of sources.—EL(New Zealand, 2008, 15 min)

At tHe edge oF tHe WorldDan Stone(sAturdAy, 6:45 p.m., Hc; sundAy, 9:30 p.m., lib)In Person: Paul WatsonThe Farley Mowat and Robert Hunter fly a defiant flag in today’s international waters: the skull and crossbones. Paul Watson—who is familiar to Mountainfilm audiences as the founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society—is the captain and commander of these ships and doesn’t apologize for the Jolly Roger flags or his renegade methods. He believes his approach is the best method to end the slaughter of whales in the southern seas. In this film, Watson has assembled a crew of earnest, but often inexperienced, volunteers to travel with him to Antarctic waters. They are in pursuit of the Japanese whaling vessels that kill the endangered marine mammal for purported “scientific research.” This battle on the high seas culminates when one of the Sea Shepherd ships rams a Japanese boat, a harrowing maneuver that only a pirate would try.—EL(USA, 2008, 93 min)

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The BeekeepersRichard Knox Robinson(sunday, 10:00 a.m., sOh)Scientists estimate that bees are involved in one out of every three bites of food that we eat, which is why the disappearance of mass colonies of bees is so disturbing. The Beekeepers—directed by Richard Knox Robinson—examines “colony collapse disorder” in an unusual way, assessing thousands of years in the history of beekeeping and questioning if the future of bees is a harbinger of our own fate. Robinson is a photographer who learned to keep bees 20 years ago in the Netherlands, and his understanding of the subject shows in this impressionistic film.—DH(USA, 2008, 28 min)

Bergauf, BergaBHans Haldimann(saTurday, 6:30 p.m., LiB)nOrTh american premiereThe Kempf family—all three generations—are mountain farmers in a pastoral valley in central Switzerland. They live an anachronistic lifestyle, scything hay on steep slopes that would be considered double black diamonds in the ski world. The family moves up and down the mountain with the seasons and are close to the land and each other. And it’s not hard to see that their lives are richer for it. This film marries mountains and food in a sweet, intimate portrait of a family nurturing itself through the cultivation of food that sustains more lives than just their own.—EL(Switzerland, 2008, 98 min)

Big river manJohn Maringouin(saTurday, 4:00 p.m., hc; sunday, 9:15 p.m., sOh)In Person: Borut strel, MartIn strelThis is not your standard adventure film where the protagonist sets out to do something extraordinary against the worthy adversary of Mother Nature. Big River Man contains those elements, but there’s also an Apocalypse Now aspect. Martin Strel is the aptly named Big River Man with the operative word being “big”—in body, personality and appetite. His challenge is to swim the length of the Amazon River, to survive piranhas, crocs and worst of all—the pollution and human waste that permeate the water. Director John Maringouin and his team capture the adventures—and misadventures—of Strel and a curious crew of characters he tows along for the ride—or, really, the swim.—DH(USA, 2009, 100 min)

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BodegaCasimir Nozkowski(Saturday, 9:45 a.m., LiB)“A bodega is a staple of life, brother. This is how you survive in the Bronx,” says Dallas Penn, one of the stars of the profane—but, in its own way, profound—short film Bodega. In this context, a “bodega” is a grocery store in some cities that is known for its fried products, rather than its fresh produce. The Bodega Food Pyramid that the filmmakers introduce is hilarious, heartbreaking and heart stopping. —DH(USA, 2007, 7 min)

Boy ScoutS of rahwayTom Mason(Saturday, 12:00 p.m., LiB; Sunday, 9:45 a.m., LiB)In Person: Tom masonI worked closely with Tom Mason on Hard As Nails (Mountainfilm 2007), so it’s a pleasure to program his work, which is all over the festival this year. His film, The Boy Scouts of Rahway, takes a tongue-in-cheek look at a competition of Boy Scouts in New Jersey who engage in various contests, such as route finding and fire starting. The team to beat is the Scorpions who take these challenges seriously. Mason was also a cinematographer and co-producer on The Good Mother (p. 33) and has a photography exhibit at the Strong House called The Fabric of Brooklyn (p. 75).—DH(USA, 2007, 11 min)

BridaL VeiL faLLS: Back to the puBLicDavid D’Angelo(Sunday, 4:15 p.m., Soh)For Erik Weihenmayer, a blind man, and Chad Jukes, an amputee, to ice climb is a feat in itself. To summit Telluride’s Bridal Veil Falls, the highest free-falling waterfall in Colorado, is even more notable. That the Trust for Public Lands finally succeeded in opening the falls to the public after innumerable challenges and setbacks, seems worthy of celebration. This short film tells both stories.—PK(USA, 2009, 9 min)

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Burma VJ—reporting from a Closed CountryAnders Hogsbro Ostergaard(sunday, 4:30 p.m., palm)In Person: Inge sargentSince a military coup in 1962, Burma has been a closed country, virtually impenetrable, shrouded in mystery and silence. In September 2007, Burma was suddenly in the headlines when Buddhist monks joined student protesters to lead a public rebellion against government tyranny. Although foreign news crews were banned and the Internet shut down, images of the massive demonstrations and street battles were broadcast around the world—even back into Burma itself, thanks to covert video footage shot by freedom fighters and smuggled out of the country. That footage forms the foundation for Burma VJ and gives a stunning and chilling view of personal courage against brutal repression. The images—and the story of how the images came to light—are deeply absorbing and will endure, despite the darkness that once again cloaks Burma.—PK(Denmark, 2009, 84 min)

Careful with that axeJason Stutter(friday, 9:45 p.m., liB; saturday, 9:30 a.m., soh)Scene: a picturesque mountain homestead. Characters: a father and his young son. Props: a razor-sharp axe, a pile of wood and a chopping block. What could possibly go wrong when father steps away for a moment? —EL(New Zealand, 2008, 2 min)

Carts of darknessMurray Siple(saturday, 12:00 p.m., liB)This film begins as a study of a group of homeless men in Vancouver, B.C., who race shopping carts down enormous hills. These men find themselves on the edge of society and numb their pain with alcohol or, thrillingly, with these perilous descents in purloined shopping carts. As the story proceeds, filmmaker Murray Siple gradually shares that he once craved his own adrenaline rush. He lets these dual narratives unfold in a way that manages to be both raw and thoughtful, coarse and kind.—DH(Canada, 2007, 59 min)

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Cattle CallMike Maryniuk(Friday, 9:45 p.m., lib)Stock floor traders, text messagers, speed rappers and Twitterers stand back: The king of fast communication is the auctioneer. With his looped chanting and rhythmic repetition, he can take bids and add figures faster than you can get your paddle up—or down, for that matter. This short piece blasts through a Winnipeg stockyard auction with clever animation that allows for no time to catch your breath.—MD(Canada, 2008, 4 min)

CharCoal traFFiCNathan Collett(Sunday, 12:45 p.m., nug)In Person: Pamela Collett & James lIndsayThe first fictional film from Somalia in more than 15 years is based on true events. Set in today’s age of Kalashnikov assault rifles and cell phones, it has pathos reminiscent of an ancient Greek tragedy. Using an untrained local cast and a skeletal script, the filmmakers succinctly allegorize the environmental, cultural and humanitarian devastation that has beset their country. Charcoal Traffic deliberately intends to provoke dialogue between Somalians about the self-destructive perils of greed, corruption and ignorance. As with Greek tragedies, the themes of Charcoal Traffic are universal and timeless: It’s not a quantum leap from the northern Somalian desert to the mountaintops of Appalachia or the mesas of Colorado and Wyoming.—PK(Somalia/Kenya, 2008, 7 min)

CompoStJames Downer(Saturday, 9:45 a.m., lib)Compost animates normal organic found items—sticks, leaves, insects—to the tune of a solo pianist. Replacement animation gives life to all things compostable. Don’t worry: No insects or animals were harmed in the making of this film.—EL(USA, 2007, 3 min)

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Crisis at Mt. tenaboBeth & George Gage(sunday, 10:00 a.M., soH)In Person: Beth & GeorGe GaGeOur Land, Our Life, which captivated audiences at Mountainfilm 2007 and was later re-named American Outrage, is an award-winning film by Telluride locals Beth and George Gage that tells the story of two tough sisters, Mary and Carrie Dann. The Dann sisters, members of the Western Shoshone tribe, live and ranch in northern Nevada, but their grazing land was confiscated by the BLM for reasons that did not seem altogether just. Crisis at Mt. Tenabo is a short update to the situation.—DH(USA, 2009, 6 min)

tHe Curling stonesPascal Franchot(saturday, 4:00 p.M., soH)In Person: Pascal Franchot, Jason YounGMen in white lab coats with gas masks and blowtorches are hard at work in an industrial loft, but this stylish film isn’t about an underground experiment gone wrong: It’s about art. The men are heating an acrylic surface upon which to slide curling stones that will create a series of paintings. You can see the stones—created by artist Jason Young (p. 75)—up close at the Ah Haa School. At this showing, Young will also talk about their next project, White, which is part film, part artwork and all part of a big vision.—DH(USA, 2006, 5 min)

dare devil Flyers: tHe legend rob Kells 1955-2008Tom Tatum(saturday, 9:30 p.M., HC)In Person: tom tatumRob Kells was one of the greatest hang gliders until his life was cut short—not by an accident as is often the case with flyers, but by prostate cancer. Kells flew more than 2,100 hours in the course of 5,000 flights, and he traveled the world to promote hang gliding. He won many competitions, including the first-ever World Speed Gliding Championships at Telluride in 1997. Local Tom Tatum shot a film about Kells in 2005 and has re-cut it as a tribute for this year’s festival.—DH(Telluride, 2008, 6 min)

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Deep/ShinSetSuMasaki Sekiguchi(FriDay, 9:30 p.m., nug; SaturDay, 9:30 p.m., hC)Sometimes words aren’t necessary. In Deep/Shinsetsu, filmmaker Masaki Sekiguchi (Presence: 40 Days in Greenland, Mountainfilm 2008) lets the images speak for themselves. Filmed in Japan after what appears to be a 100-year storm, this short is a melodic and meditative portrait of skiing powder—chest-deep powder. The film is stripped of the genre’s usual racket: no voice-overs, jibbers, helicopters or hip-hop music here. Instead, it cuts straight to the essentials—the wash of white and the joy of bounding through bottomless snow.—KK(Japan, 2008, 4 min)

DriFt: BahamaSChris Patterson(SaturDay, 12:00 p.m., LiB)After 50 years as a guide, Bonefish Charlie Smith has become synonymous with bonefish fishing in the Bahamas. But he is much more than just a fisherman with a graceful cast and a knack for locating prize silvery bonefish: He’s a bluesman, historian, raconteur and truly a one-of-a-kind character. As the operator of the famous Bang Bang Club in the Bahamas—where the water is like glass and the sky cotton-candy pastels—this protagonist shares his stories and sharp instincts, sings constantly and finishes each day on the dock, practicing his perfect casts and watching the sun go down.—KK(USA, 2008, 15 min)

the eDge oF teLLuriDeJames Kleinert(SunDay, 6:45 p.m., Soh)In Person: Josh Geeter, KIm havell, scott Kennet & James KleInertThis look at Telluride’s hearty tribe of backcountry ski mountaineers, made by local James Kleinert, was shot during the epic winter of 2007/08, mostly in the couloirs and cliff-banded terrain of Telluride’s Bear Creek. It follows local skiers, such as Kim Havell who makes the first female descent of Heaven and Joshua Geeter who returns to the location of a horrific accident to ski the pitch again. As the footage tracks these skiers down hairy lines and through narrow couloirs, it also showcases their feelings about spirituality, impermanence and what pushes them to this beautiful, adventure-filled—and occasionally harrowing—lifestyle.—KK(Telluride, 2008, 47 min)

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The end of The LineRupert Murray(friday, 7:00 p.m., Lib)In Person: rosamond naylor The End of the Line dives headfirst into today’s over-the-top global fish market, opening our eyes to a natural system on the brink of failure and an industry that is at risk of disappearing completely. This is a powerful wake-up call that reveals a critical—but often overlooked and overtaxed—ecosystem that we can no longer take for granted. Filmed around the planet—from the Straits of Gibraltar and the coasts of Senegal to Alaska and the Tokyo fish market—the footage features top scientists, indigenous fishermen and fisheries enforcement officials. —EL(UK, 2008, 90 min)

The farm: 10 downJonathan Stack(friday, 6:45 p.m., nug; SaTurday, 3:45 p.m., Lib)In Person: Jonathan stack & ashantI WIthersPoonworLd premiereThis film is not part of this year’s food programming. Instead, it’s a complicated portrayal of the lives of several inmates in the notorious Angola Prison in Louisiana, otherwise known as “The Farm.” Filmmaker Jonathan Stack’s first film about the prison, The Farm: Angola USA, won the Grand Prize at Sundance and was nominated for an Oscar in 1998. With the rare opportunity to stay with a story over time, Stack made countless trips back to Angola with remarkable access to the facility and its inmates—thanks to the warden, who believes that people should know what happens inside prisons. Stack shows us more than the one-dimensional angle of lockdowns and strip searches highlighted on MSNBC: This is a deeply textured story of hope and heartache, remorse and redemption.—DH(USA, 2009, 98 min)

fiLm from my pariSh—6 farmSTony Donaghue(SaTurday, 9:45 a.m., Lib)Ireland is known as a mystical place of lyricism, earthiness and sly humor—all of which are captured by this short film perfectly. The six small farms of the title are as far from modern industrial agriculture as they could be. They are still connected to a time when tea towels, tablecloths and even sheets were hand-sewn from flour bags and when it was customary for geese to nest in the bottom of kitchen hutches. A couple of cows, two horses to work the land, and a donkey to bring turf home from the bog had none of the impact of today’s tractors, combines and colossal feed lots. In keeping with the sustainability of old-fashioned farms, the filmmaker made green techniques a priority, shooting almost entirely with natural light and in digital, using minimal equipment and traveling the narrow lanes of his parish by bicycle. —PK(Ireland, 2008, 8 min)

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Food FightStefan Nadelman(Saturday, 9:45 a.m., Lib; Saturday, 6:30 p.m., Lib; Sunday, 12:45 pm., hC)I hate to give anything away, but forewarned is forearmed—and it will save you from slapping your forehead halfway through this clever and original piece and exclaiming, “Oh, now I get it!” Food Fight is the story of the U.S. at war from WWII to the present, and food is used to express that sprawling story. To watch two lofty stacks of cheeseburgers—standing in for the World Trade Center towers—collapse, hits hard. It’s odd how a funny film can show us how unfunny war is. Still, there’s a lot to smile about in Food Fight: Kids will love the silliness of flying sushi and booby-trapped pitas; adults may digest the content more thoughtfully.—PK(USA, 2006, 6 min)

Food, inC.Robert Kenner(Saturday, 3:30 p.m., nug; Sun, 9:30 p.m., paLm)In Person: Josh VIertelFood, Inc. articulately and adroitly exposes the dirty underbelly of our modern food system. In just two generations, we’ve moved from family farms to corporate factories that are subsidized by the government to produce engineered food that is laden with salt, fat and sugar. Boneless, skinless, shrink-wrapped and bleached in ammonia, the meat in our supermarkets belies its origins of overcrowded filthy feedlots and vast sunless chicken houses. The goal has been faster, fatter, bigger, cheaper. Cheaper at the cash register, perhaps, but the real cost is exorbitant when measured in medical bills, cruelty to animals, danger to workers and environmental degradation. Food, Inc. tallies the bill brilliantly.—PK(USA, 2008, 93 min)

the gardenScott Hamilton Kennedy(Saturday, 9:15 p.m., nug; Sunday, 12:15 p.m., Lib)In Person: tezozomocThis documentary was nominated recently for an Academy Award. It exposes the confusion and corruption that jeopardized South Central Farm, which broke ground in Los Angeles after the 1992 riots and became a working farm of 14 acres, tilled by 350 low-income families in the middle of a predominantly Hispanic immigrant neighborhood. Ultimately, the film is not as much about the farm as it is about the underclass in American society. This is the story of how our cities treat immigrant populations, of backroom deals, of greedy land developers—and of a group of people who surprised everyone by standing up to powerful interests and making themselves heard. In 2006, Mountainfilm played the short, South Central Farmers, which ended without resolution. We were left to wonder: What happened to this grand idea? Thanks to The Garden, now we know.—MD(USA, 2008, 60 min)

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GenGhis BluesAdrian & Roko Belic(saturday, 3:45 p.m., palm)In Person: AdrIAn & roko BelIc, rAlPh leIghton & kongAr-ol ondArI first saw this rollicking good film by Adrian and Roko Belic at the Sheridan Opera House in 1999. It’s the story of a blind bluesman, named Paul Pena, who taught himself to throat-sing, a form of singing popular in Tuva, which is in extreme Southern Siberia. Pena follows an invitation to perform in a throat-singing competition in Tuva by Kongar-ol Ondar, the Elvis of the country. After the film ended at that showing, my predecessor, Rick Silverman, presented a brilliant surprise: Out came Ondar to perform. It was my first Mountainfilm festival, and I was hooked. We’re not re-creating the surprise element for the tenth anniversary of Genghis Blues, but we are thrilled to have the Elvis of Tuva back in Telluride for live throat-singing.—DH(USA, 1998, 90 min)

the Good motherSarah Klein(saturday, 12:30 p.m., nuG; sunday, 9:45 a.m., liB)In Person: dAvId klAgsBrun, sArAh kleIn & tom mAsonSarah Klein brought a short about Rwanda called Slow by Slow to Mountainfilm in 2006 and was the producer of Hard As Nails (Mountainfilm 2007). She now returns with The Good Mother, which is about a competition that could be held only in America—a contest to name the Young Mother of the Year. The women, who come from all over the U.S. to compete for this unusual title, are holding onto a vision of traditional motherhood that rarely exists today. The film is narrated by Telluride local Susan Saint James and was edited by David Klagsbrun, who may well be the first editor to have feature films in Mountainfilm for three consecutive years running (Hard As Nails and Don’t Look Down, 2008).—DH(USA, 2009, 70 min)

the Great White shark sonGAndy Brandy Casagrande IV(Friday, 6:45 p.m., soh; saturday, 6:45 p.m., hC; monday, 11:00 a.m. palm)In Person: Andy BrAndy cAsAgrAnde Iv & Andy mItchellIf you think there’s nothing funny about great white sharks, check out Andy Brandy Casagrande IV who plays a guitar and sings underwater while a few of the toothy mega-beasts swim by sublimely. The apropos chorus goes, “If I was a great white, I wouldn’t bite you…but I’d swim right next to you.” There’s none of the doom, doom, doom, Jaws vibe; this is pithy shark-dance music.—MD(Mexico, 2009, 4 min)

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By Roko BelicDirector, Genghis Blues

When my brother and I were growing up, we had one TV in our apartment. My mother had locked the broken TV knob with vice grips to the PBS channel, so we watched mostly documentaries. One night during high school, we caught a program on the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman that was called The Last Journey of a Genius. Feynman—an eccentric scientist—and his friend were trying to get to the “lost land of Tannu Tuva.”

Tannu Tuva was even farther afield than Outer Mongolia, populated by nomadic descendants of Genghis Khan and seemed

to be as untouched as any traditional culture in the world. Feynman was consumed with reaching Tuva, and now, so was I. (Sadly, Feynman never made it to Tuva because he succumbed to cancer a few weeks before receiving official permission to finally visit.)

Six years later, I graduated from college and was planning to travel with my mom to Eastern Europe to visit relatives. In the back of my mind, I thought that if I’m already that far around the world, I might as well try to get to Tuva. It had become part of the Soviet Union, and the prospect of traveling by train from Moscow to one of the remotest cultures in Asia was tremendously exciting.

Right before we left, I randomly met someone who was friends with Ralph

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Leighton—Feynman’s sidekick—and he gave me Leighton’s phone number. Leighton was one of the only people in America who knew anything about Tuva and would be a valuable resource for my grand adventure. When I explained to him that I planned to bring a video camera to shoot a documentary (on what, I did not know), he told me about a blind American blues musician named Paul Pena who had played with the likes of T-Bone Walker, Bonnie Raitt and B.B. King and taught himself a Tuvan form of singing, called “throat-singing” in which one person produces multiple tones simultaneously. He told me that this bluesman was going to travel across 15 time zones to Tuva the following summer to participate in a throat-singing competition. I assured Leighton that an unemployed college kid with no professional experience could pull this off. When I hung up the phone, the die was cast.

After an eight-day trans-Siberian trip that involved disguising myself as a mute Russian peasant—because I had no visa to travel outside of Moscow—I made it to Tuva. It was mid-December, and I was a guest of Leighton’s friend Kongar-ol Ondar, perhaps the greatest living throat-singer and, as we say in the film, “an Elvis-like figure” in Tuva. I marveled at the land that Feynman and Leighton had spent so many years trying to reach—an experience that was accentuated by frostbite on my ears and nose (I recommend visiting in the summer.)

I returned to California and finally met Leighton in person. I could not believe the blind faith he had in me to pursue this film project. He introduced me to Pena, the sage-like bluesman, in San Francisco whose compelling story made him a great subject for a documentary. My brother, Adrian, and I got a couple more credit cards and bought a camera, some tapes and plane tickets. Before we knew what was happening, we were flying with a rag-tag group of new friends toward Siberia and the adventure of our lives. mf

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The hidden Life of The Burrowing owLMike Roush(friday, 9:45 p.m., LiB; SaTurday, 3:30 p.m., nug)In Person: MIke roushA bit twisted, a bit mournful and a bit of pure wicked entertainment, this film introduces us to the burrowing owl. When the timid, normally unassuming burrowing owl loses his mate to a large predator, watch out! His tale of revenge is tinged with both humor and sadness.—EL (USA, 2008, 6 min)

high pLainS winTerCindy Stillwell(friday, 9:45 p.m., LiB; Sunday, 4:15 p.m., Soh)In Person: CIndy stIllwellHigh Plains Winter is a meditation on how people can thrive in a bleak and unsympathetic landscape. Shot on Super 8 and 16mm film in the high plains of Montana, Cindy Stillwell’s film shows a group of people making the most out of a long winter with a sport called “skijoring.”—EL(USA, 2006, 10 min)

hiSTory making farming auThor on The moveMatt Morris(friday, 6:45 p.m., nug; SaTurday, 9:45 a.m. LiB)In Person: Matt MorrIsworLd premiereVern Switzer is an idiosyncratic character: A black farmer in Rural Hall, North Carolina, his passion for growing watermelon found new meaning when God directed him to write children’s books. Now this “farming author on the move” brings his message of sustainable farming and character building to schools across the country. Director Matt Morris (Pickin’ and Trimmin’, Mountainfilm 2008) was inspired by this year’s food theme to create this film to premiere at Mountainfilm.—EL(USA, 2009, 7 min)

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HomeChristopher Thomas Allen & Rob Rainbow (Saturday, 12:30 p.m., Nug; Saturday, 4:00 p.m. SoH)“Home is within,” says Joe McGarry, the former director of a homeless shelter and the narrator of this wise and wonderful short film. With a spot-on score by composer Michael Nyman, Home is a spoken-word picture poem that meditates on what it really means to be at home.—DH(UK, 2008, 3 min)

How to Save a FiSH From drowNiNgKelly Neal(Saturday, 9:45 a.m., Lib)The Scottish Documentary Institute commissioned six new filmmakers to create films with a theme of “white,” and this short from Kelly Neal is one of the unexpected results. In a rural American town called Columbus, the average age of the population is 73. Three “very poor fisherman”—Wiley, Shanny and Springy—live in a place so small “you blink your eyes and you go by and you’ll miss it.” The stark, cold countryside is contrasted with the warmth of the fishermen, who use their humor and comradeship to bolster spirits and straighten their spines against inevitable “progress.”—EL(Scotland, 2007, 13 min)

HudSoN river SHortS: rooSeveLt’S ice yacHt & cLeariNg tHe cHaNNeLJosh Aronson(Friday, 9:30 p.m., Nug)In Person: Josh AronsonJosh Aronson was last at Mountainfilm with Beautiful Daughters in 2006. He has shown other work at this festival, as well, including the essential documentary Sound and Fury, which was deservingly nominated for an Academy Award. Between features, he’s crafted a series of shorts about life on the Hudson River in New York. Roosevelt’s Ice Yacht captures the essence of the almost lyrical sport of ice yachting; Clearing the Channel follows the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Penobscot Bay as it breaks ice to create a navigable route to transport heating oil from Albany to Manhattan. —DH(USA, 2009, 1 & 2 min)

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HunguNicolas Brault(Friday, 9:45 p.m., Lib, Sunday, 12:45 p.m. nug)The haunting hum and buzz of the African hungu punctuates this timeless animated tale about the origins of this ancient instrument. Although its mythical roots are mired in sorrow, the story is one of redemption. A mother’s soul, embodied in music, returns strength and life to a child when he becomes a man. The filmmaker combines 2D animation on a graphics tablet with the warmth of sand animation—creating a beautiful, original style.—EL(Canada, 2008, 10 min)

interviewS, 50 CentSEthan Boehme(Friday, 7:00 p.m., Lib; Friday, 9:15 p.m., SOH; Saturday, 9:45 a.m., paLm)In Person: ethan Boehme & alex ChadwICkwOrLd premiereLongtime Mountainfilm filmmaker Ethan Boehme (Ancient Marks, 2005, and Sacred Angkor Wat, 2006) and former NPR host Alex Chadwick have teamed up for this original series called Interviews, 50 Cents. The conceit is that Chadwick sets up two folding chairs, a card table and a cigar box with a sign on that reads “Interviews, 50 Cents.” He stages these moments in the middle of a street fair, a boardwalk, maybe even a film festival. Who comes along and joins him is only part of the charm, the rest comes from the conversation—which takes any number of turns from eating whale meat to walking across the country.—DH(USA, 2008, 5 min each)

JOurney OF a red FridgeLucian & Natasa Muntean(Sunday, 12:30 p.m., SOH)Hari Rai is a 17-year-old student who lives in a small village in Nepal. To support himself and pay for his education, he works as a porter. In this documentary, Rai is hired to carry a Coca-Cola refrigerator to a repair shop, and the footage follows him through Nepal’s stunning mountainscape—past tourist-filled hot springs, Buddhist temples, herds of goats and small villages. Rai shares his thoughts, beliefs and hopes for the future along the way. The four-day transport is a poignant portrait of child labor. Supported by the Global Fund for Children, Journey of a Red Fridge takes an unforgettable look at the state of Nepal’s 60,000 child porters.—MD(Serbia/Montenegro, 2007, 53 min)

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Know Your MushrooMsRon Mann(sundaY, 9;45 p.M., nug)In Person: Art GoodtImesEvery August around here, the town hosts an unusual gathering: Telluride Mushroom Festival. Longtime documentary filmmaker Ron Mann (Grass, Go Further) attended the festival, and Know Your Mushrooms is the enjoyable and illuminating result. It explains how mushrooms have the potential to heal the world and shows how mushrooms can take you to another dimension. The film features many Telluride locals, including county commissioner Art Goodtimes. We are pleased to present the Telluride premiere, but we’ll play it only it once because the film will run again at the Mushroom Festival in August.—DH(Canada, 2008, 73 min)

The LasT BuTcher in LiTTLe iTaLYLaura Terruso(saTurdaY, 9:45 a.M., LiB)In Person: LAurA terrusoFor some, this film will conjure fond memories of a shop they know—or knew—where a visit constitutes a significant interlude that involves a discussion of cooking, kids or current events. For those who are used to grabbing drab chops and boneless chicken on the fly, it will reveal some of the special magic that comes with human connection.—PK(USA, 2007, 6 min)

Les anges decheTs (garBage angeLs)Pierre Trudeau(saTurdaY, 9:45 a.M., LiB)Director Pierre Trudeau sees beauty in the strangest place: a garbage dumpsite. In Garbage Angels, odd life forms tell their tales about survival of the fittest in a society where everything seems disposable.—EL(Canada, 2008, 6 min)

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Look to the GroundBjorn Enga(Friday, 9:30 p.m., nuG; Saturday, 12:00 p.m., Lib, Saturday, 9:30 p.m., hC)worLd premiereImagine riding your mountain bike at full speed down a steep serpentine trail at night when the moon is a dim sliver that slips in and out of clouds, its vague light often lost in shadow. And now imagine that you’re wearing shades. Just such a scenario describes much of Bobby McMullen’s life: He is a blind mountain biker. Look to the Ground is his story.—PK(Canada, 2009, 6 min)

makinG the Crooked StraiGhtSusan Cohn Rockefeller(Saturday, 9:30 a.m., Soh)In Person: Dr. rIck HoDes & susan coHn rockefellerSimply put, Dr. Rick Hodes is a miracle worker. Deeply adhering to the belief that “He who saves one life, saves an entire world,” Hodes works in Ethiopia, taking care of children stricken with tuberculosis of the spine. If left untreated, this disease can cause massive humps to grow on the back, forcing its victims into a permanent forward-bending posture that can lead to death or a wicked deformity. Hodes has given countless children a new sense of self, and by watching Making the Crooked Straight, you will find a new sense of hope.—DH(USA, 2008, 28 min)

muStanG—Journey oF tranSFormationWill Parrinello(Sunday, 12:45 p.m., nuG)In Person: sIenna craIg & WIll ParrInelloThis is not a film about the taming of wild horses, but rather a look at the isolated Himalayan kingdom of Mustang, one of the last sanctuaries of true Tibetan Buddhist culture. When China invaded Tibet in 1951, much of Tibet’s unique culture was destroyed, but Mustang, which was annexed to Nepal, kept its customs intact because of its remote location. But the fifteenth-century monasteries of Mustang were falling into ruin. With help from what had been unwelcome Western influence and education, the people of Mustang were taught how to embrace their culture and restore their monasteries and religious art. The process gave locals not only a sense of pride, but also a reason to stay. —MD(USA, 2008, 27 min)

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PaPiroflexia (origami)Joaquin Baldwin(Saturday, 12:00 P.m., SoH)Master paper-folder Fred’s world is dirty, mechanized and loud, but his skillful hands can reinvent his surroundings. This film was created at The UCLA Animation Workshop and is accompanied by the music of Nick Fevola.—EL(USA, 2007, 3 min)

PHotograPH of JeSuSLaurie Hill(friday, 9:45 P.m., lib; Saturday, 12:30 P.m., Palm; Sunday, 7:00 P.m., Palm)The challenge: Highlight the breadth, diversity and depth of content available at the Hulton Archive in London. Laurie Hill’s animated film does exactly that and more—it’s a wild ride where fact and fiction collide. The institution’s archive is basically a basement filled with shelves and stacked with boxes that hold folders of stills and film footage. In this fantasy—which is based upon stories of strange inquiries for impossible photographs—a door opens into an imaginative time and place where unruly images have a life of their own and enjoy mixing with their fellow celluloids. —MD(UK, 2008, 7 min)

PocketSJames Lees(friday, 9:45 P.m., lib)A locket, a spoon, licorice, a plastic spider, a ring, dog food, a Bible, a membership card, garlic—what treasures are in your pockets?—EL(UK, 2008, 3 min)

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RenoCory McAbee(FRiday, 9:45 p.m., Lib)This is the theatrical premiere of Reno, which was one of five “films” originally commissioned by the Sundance Film Institute for the 2x2-inch screen of a cell phone. Reno is a bizarre, funny and strangely endearing voyeuristic peak through a security camera at a singing cowboy.—EL(USA, 2008, 5 min)

RepoRteREric Daniel Metzgar(SatuRday, 6:45 p.m., paLm; Sunday, 7:00 p.m., nug)In Person: nIck krIstofThis stark and powerful documentary follows New York Times columnist Nick Kristof on his travels to some of the worst places on the planet. The film examines his creative process as he looks for subjects to cover: He wants his columns to explain not only a geo-political situation, but also its effect on the people who live in these hellholes. Take, for example, Yohanita, a 41-year-old woman from the Congo: “Villagers took what looked like a bundle of rags out of one thatch-roof hut and laid it on the ground. Only it wasn’t a bunch of rags, it was a woman dying of starvation.” While Reporter is predominately about Kristof, it’s the people he writes about who will remain with you long after the lights go up. —DH(USA, 2009, 100 min)

RevoLution oneDan Heaton(SatuRday, 9:30 p.m., HC)Cliff edges, boulders, logs, park benches, public sculpture, handrails, picnic tables, walls and window sills—all are apparently perfect terrain for extreme unicycling. Kris Holm returns to Mountainfilm with more one-wheel wonders and this radical new film.—PK(USA, 2009, 10 min)

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Rock PRoPheciesJohn Chester(satuRday, 9:15 P.m., soh; sunday, 7:00 P.m., Palm)In Person: John Chester, robert KnIght“People said, ‘What was it like working with Jimi Hendrix? Did you have any idea?’ I didn’t ask anybody. I walked in. I walked to the front of the stage. I had a camera. They figured, ‘Well, he must be with the band. He’s got a camera.’” So says Robert Knight, a photographer who took early photos of Hendrix and the last images of Stevie Ray Vaughan. Aside from photography, Knight’s gift is finding talented guitarists early in their careers and creating images of pre-legends, such as Jeff Beck, that, post stardom, become extremely valuable. Other musicians appearing in Knight’s photography—and in this film, which is beautifully made by John Chester—include Santana, Slash and the Sick Puppies.—DH(USA, 2008, 75 min)

samsaRa Renan Ozturk(FRiday, 6:45 P.m., soh)In Person: Conrad anKer, JImmy ChIn & renan ozturKwoRld PRemieReIn the heart of the lofty, knife-sharp Vindhya Mountains in India sits a 6,500-foot rock route that resembles a massive shark fin and rises from the ocean of crags. This fin, which is twice as long as anything on El Capitan and just as steep, has denied many notable climbers from reaching its summit. In Samsara, all-star climbing team Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk set out to attempt a first ascent. Directed by Ozturk, the film is woven together with art, journal excerpts and still photography. Here’s the thing: The sacred peak, Meru, is said in mythology to be the center of the universe, but can you climb to the center of the universe? And that’s what Samsara—which means “wheel of suffering”—is about.—KK(USA, 2009, 19 min)

seRgioGreg Barker(satuRday, 9:45 a.m., Palm; sunday, 4:15 P.m., lib)In Person: greg barKer, The UN Diplomat Sergio Viera de Mello appeared as if he had stepped out of central casting, so it is only fitting that a movie has been made about his life—and tragic death. Sent to Baghad to represent the UN in Iraq, de Mello tried to bring order to the chaos he found there. But before he had a chance to really get started, his life was over. He was murdered by a suicide truck-bomb directly under his office. This gripping film—based on the book Chasing the Flame by Mountainfilm 2008 guest Samantha Power—takes us through the last hours of de Mello’s life and also provides a powerful portrait of a man who had every reason to believe that the story of his life would have a happy ending. —DH(USA, 2008, 94 min)

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The Sharp endPeter Mortimer & Nick Rosen(Friday, 6:45 p.m., SOh)In Person: Peter MortIMer & nIck rosenIn the world of climbing, “the sharp end” is the technical term to describe the end of the belay rope that is tied to a lead climber. But in this film, it also refers to the mental state of a climber on lead when the stakes get big. There’s no turning back, and the consequences of failure are huge. The film follows climbers—such as Dean Potter, Tommy Caldwell and Lisa Rands—as they push the sport to new realms in strength, creativity and mental fortitude with outrageous ascents and over-the-top feats. And in Sender Films’ trademark fashion (King Lines won the Charlie Fowler Prize at Moutainfilm in 2008), it’s gorgeous to watch—with beautiful lines and lovely locations: the iconic Diamond in Colorado, sandstone spires in the Czech Republic, craggy snow-capped French Alps and the unmistakable Utah desert. —KK(USA, 2008, 60 min)

a Slip in TimeJonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris(Friday, 9:45 p.m., lib)Harkening back to the silent-film era and slapstick comedy, this little flick is about what you can’t see with the naked eye. A modern version of Eadweard Muybridge’s 1870 “motion photography,” this short shows what happens in slow motion as a stunt takes place, right down to the pie in the face. The fact that it is narrative-free also takes the viewer back to a time when film was purely visual. Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine) crafted this piece specifically for the Sundance Film Festival to show on a cell-phone screen. Given the subject and tightly shot stunts, it will be even better on the big screen.—MD(USA, 2008, 5 min)

SOil in GOOd hearTDeborah Koons Garcia(SaTurday, 9:45 a.m. lib)In Person: Deborah koons GarcIaDeborah Koons Garcia was last at Mountainfilm in 2004 with her documentary Future of Food, which examined genetically engineered food. She returns to the festival with a timely and thoughtful short doc that examines soil through the eyes of two organic farmers. Sweet and kind, the film also features music by her late husband, Jerry Garcia.—DH(USA, 2008, 15 min)

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SoloDavid Michod & Jen Peedom(Saturday, 6:15 p.m., SoH)Andrew McAuley, the subject of Solo, attempts the first-ever kayak crossing of the Tasman Sea—a 1,000-mile journey from Australia to New Zealand. It is, perhaps, the wildest stretch of ocean in the world, where McAuley sees a great white shark leap five meters out of the water and intense storms churn the icy water into 30-meter waves of terrifying power. Capsizing more than once, McAuley defies all odds and wills his way toward his destination where his wife and little boy await. Ironically, the closer he gets to the end of his adventure, the slimmer his chances of survival become. Whether McAuley is intrepid or insane, inspired or suicidal, is open to debate. What is irrefutable is that he’s driven by a force beyond his control to suffer incalculable hardship, risking the loss of all that is dear to him in pursuit of an adventure like none other. —PK(Australia, 2008, 58 min)

Surfing 50 StateSJonno Durrant & Stefan Hunt(friday, 9:30 p.m., nug)In Person: Jonna Durrant & stefan HuntJonno Durrant and Stefan Hunt are a pair of young Australians who set out—a little like Borat—in a rickety ice-cream truck to see America. The difference between the amiable Aussies and the fictional Kazakhstani is that the Aussie boys are in search of waves, as opposed to Pamela Anderson. When they encounter wave-less states such as Iowa or Wyoming along their brisk journey, they still manage to find creative ways to surf.—DH(Australia, 2008, 62 min)

tHat’S it, tHat’S allCurt Morgan(Saturday, 9:30 p.m., HC)That’s It, That’s All deserves every superlative one can pile on it. The full-length snowboarding film features gorgeous, fluid and crystal-clear footage of the strongest and most innovative snowboarders alive tearing it up in the most beautiful locations. The stunning footage, clever editing, killer music and ridiculous tricks bust boundaries and defy the laws of physics. A combination of factors make it all possible: high-def, 35 mm and super 16 footage; two helicopters; locations in New Zealand, Valdez, Jackson Hole and Tokyo; and a handful of the world’s best, including the movie’s star Travis Rice. —KK(USA, 2008, 60 min)

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TibeT in SongNgawang Choephel(SaTurday, 12:00 p.m., SoH; Sunday, 10:00 a.m. HC)In Person: ngawang ChoePhel“Tibetan dance and song are twins, impossible to be separated from each other. If they sing, they are sure to dance, and they dance while singing.” So says a Chinese tourist Website, which may explain why the Chinese authorities have so aggressively tried to replace indigenous Tibetan folk with treacly Chinese songs that laud the “advances” China has brought to Tibet. The importance of their own music to Tibetans is only one of the threads that this compelling film follows. The other one, sadly, is the life of the director, Ngawang Choepel, who was arrested by Chinese authorities for making a film about Tibetan folk music. Held in prison and tortured, Choepel was released after seven years and able to make this compelling and essential film that will certainly enter the canon of films about Tibet.—DH(Tibet, 2009, 100 min)

WeSTern SpagHeTTiPes(SaTurday, 9:45 a.m., Lib; monday, 11:00 a.m., paLm)Masterful animator Pes uses commonplace and unexpected items to put together the most perfectly magical plate of spaghetti. Bon appetit!—EL(USA, 2008, 2 min)

THe yeS men Fix THe WorLdAndy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno & Kurt Engfehr(Friday, 9:15 p.m., SoH)In Person: andy BIChlBaumIn the real world, the victims of the 1984 Union Carbide gas leak in Bhopal, India, were barely compensated by the negligent chemical company. An estimated 10,000 died, and another 150,000 were left with permanent injuries. But in the Yes Men’s fixed world, the victims receive generous compensation. For years now, the Yes Men have been pulling off pranks with a purpose‚ which include finagling their way onto the BBC, pretending to be a spokesman for Union Carbide and announcing that the company will pay the victims of Bhopal $12 billion. The hoax sent the chemical company’s stock plummeting. The comedic genius of the Yes Men is that they brilliantly—albeit temporarily—blur the lines between what is real and what is right. —DH(USA, 2009, 100 min)

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kidz kino is Monday, 11:00 a.M. at the PalM.

the Bringing of sPringJames DownerBummed out by global weirding? Snowstorms in May getting you down? This playful animated micro-short—with characters created from wood, wire and fabric—brings spring right to your doorstep, or even closer.—EL(USA, 2009, 1 min)

BrunoJuergen HaasWhat better expression of harmony in nature than a spider and a fly playing a duet? Bruno is an imaginatively animated short film by Juergen Haas (also the director of Canary Beat), where predator and prey make beautiful music together.—EL(Germany, 2007, 3 min)

Canary BeatJuergen HaasTick tock, tick tock. Barrrrrriiiinnnnng. Tweet, tweet. Boom, cheep, badum badum, cheep. A rhythmic canary trades beats with its own reflection in this short claymation film. —EL(Germany, 2006, 4 min)

ChiCkens of the seaSteve Furman In Person: steve Furman “This is serious business to a prairie chicken…. It’s hard work defending those borders.” Prairie chickens live a hard frontier life, but they aren’t opposed to a little fun—and maybe even some dancing.—EL(USA, 2009, 7 min)

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The GreaT WhiTe Shark SonGAndy Brandy Casagrande IVIn Person: Andy BrAndy CAsAgrAnde IVIf you think there’s nothing funny about great white sharks, check out Andy Brandy Casagrande IV who plays a guitar and sings underwater while a few of the toothy mega-beasts swim by sublimely.—MD(Mexico, 2009, 4 min)

ice cream SundaySuz RemecIn Person: suz remeCWho doesn’t love the sound of an ice cream truck—especially one that makes the trip to Ophir? Telluride’s Suzanna Remec (who made the 2008 Kidz Kino short Snow Day) directed this sweet film.—DH(Ophir, 2009, 5 min)

i maTTer: one kid’S FiGhT aGainST Global WarminGLynne CherryIn Person: Lynne Cherry & ALeC LoorzIf most adults had the awareness and tenacity of Alec Loorz, we’d be making more progress to mitigate climate change. This 14-year-old activist is galvanizing kids across the country to reduce their carbon footprints.—DH(USA, 2008, 4 min)

orphanS oF TSavoChannel GIn Person: mIChAeL sChoenfeLd & suz remeCThere were once more than 3,000,000 elephants in Africa; there are now approximately 400,000. This Channel G production, Orphans of Tsavo, is about a special refuge in Kenya that is run by the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, which provides care of the many elephants that have been orphaned by poaching and other factors.—DH(USA, 2008, 5 min)

The red helmeTTyler YoungIn Person: TyLer youngIn a dark and drab world, a fearful young child discovers a bright red helmet that transforms everything. —EL(USA, 2008, 6 min)

riddle in a boTTleLaura & Robert SamsIn Person: LAurA & roBerT sAmsThis clever and enchanting eco-riddle brings together one-legged pirates, singing crabs and clams, and, yes, some valuable lessons about the ocean. The filmmakers—brother-and-sister team Laura and Robert Sams—will perform after the film.—DH(USA, 2008, 30 min)

Snaked: a moroccan advenTureAlison Teal Blehert-KoehnIn Person: ALIson BLeherT-KoehnAlison Teal Blehert-Koehn grew up traveling around the world with her parents. Now she makes short films about her global wanderings. Snaked: A Moroccan Adventure is about her search for the perfect break in a country that doesn’t traditionally surf.—DH (USA, 2009, 10 min)

WeSTern SpaGheTTiPesMasterful animator Pes uses commonplace and unexpected items to put together the most perfectly magical plate of spaghetti. Bon appetit!—EL(USA, 2008, 2 min)

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schedule - friday

6:45 p.m.shark song short (p. 33)samsara short Q&A (p. 43)the sharP end Q&A (p. 44)

9:15 p.m.interviews, 50 cents short (p. 38)the yes men Q&A (p. 46)

6:30 p.m.national Parks: ePisode 1 Q&A (p. 20)

6:45 p.m.history making Farming… short (p. 36)the Farm: 10 down Q&A (p. 31)

7:00 p.m.interviews, 50 cents short (p. 38)the end oF the lineQ&A (p. 31)

9:30 p.m.deeP short (p. 30)hudson river shorts short (p. 37)look to the ground short (p. 40)surFing 50 states Q&A (p. 45)

9:45 p.m. oFF-kilter shortsshorts progrAm

photograph of Jesus (p. 41), High plains Winter (p. 36), pockets (p. 41), and others

9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.moving mountains symPosium on Foodshort pres. Q&A

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gallery walk | 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.(p. 72)

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9:30 a.m.careful with that axe short (p. 27)making the crooked straight Q&A short (p. 40)

whittaker pres. (p. 60)

12:00 p.m.papiroflexia short (p. 41)tibet in songQ&A (p. 46)

9:45 a.m.food shortsshorts progrAm

Western Spaghetti (p. 46), Food Fight (p. 32), Soil in Good Heart (p. 44), …and others

12:30 p.m. home short (p. 37)the good mother Q&A (p. 33)

9:30 a.m.national parks: episode 2 Q&A (p. 20)

9:45 A.M.interviews, 50 cents short (p. 38)sergioQ&A (p. 43)

12:00 p.m.look to the ground short (p. 40)boy scouts of rahway short (p. 26)drift short (p. 30)carts of darkness (p. 27)

12:30 p.m. photograph of Jesus short (p. 41)breashears/ mckibben pres. (p. 63)

ice cream social | 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. (p. 81)

4:00 p.m.home short (p. 37)curling stones short (p. 29)goldman panel pres. (p. 67)

6:15 p.m. mcconkey memorial short o’neill pres. (p. 66)solo (p. 45)tba pres. (p. 66)

9:15 p.m. interviews, 50 cents short (p. 38)rock prophecies Q&A (p. 43)

6:45 p.m. reporterQ&A (p. 42)

3:45 p.m. interviews, 50 cents short (p. 38)genghis blues Q&A & Music

(p. 33)

6:30 p.m. food fight short (p. 32)bergauf, bergab (p. 25)

4:00 p.m.big river man Q&A (p. 25)

6:45 p.m. shark song short (p. 33)at the edge of the worldQ&A (p. 24)

9:30 p.m. adrenalineshorts progrAm

Deep (p. 30), Dare Devils Flyers (p. 29), Look to the Ground (p. 40), Revolution One (p. 42), That’s It, That’s All (p. 45)

3:30 p.m. the hidden life… short (p. 36)food, inc.Q&A (p. 32)

6:15 p.m. national parks: episode 3Q&A (p. 20)

9:15 p.m. the gardenQ&A (p. 32)

3:45 p.m. the farm: 10 down Q&A (p. 31)

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10:00 p.m.crisis ... short (p. 29)dechristopher pres. (p. 64)beekeepers short (p. 25)balog pres. (p. 65)

9:30 p.m.national parks: episode 4 Q&A (p. 20)

12:45 p.m.shorts progrAm

Charcoal Traffic (p. 28), Hungu (p. 38), Mustang Q&A (p. 40)

9:45 p.m.boys scouts of rahway short (p. 26)the good motherQ&A (p. 33)

12:15 p.m.the gardenQ&A (p. 32)

10:00 p.m.tibet in songQ&A (p. 46)

12:45 p.m.food fight short (p. 32)holbrooke (p. 69)kristof (p. 70)

12:30 p.m.winter pres. (p. 68)Journey of a red fridge (p. 38)

4:15 p.m.bridal Veil falls short (p. 26)high plains winter short (p. 36)americans on eVerest Q&A (p. 24)

6:45 p.m.Free progrAm

kerig pres. (p. 71)edge of telluride Q&A (p. 30)

andy sawyer memorial pres.

4:30 p.m.burma VJ Q&A (p. 27)

7:00 p.m.photograph of Jesus short (p. 41)rock propheciesQ&A (p. 43)

9:30 p.m.aphrodite’s farm short (p. 24)food, inc.Q&A (p. 32)

4:00 p.m.national parks: episode 5 Q&A (p. 20)

7:00 p.m.reporterQ&A (p. 42)

9:45 p.m.know your mushrooms Q&A (p. 39)

4:15 p.m.sergioQ&A (p. 43)

7:00 p.m.tba

9:30 p.m.at the edge of the worldQ&A (p. 24)

9:15 p.m.big riVer manQ&A (p. 25)

4:15 p.m.Free progrAm

Voices of a people’s history pres. (p. 71)

7:15 p.m.tba

breakfast talks | 8:00 - 9:30 a.m. (p. 76)

reading frenzy | 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. (p. 80)

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9:30 p.m.tba

11:30 p.m.tba

9:30 p.m.tba

11:00 p.m.KidZ Kino (p. 48)shorts program

9:30 p.m.tba

11:30 p.m.tba

national parKs: episode 6Q&a (p. 20)

breaKFast talKs | 8:00 - 9:30 a.m. (p. 76)

closing awards party | 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.(p. 81)

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Jim Whittaker says luck is “something you make happen by extending yourself into situations of risk, but also by preparing yourself to succeed under those risky conditions.” By that measure, Whittaker has been extremely lucky. A force in mountaineering for decades now, he was the first American to summit Mt. Everest in 1963, a feat that captured the rapt attention of President Kennedy. (In 1965, Whittaker guided Robert

Kennedy up a first ascent of Mt. Kennedy in Canada, newly named for his late brother.) Whittaker climbed Everest again in 1990 as the leader of the Everest Peace Climb, which placed Chinese, Russian and American climbers together on the world’s highest peak.

Whittaker was the first full-time employee of REI and, for many years, its CEO. He is now a spokesman for our presenting sponsor Eddie

Bauer, which outfitted him for Everest in 1963. His son, Peter Whittaker, is attempting an Everest summit of his own as this program goes to print.

In addition to a Saturday morning slide show about his lifetime of mountaineering adventures, Whittaker will answer questions after the screening of Americans on Everest and participate in a breakfast talk on Monday at Cappella.

—DH

(Saturday, 9:30 a.m., SOH)

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By Phil Powers

Jim Whittaker has had a series of major successes in his mountaineering career, including becoming the first American to summit Mount Everest on May 1, 1963. Now 80 years old, we’re excited to host him at Mountainfilm for the first time. He spoke recently with Phil Powers, the executive director of the American Alpine Club.

You’ve had a successful climbing career. Was climbing Mount Everest in 1963 the highlight?Well, it’s definitely the highest point! There are other things in life besides climbing. And, now that I think about it, the climb of Rainier for the handicapped in ’82 and the Peace Climb in 1990 were very special to me.

Tell me about the man who went to the top of Everest with you, Sherpa Nawang Gombu.Gombu is a prince of a guy. I brought him over to guide on Rainier for many years. He was on the path to monkhood, but after being hired to help trekkers and climbers he ended up with us on Everest. We’ve been friends ever since. Diane [Roberts, Whittaker’s wife] and I went to the Rongbuck base camp with Gombu last October.

Did he take your picture on the top?Yeah, first I took a picture of him, but I screwed it up. I don’t know if he had held a camera before. He held it horizontally then turned it vertically to frame it better. It’s a great shot, and National Geographic loved it.

When we put your exhibit together for the AAC Mountaineering Museum in Golden, Colorado, we didn’t put your climbing rope under your crampon as it appears in your summit photo. You told me to change it, to reflect the truth, and put the rope under the crampon point. Why?Well, for one thing the picture is accurate: I was on my rope. The other thing is that it gives us the chance to tell people how important it is to not stand on a rope and to show that up that high it’s hard to pay attention to all the details of climbing. It shows that I was dumb from lack of oxygen and warns others that they might be dumb up there, as well.

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Three weeks after that climb, Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld climbed the West Ridge, over the top and down to a bivouac above the South Col. Did you recognize the significance of that climb at the time?A hell of a climb. We knew it was the first traverse of an 8,000-meter peak. They really stuck their necks out. I was in base camp. Willi called down and I said to him, “Remember, you’ve got to come back.” Willi said, “We’ve got to keep going because I’m not sure we can go back down the way we came.” So they went over the top and down the other side. Without tents or oxygen, they had the highest bivouac in the world that night.

You led the 1990 Everest Peace Climb that brought together climbers from the United States, USSR and China. Tell me what inspired you to put that climb together.The greatest threat facing us all was nuclear war at that time, so we asked, “Who has the bombs?” And it was China, Russia and America. We thought, “Let’s have a summit on the summit.” The Chinese had not had Soviets in their country for 30 years, so this was a big deal when we reached the summit [on] May 6. Guinness listed it as the most successful climb in Everest history. We put the first Soviet woman on top; we put a total of 20 climbers on the top—including a number of folks who weren’t even planning to climb, like our doctor and the base camp cook. It was a wild and crazy dream, which is, as Norman Cousins said, “the first step towards reality.”

You also love to sail with your family. Are you still doing this?Yeah, we are still doing the boat thing, but

not always under sail. Now I’m too old to go that slow. Now the destination is the reward, not the journey. We have a catamaran with two engines on it so we can get there faster. The sea connects us all, and we still visit [it] when we can.

Thinking about all the remote places you’ve been, what concerns you about our planet’s future?There’s no question. I’ve looked at the glaciers. Right here on Rainer, the glaciers we used to walk up are just gone. We’ve got to take care of this place. All life is precious. Thoreau said, “In wildness is the preservation of the world.”

Katia, the soviet woman who climbed Mt. Everest on the Peace Climb, spoke for all of us when she said, “I stand on the top of this mountain—Chomolungma, the goddess mother of the world—for all the women in the world. Let there be no borders on this planet. Let’s make a safe and clean world for our children and their children and their children.”

We’ve got to protect what we can so that we can pass it along through the generations.

Tell me what you are up to these days.My twin brother, Lou, and I were in Sun Valley skiing on our metal knees and celebrating our eightieth birthdays. I am also working to build the Northwest Maritime Center to help get kids and families out on the water. Every child will have been on the water by the time he or she leaves eighth grade in Port Townsend [Washington]. I’m also really excited about working with my nephew, Peter, and Eddie Bauer to release a new line of equipment. I used to sell their stuff at REI. mf

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Bill McKibbenThree hundred and fifty: leading environmental writer and thinker Bill McKibben obsesses about that number, because it’s the maximum CO2 parts per million that the earth can handle without go-ing haywire. As he wrote in the Washington Post, “We’re already at 383 parts per mil-lion, and it’s knocking the planet off kilter in substantial ways. Does that mean we’re doomed? Not quite. Not any more than your doctor telling you that your cholesterol is way too high means the game is over.”

With his book The End of Nature, McKibben was

the first writer to explain climate change to a broad audience. With his organiza-tion www.350.org, he’s trying to do something about it. Changing to energy sources that don’t emit carbon would be a step in the right direc-tion. Toward that end, an exciting discussion will take place during McKibben’s presentation on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at the Palm. Tellu-ride was the first town in the U.S. to use alternating cur-rent, and now local and state politicians are working to make it the first community to switch to a fully sustain-able energy grid. Representa-

tives will discuss these efforts with McKibben at the Palm.

McKibben will have a busy Mountainfilm week-end: a keynote address at Friday’s Symposium on Food at 9 a.m.; a Q&A after Friday’s World Premiere of Ken Burns’ new film, The National Parks; a breakfast talk with Paul Watson on Saturday morning; and a talk about www.350.org later on Saturday (which will be intro-duced by mountaineer David Breashears).

—DH

(Saturday, 12:30 p.m., palm)

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During the last days of the Bush Administration, Tim DeChristopher put his liberty on the line at a BLM auction, where hundreds of thousands of acres in Utah were being sold. DeChristopher walked past the protesters outside and talked his way into the event (an attorney for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance called it a “…fire sale, the administration’s last great gift to the oil and gas industry”). He entered, intending to merely cause a disruption. Instead, he started bidding for a tract and

won the rights to $1.7 million of pristine public land near Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. He had no intention of paying for it.

This act of civil disobedience (Ed Abbey might have called it “monkeywrenching”) resulted in the auction being declared null and void, and the Obama Administration has since removed the land from the market to preserve it. DeChristopher is being prosecuted for his actions and could face jail time, but

as he said, “America is still very much the kind of place that when you stand up for what is right, you never stand alone.”

The DeChristopher story is being filmed by Beth and George Gage (previously at Mountainfilm with numerous films, including Our Land, Our Life and Fire on the Mountain). The Gages will show a short preview, and afterward DeChristopher will discuss his actions with festival director David Holbrooke.

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James Balog“Seeing is believing” is the operating principle behind the Extreme Ice Survey (EIS). Founded by photographer and long-time Mountainfilm guest James Balog, EIS sets up time-lapse cameras at glaciers around the world and watches—tragically—as they recede.

I know Jim is the right guy to take on a project of this magnitude because I worked closely with him

on a film titled A Redwood Grows in Brooklyn about his photography series on trees.

Jim’s work with glaciers is quickly becoming part of the science (after all, seeing is believing) that illustrates that the planet is heating up more rapidly than scientists previously predicted. The upside of the newfound urgency is that EIS is receiving deserved media attention. This project is the subject of a new book, a

NOVA special and a story in National Geographic, which is one of the major funding sources for the research.

Jim will present a slide show of his work with EIS on Sunday at the Sheridan Opera House at 10 a.m. and participate in a breakfast talk about ambitious photography projects on Monday. You can see his photos up close at the Ah Haa School.

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Hilaree O’NeillTelluride local Hilaree O’Neill has been featured in several Warren Miller films, and in 2004, she was named one of Skiing magazine’s “12 Stars Who Are Changing the

Sport.” Her slide show about descents of peaks from the Isle of South Georgia to Mon-golia will also incorporate Mountainfilm 2009’s theme of food. O’Neill is expecting

a baby in mid-May, but that won’t stop her from taking the stage at Mountainfilm—or from notching another first ski descent before long.

—DH

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TBATimmy O’Neill & Jeb Berrier Present a Special Live Show

Your guess is as good as ours as to what will actually go down at “TBA” (yes, we’re told that is the name of the show). Our sense is that it will be a theatrical improv/poetry slam/drag show/Shakespearean homage/burlesque/magic show. What is certain is that our favorite irreverent and politically incorrect Mountainfilm presenter and pro climber Timmy O’Neill will take the stage at the Sheridan

Opera House with Telluride’s very own thespian Jeb Berrier.

This is what O’Neill told us: “Come celebrate the spirit of mountain film festivals in this comical homage to submitting, selecting and projecting. We will

have only a couple of props: desk and chair, globe, hookah, beer bong, [some unprintable sexual props] and the usual.”

So we’re gonna go out on a limb here and say that this program is not suitable for chil-dren. And if the show sucks, at least there will be beer for sale at the bar.

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GoldmanEnvironmental Prize

Twenty years ago, philanthropist Richard Goldman was reading about the Nobel Prize winners when he wondered if there was a significant prize for people who worked on environmental issues. Seeing an opportunity, he started the Goldman Environmental Prize, which is awarded to environmental activists around the world and has become the premier environmental honor with a cash value of $150,000. To celebrate its twentieth anniversary, we have brought together some folks to discuss their work and the prize.

Rudolph AmengA-etego won the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2004 for his dangerous work in Ghana, where he fought to suspend a major water privatization project and ensured that water is a human right.

JuliA Bonds is a true coal miner’s daughter. She won the Goldman in 2003 for her work in fighting mountaintop removal coal mining, a practice that has been catastrophic for Appalachia’s waterways.

CRAig WilliAms is a Vietnam veteran whose path to the 2006 Goldman went through the Pentagon, which he successfully convinced to abandon a plan to incinerate stockpiles of chemical weapons.

lAni Alo is a senior program officer at the Goldman Environmental Prize. She has been involved with many aspects of the award, from researching and vetting recipients to educational outreach with students and community groups.

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Steve WinterThe current population of snow leopards is estimated at only 4,000 to 7,000 (and some scientists believe that number could be less than 3,500). Five of the countries in snow leopard range may host

only 200 or fewer, so Steve Winter set off to Mongolia to photograph these creatures. This challenging work involved camera traps and resulted in him winning the Nature Stories category for

the World Press Photo contest. Now working for Panthera, a big cat preservation group, Winter will present a slide show about conservation of the snow leopard and its connection to Buddhism.

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Ambassador Richard Holbrooke—my father—has been busy as hell trying to keep Afghanistan from exploding and Pakistan from imploding. In a long public-service career that dates back to Vietnam, I cannot think of any job that has been more challenging for him than being special representative to these two countries.

In a recent Wall Street Journal article titled “Holbrooke of South Asia,” the paper wrote that he brings to the State Department “a familiar mix of enthusiasm and bluster, charming and bullying the world’s difficult characters.”

At High Camp on Sunday at 12:45 p.m. he will discuss South Asia with Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times. Unfortunately, my father had to cancel his travel to Telluride just before this program went to print, so he will not be here in person but he will participate in the conversation via phone.

—DH

(Sunday, 12:45 p.m., HC)

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Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times uses his powerful platform on the paper’s editorial page to tell us not only about the powerlessness and horrors that people around the world endure, he also spells out what we, as readers, can do to help. He doesn’t hang out in the salons of Washington or amongst the movers and shakers at Davos; instead, he reports from the poorest parts of the world. As he wrote in a recent email, “I’m rather anxious to go to Haiti or the Congo than anywhere with sheets.”

His no-sheets style of reporting has brought essential issues of our time—such as modern day slavery and Darfur (a region that he’s visited 10 times)—to the public radar. Having grown up on a sheep and

cherry farm in Oregon, he also writes perceptively about food and has suggested that President Obama appoint a secretary of food.

Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, won a Pulitzer

Prize for their work in China in 1990. They were the first husband-and-wife team to win the prestigious award, and he won a second Pulitzer in 2006 for his columns about Darfur, which the judges said, “gave voice to the voiceless in other parts of the world.”

Kristof will speak after screenings of Reporter, the documentary that features him (p. 42), and will join my father, Richard Holbrooke (who also goes to rough places, although he likes his sheets), at High Camp on Sunday at 12:45 p.m. Kristof and his wife will also be part of a breakfast talk on Sunday, where they will discuss their forthcoming book Half the Sky: From Oppression to Opportunity for Women Worldwide.

—DH

(Sunday, 12:45 p.m., HC)Nicholas Kristof

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When I read The Edge of Never, I don’t know what made me more tense: the scenes set in the no-fall chutes of Chamonix, France, or the tales of film production meetings that were harrowing in their own way. This nonfiction book by former ski racer Bill Kerig tells two tales, both of them compelling.

As a skier, I was riveted by the stories of big-mountain skiers Trevor Peterson and his son, Kye. Trevor was killed

in an avalanche in Chamonix in 1996, and nearly a decade after his death, 15-year-old Kye is brought to France to ski the scene of the accident, the 55-degree Exit Couloir, for a documentary directed by Kerig.

As a filmmaker, I found the behind-the-scene narrative about the making of the film agonizing in its own way, when one thing after another goes wrong for Kerig and his production. The film Kerig set out to make became the

documentary Steep, though it didn’t include the Peterson story nor have Kerig as director. His efforts did result in this worthwhile book, which is populated with memorable characters, such as Glen Plake, Greg Stump, Mike Hatttrup and legendary French guide Anselme Baud.

Speaking of characters, Telluride local and Skiing magazine columnist Rob Story will talk with Kerig about The Edge of Never.

—DH

(Sunday, 6:45 p.m., SOH)

Voices of a People’s History

of the United States

Howard Zinn’s seminal book, A People’s History of the United States: 1492 to Present, looks at American history from the bottom up, with a perspective more focused on the story of fugitive slaves than the founding fathers. Zinn has adapted his work for the stage by having performers read primary source documents—speeches, letters and court transcripts—from historical figures such as Tecumseh, Sojourner Truth and Allen Ginsberg.

The Mountainfilm readings will feature Josh Bernstein, Paul Bosch, Alex Chadwick, Shawn Colvin, Sasha Cucciniello, Jennie Franks, Emily Long, Tom Shadyac, Rick Silverman, Ben Skinner, Colin Sullivan and Terry Tice. The show is produced by SquidShow Theatre and directed by Sasha Cucciniello.

This 80-minute program at High Camp on Sunday is FREE and open to the public after pass holders are seated.

—DH

(Sunday, 4:15 p.m., HC)

Bill Kerig

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James BalogAh hAA SchoolMountainfilm audiences are familiar with James Balog because he has exhibited his striking portraits of animals and trees in Tell- uride. He returns with important work from his “Extreme Ice Survey,” which documents how glaciers around the world are receding. Balog was featured recently on an outstand-ing NOVA program on PBS and also received a prestigious award from the Aspen Institute for visual art and design. He will speak about his work on Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Sheri-dan Opera House.

Paul BoschlA cocinA de luzPaul Bosch first came to Telluride in 1999 for the wedding of a certain Mountainfilm festival director. The area has since become a favorite subject to paint for this retired Lu-theran minister.

Jimmy ChinSchilling Studio gAlleryJimmy Chin returns to Mountainfilm with photographs from his hairy ascent of India’s Meru Central, which he climbed recently with fellow artist Renan Ozturk and repeat Mountainfilm attendee Conrad Anker. Chin also shares photos from his travels in Tibet at the Silver Bell.

Lynsey DyerSteAming BeAnAt only 26, Lynsey Dyer has assembled an impressive career in graphic design that has graced skis, t-shirts and posters. Her artwork is bright and bold, organic yet contemporary. She has also started a nonprofit called She Jumps, which is dedicated to introducing girls to outdoor sports. And, of course, Dyer is a big-time, big-mountain skier and has starred in films for TGR and Warren Miller.

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Jane GorenTelluride gallery of fine arTJane Goren is a part-time Telluride resident who uses recycled metals and wood to create vibrant pieces that incorporate the heavy sub-text of how to survive in an uncertain world. She has created pieces specifically for this year’s Mountainfilm theme on food.

Jason Houstonla CoCina de luzBased in the Berkshire Mountains, Jason Houston has created a thoughtful and striking series of photographs about the area’s many farms. He says, “because of the diversity and advanced support for farming here, I’ve been able to take what’s happening in the Berk-shires and do a body of work that’s nationally and internationally relevant.”

Aaron Huey ah haa sChoolAaron Huey, who was at Mountainfilm in 2007 with his photos of Sufi mystics, returns with photography about another form of reli-gious devotion: Over the last year, he has fol-lowed folk artist Leonard Knight, who spent the last 35 years building a mountain—yes, a precipice the equivalent of three stories in height that’s called Salvation Mountain and is not far from the Salton Sea in California. Knight’s message is simple: God is love.

Robert KnightTelluride gallery of fine arTRobert Knight, the subject of the terrific film Rock Prophecies, is a photographer who has taken pictures of most every great rock-and-roll guitarist, including the last photos of Stevie Ray Vaughan. Knight has a particular knack for finding musicians before they are famous. Hendrix, Jeff Beck and Led Zeppe-lin have all been framed in his viewfinder.

Ace Kvalesilver BellAs a photographer on 25 expeditions to the Himalayas and Asia, Ace Kvale has traveled to more than 60 countries with his camera. His photographs of Tibet capture not only what makes the culture so special, but also what makes the country so complex. Kvale, who used to live in the Telluride area, is now focusing on an around-the-world project about child labor.

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Quang-Tuan LuongAh hAA SchoolBorn to Vietnamese parents in Paris, France, Quang-Tuan Luong came to the United States and attained a degree in artificial intelligence. Along the way, he also picked up such an af-finity for rock climbing that he chose to com-plete his graduate work in California to be near Yosemite. Spending time there inspired him to photograph every national park in the U.S., which caught the attention of Ken Burns who used Luong’s images for his new film, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.

Tom MasonStronghouSe gAllery Like many photographers, Tom Mason sets out to capture a moment in time. For this series, called “Fabric of Brooklyn,” he cre-ated composites by locking down his camera from a particular vantage point in Brooklyn, New York, and clicking the shutter each time someone walked into the frame. He did this for approximately 30 minutes with each street scene and then assembled the multiple digital images into single composites.

Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisiohigh cAmpPeter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio asked families in 24 countries to pose with a week’s worth of groceries. The “Hungry Planet” se-ries and its resulting book are a sharp and revealing commentary on what people eat around the planet.

Renan OzturkSchilling Studio gAlleryRenan Ozturk’s vibrant, alive paintings of places he climbs radiate an intense energy. He brings to Mountainfilm a piece from his recent ascent of Meru Central in India, which he summited with Conrad Anker and Jimmy Chin. Ozturk is the director of the compelling climbing film Samsara, which will have its world premiere on Friday at 6:45 p.m. at the Sheridan Opera House.

Cole RiseSchilling Studio gAlleryWe feel lucky to host Cole Rise’s first exhibi-tion. His photography takes classic American scenery, such as wheat fields and prairies, and infuses surprising themes. A striking im-age of his brother graces our poster and the cover of this program.

Steve Wintertelluride gAllery of fine ArtSteve Winter was named the wildlife photog-rapher of 2008 by the BBC for his photos of the snow leopard. He tracked the animals for more than ten months—often using camera traps—and gathered more than 30,000 im-ages. The snow leopard—a notoriously shy animal with a remarkable tail—moves most-ly during the night at high altitudes, making this project the hardest work Winter had ever done.

Jason YoungAh hAA SchoolJason Young’s artistry involves paint, curling stones and grand plans—all of which are con-nected. His curling stones trail pigment over a special surface to form a unique Pollack-like creation. The paintings and curling stones are part of Young’s scheme for an enormous installation called “White,” which imagines a future world without war or global warm-ing. He will show the film Curling Stone and explain more about “White” at the Sheridan Opera House on Saturday at 4 p.m.

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Moderator: Susannah Hoffman (author of The Olive and the Caper and a part-time Telluride resident)

#4 Between them, Conrad Anker, David Breashears, Jimmy Chin and Ace Kvale have made numerous trips to Tibet, dating back three decades. How have they seen the country change, and what should climbers expect as the Chinese government becomes increasingly anxious about foreigners in Tibet?

#5 Rebecca Martin (Expeditions Council), Dennis Dimick (National Geographic magazine), John Rasmus (National Geographic Adventure) and John Bredar (National Geographic Television and Film) will discuss the mission and direction of National Geographic at a time when the temperature is rising, but the revenues are falling.

#6 Skip Yowell is an adventure junkie who created the world-renowned backpack company Jansport and also authored The Hippie Guide to Climbing the Corporate Ladder. As the host of Discovery’s “Into the Unknown,” Josh Bernstein has explored more than 40 countries and is best known for hosting adventure programs on The History Channel and Discovery Channel. The pair will discuss international travel in this dangerous age for global wanderers.

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#1 With much at stake, Bill McKibben and Paul Watson are both waging fierce environmental battles, but their approaches differ radically. Where do they think the environmental movement is heading, and what is it going to take to get there?Moderator: Eugene Linden (author of Winds of Change)

#2 Nancy Abraham, the vice president of documentaries at HBO will join Mountainfilm alums Chris Paine (Who Killed the Electric Car, 2006), Beth Gage (Our Land, Our Life, 2007), and 2009 filmmakers Greg Barker (Sergio) and Sarah Klein (The Good Mother) to talk about the current climate for documentaries and these filmmakers’ next projects.

#3 Ming Tsai hosts the American Public Television program “Simply Ming” and is the owner/chef of Blue Ginger, a restaurant in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Peter Menzel and Faith D’AIuisio traveled the world to photograph families for their book What the World Eats. Josh Viertel, the president of Slow Food USA, is trying to build a sustainable food movement in this country. What can Americans learn about diets from foreign lands?

It’s said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so feed your stomach and your brain at the Mountainfilm Breakfast Talks, where you can engage with festival guests in an intimate setting.

Please note that conversations start at 8 a.m., so be sure the syrup is poured on your pancakes (yes, DaddyCakes will be served at one venue, the Elks) and you are seated before 8 a.m.

Thank you to the Telluride Daily Planet for hosting these talks and to Cappella Hotel, Cindybread, DaddyCakes, Indian Ridge Farm and Tommy’s for graciously providing the food.

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#1 Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s forthcoming book is called Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. This husband-and-wife writing team will talk about why women’s rights are essential across the world.

#2 Bill Kerig’s book, The Edge of Never, is about big-mountain skier Trevor Petersen—who was killed in an avalanche—and his son, Kye, who is a professional skier. Jennifer Woodlief’s book, A Wall of White, tells the tale of the deadliest avalanche on a ski area in North American history. Rob Story is a contributing editor at Skiing magazine, and Lynsey Dyer has been featured hucking a huge cliff on the cover of Freeskier magazine. This ripping group will discuss skiing and risk.

#3 Ben Skinner wrote A Crime So Monstrous and spoke at Mountainfilm 2008 about modern day slavery. Dr. Rick Hodes fixes the spines of children in Ethiopia and is the subject of the film Making the Crooked Straight. Jonathan Stack spent more than a decade filming in Louisiana’s Angola Prison. How do these men balance empathy and distance when they are surrounded by misery?

#4 Ngawang Choephel spent more than seven years in prison for trying to make Tibet in Song, his film about Tibetan folk music. What does he see as the best way to prevent Tibetan culture from disappearing?

#5 How do you manage the relationship between documentary filmmaker and subject? Adrian Belic, Roko Belic and Kongar-ol Ondar (Genghis Blues) discuss the matter with John Chester and Robert Knight (Rock Prophecies).

#6 Nevada Barr has written 15 best-selling novels about a fictional park ranger named Anna Pigeon. Shelton Johnson and Gerard Baker are real-life rangers. What are the challenges that face the U.S. National Park System?

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#1 Ken Burns and Haynes Johnson have each authored their share of historical books. As we enter the Obama era, they look forward. Moderator: Alex Chadwick (formerly of NPR).

#2 We present a veritable breakfast buffet of food experts: Rosamond Naylor’s expertise lies in aquacultures and the sustainability of farmed fish; Gene Baur is the author of Farm Sanctuary; Deborah Koons Garcia directed Future of Food (Mountainfilm 2004) and this year’s Soil in Good Heart.

#3 James Balog’s essential work on the Extreme Ice Survey has garnered awards and magazine covers. Steve Winter’s striking photographs of the snow leopard earned the National Geographic Photographer of the Year award. How hard is it to launch ambitious projects such as these off the ground, and how difficult is it to keep them progressing during these turbulent times?

#4 Helena Norberg-Hodge, an Alternative Nobel winner, has lived in Ladakh on the Tibetan Plateau for more

than 30 years and is working to preserve its indigenous culture, which is similar to Tibet’s. Sienna Craig’s book, Horses Like Lightning, charts her time in the Himalayan kingdom of Mustang. How can Tibetan culture be preserved—in Tibet and neighboring countries?

#5 Andy Bichlbaum is a social provocateur and takes big risks as one of The Yes Men. Tim DeChristopher took an even bigger risk by bidding on 22,000 acres of BLM land—with no intention of paying the $1.7 million bill—and faces possible prison time. Goldman Environmental Prize winner Rudy Amenga-Etego was jailed repeatedly for his work that protested Ghana’s privatization of water. How much should you risk for something you believe in?

#6 Jim Whittaker was the first American to climb Everest in 1963. Eighteen years later, Dr. Peter Hackett—a world authority on high-altitude medicine and physiology—reached the summit of Everest himself. These two mountaineers will discuss the technological advances in high-altitude clothing and medicine over the last four decades.Moderator: Phil Powers (executive director of the American Alpine Club)

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This is your chance to purchase books that were written by festival presenters, artists and film subjects. CDs and DVDs will also be on sale.

Special note: Several guests will not be available to sign books at the Reading Frenzy. Dan Barber will sign his book on Friday from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Between the Covers book-store on main street. Ann Cooper, Peter Menzel, Faith D’Aluisio and Ming Tsai will be at Between the Covers during the Ice Cream Social on Saturday from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.

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Ice cream SocIalSaturday, may 232:00 to 3:30 p.m.Colorado avenue (main street), between aspen and Fir streetsSponsored by Telluride TruffleA little like a three-ring circus, Mountain-film shuts down Telluride’s main street for ice cream and entertainment (live music, a mini farmer’s market, food displays, a glider, a roving magician—just to name a few). Be prepared for surprises and to spend a little time connecting with fellow festival-goers and guests.

the (Self-appoInted) mountaInfIlm houSe Band: SIlverton duSt Storm wIth tImmy o’neIllSaturday, may 2310:30 p.m.last dollar saloonTimmy O’Neil, long-time friend of Moun-tainfilm, and his band will rock The Buck late Saturday night.

horIzon program Student clImBIng conteStSunday, may 242:00 to 4:00 p.m.ConFerenCe Center plaza in mountain villageThe Horizon Program, Telluride’s outdoor youth program, will host a climb-a-thon fundraising event that showcases the Hori-zon kids. Come support the team.

cloSIng awardS pIcnIc monday, may 251:00 to 4:00 p.m. telluride town park(Free to passholders; tickets for sale at the entrance)Enjoy a delicious organic lunch prepared by Lucas Price and his talented team from La Cocina de Luz. Unless we’ve already drained the reserves, there’ll also be free beer from New Belgium Brewing and wine from Redwood Creek.

tIBet roomTo memorialize the fiftieth anniversary of the Chinese occupation of Tibet, we’ve created a special Tibet Room in the Silver Bell building (home of Telluride Academy). A reception during the Gallery Walk will display Tibetan art and photographs, and you can also drop by throughout the festival between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to discuss the situation in the region or watch films about Tibet on small screens. We will host three special Breakfast Talks about Tibet.

In addition to the Gallery Walk (page 72), Breakfast Talks (page 76) and Reading Frenzy (page 80), the following parties and events—all free to the public, unless not-ed—will take place during Mountainfilm.

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The Moving MounTains Prize

This $3,000 award goes to one nonprofit that is featured in a film at this year’s festi-val. The judges (p. 84) watch each film and attend Q&As. After examining the mission of each nonprofit, the judges consider its scope, impact and need in their decision. Note that the quality of the film itself is not a deciding factor for this prize.

Of course, all these nonprofits do im-portant work, so each will receive at least $400. If you are moved by what you see and want to add to the collective prize pool, there will be opportunities to contrib-ute at screenings.

Moving MounTains Prize noMinees

At the Edge of the World—page 24Sea Shepherd Society

Burma VJ—page 27Democratic Voice of Burma

The Garden—page 32South Central Farmers

Making the Crooked Straight—page 40JDC Medical Program

Orphans of Tsavo—page 49David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

Tibet in Song—page 46Tibet Society

Please visit www.mountainfilm.org for direct links to these charitable organizations.

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This year’s awards were created by local artist Lisa Issenberg (www.issenbergdesign.com).

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charlie Fowler awarD—$1,000 cash prizeeligible—all climbing and mountaineering films decided by judges

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NaNcy abrahamAs the vice president of documentaries at HBO, Nancy Abraham has shepherded countless films from the idea stage to a huge audience on HBO. She sifts through thousands of submissions to find the right project for the network and then works closely with the filmmakers to shape the story. After that, she collects almost every award there is for this type of work.

ShawN colviNMultiple Grammy-award winner Shawn Colvin is familiar to Telluride audiences from her many appearances on various stages around town. She will return in June for the Telluride Bluegrass Festival as part of a band called Three Girls and Their Buddy with Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin and Buddy Miller.

chriS PaiNeChris Paine graced Mountainfilm in 2006 with his award-winning film Who Killed the Electric Car? He once lived in Telluride but these days is mostly found in Los Angeles. He’s currently at work on a few projects, including Marrakesh House and Revenge of the Electric Car.

beN SkiNNerBen Skinner captivated Mountainfilm audiences in 2008 with his accounts of modern day slavery. National Geographic Adventure said his book on the subject, A Crime So Monstrous, was “more than a devastating look at modern day slavery, it is an inspirational demand for justice.” Skinner’s work merited him a nomination for National Geographic’s Adventurer of the Year.

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JohN bredarOriginally from Colorado, John Bredar is the senior executive producer for National Geographic Specials. He has produced more than 25 films on everything from black widow spiders to sumo wrestlers and has won Emmy Awards and a Peabody along the way.

ShaNNoN o’doNoghueShannon O’Donoghue was an MBA graduate headed toward a career in finance, but she decided to take a brief detour to the Canadian Rockies instead. That detour has lasted more than a decade—all of it with the Banff Mountainfilm Festival. As the director since 2006, she has probably seen more films on the mountain genre than most anyone alive.

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Peter HackettPrevious Mountainfilm guest Peter Hackett is the director of the Institute for Altitude Medicine. He has garnered a first ascent of Cholatse and reached the summit of Everest from the South Col. These achievements are impressive, though they’re undercut by his stint as the medical doctor on tour with The Rolling Stones.

Damon JoHnstonDamon Johnston is the co-author of The Wild Wild West, a Guide to Climbing in Southwest Colorado and Telluride Rocks, both of which he wrote with his friend and climbing partner Charlie Fowler.

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Honga ImHonga Im is the owner of Honga’s Lotus Petal and the co-author of a cookbook: Honga’s Lotus Petal: Pan Asian Cuisine. Born in Korea, her cooking reflects her interest in dishes from many Asian countries, but her skiing prowess reflects her more than 20 years in Telluride.

Jake LInzInmeIrOwner and operator of several restaurants in Telluride—including The Excelsior, Blue Point Grill & Noir Bar and X-Café—Jake Linzinmeir was selected recently as one of the Rising Stars by Restaurant Hospitality magazine. He’s been a guest on “The Today Show” and is a member of Telluride’s search and rescue team.

Lucas PrIceOwner and chef of La Cocina de Luz, Lucas Price concentrates on using local ingredients to create his Southwestern and Mexican dishes. Aside from providing food for Mountainfilm’s closing picnic, La Cocina will also host a gallery exhibit at this year’s festival.

cHaD scotHornChad Scothorn is the chef and owner of The Cosmopolitan—actually two restaurants by the same name in Telluride and Durango—which specialize in fresh and local ingredients. Before coming to Telluride in 1996, he worked in restaurants from Argentina to Oklahoma.

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We realize that not everyone can make it to Telluride each May, so we pack up some of the best films from the festival and take the show on the road. Mountainfilm on Tour started in 2000 as a way to expand our mission of education and inspiration to global audiences.

Today, we touch the lives of more than 20,000 people on five continents, and we continue to look for new and exciting opportunities to expand, such as our upcoming event in Aspen, Colorado, at the Wheeler Opera House. From August 28 to 30, we’ll showcase films from this year’s festival and screen some new ones. In Aspen, we’ll also present a half-day food symposium, and artist Chris Jordan will present along with other guests.

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“Wrapped in a deceptively entertaining package that manages to both move and inspire, these films will make you want to be a better global citizen.

—Sydney Stowe, film manager for Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College

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a sampling of mountainfilm on tour’s destinationsHobart, Tasmania, AustraliaLubbock, TexasBend, OregonHemsedal, NorwayPlymouth, MichiganBoston, MassachusettsBurlington, VermontOjai, CaliforniaWhistler, British ColumbiaPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaWatercolor, FloridaWashington, D.C.And more than 60 other locations...

With multiple tour packages to choose from, it’s easy to bring Mountainfilm on Tour to your community. To book a show, email tour director Justin Clifton at [email protected], or call 970/728-4123 x13. For more details, visit www.mountainfilm.org.

mountainfilm in your homeWould you like to own a copy of an amazing film you saw? Check out our online store to purchase DVDs from many of our current and past festival programs. Browse www.store.mountainfilm.org. to view our expanding selection.

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Since 2007—and with the help of The New Community Coalition (TNCC)—we have generated electricity for Mountainfilm in our local grid by using bio-diesel-powered generators and hydropower. We have also offset 270,000 pounds of our festival participants’ carbon emissions, invested in local solar power for the R-1 school district and continued our decades-long recycling and composting programs to help make Mountainfilm a low-impact festival.

This year, we’re focusing on local sustainability projects by participating in the TNCC Green Fund for local renewable energy projects, forest renewal through Carbon Zero and statewide investment in carbon offsetting projects through the Colorado Carbon Fund.

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Board of directorsSusan Dalton / PresidentBeth Gage / Vice PresidentChris Hanson / SecretaryTravis Spitzer / TreasurerRuth BenderLetitia Ferrier-WebsterDebra FrankAlex GregoryJeff PriceChris RainierPhil SegalMike ShimkonisRick SilvermanNan Theberge

advisory BoardJohn AckerlyConrad AnkerMichael BrownArlene BurnsWade DavisGretel EhrlichLynn HillRichard HolbrookePico IyerChris JordanAce KvaleFrans LantingKatie LeeMaya LinLiz ManneRebecca MartinHilaree O’NeillDoug PeacockBeth WaldPaul Watson

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Honorary TrusteesThom & Leslie Beers Dick Ebersol & Susan Saint JamesTully & Elise FriedmanTom & Janine HillVincent & Anne Mai

K2AnonymousAnn & Rich Teerlink

DEnaliRick KimballSuzanne LaFetraJim & Kay MabieStephen Wald

EigErThe Black/Marlens FamilyBonnie & Louis CohenBill & Sally EstesDr. Hill & Bettie HastingsJoseph & Lynne HorningTerry & Susan Tice

El CapitanRuth Bender Josh BernsteinNancy & Duncan BurkeDavid & Nancy CaleEdward CallawayBrian & Karen ConwayDirk dePagter Chip & Cathe Dyer Bruce & Bridgitt EvansDebra & Bill FrankStephanie GrahamLitty Holbrooke & Andrew FreyPaul Lehman & Ronna StamJohn & Bridget MacaskillTristin & Martin MannionJohn McCall (In memory of Charlie Fowler & Randall Grandstaff)Jerry & Merle Measer

The Daniel M. Neidich & Brooke Garber FoundationGenny PlamondonJeff Price & Jennie Franks PriceBarry & Barbara ShafferJohn Steel & Bunny FreidusTom & Donna StoneDale Vrabec

ajaxJosh AronsonCarolyn CobeloRobert M. EnserroBeth & George GageGarrett Gruener & Amy Slater Family FundNancy HalvorsenMichael HansonRichard HolbrookeJames JordanLou Mintz & Beverly CrillyMoe Family Scholarship FundBob & Veronique PittmanDinny ShermanThe Philip H. & Jean H. Wagner Fund of the Dayton Foundation

BElayErClark’s MarketDeborah & David CohenGerber Construction, Inc.Kathy Green Chris & Meghan HansonFrank & Lisina HochJeff & Linda JacobiJohn Leahey & Mary UchidaWilliam MackBetsy & Wight MartindaleChris PainePeggy PorterSam & Francesca RehnborgFrank & Beatrice ReichelJane Reldan, M.D. Jacklyn Ritter Lisa Setterfield Mike & Jennifer ShimkonisTelluride Gallery of Fine Art

Nan Theberge Miles & Lindsey WelchPancho Winter

shErpaWendy BrooksRoger CohenMark & Amy DobbinsDavid Gast & Elena SchmidKit & Carolyn JacksonJoel KaufmanAmy LevekTania PetrulisBob & Mary RubadeauStephen SchifferPeter & Gail WilsonPeter YarrowJack S. Zoller

donors

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staff

MountainfilM StaffPeter Kenworthy Executive DirectorDavid Holbrooke Festival DirectorStash Wislocki Festival ProducerJustin Clifton Director of Mountainfilm on TourEmily Long Program DirectorJenny Jacobi Operations ManagerEllen Shelton Education DirectorKaren Overn ControllerPatti Duax Lodging and Travel CoordinatorDrew Ludwig Gallery CoordinatorEllie Pope Volunteer CoordinatorSarah Carden Pass CoordinatorTami Hodges-Malaniak Food and Beverage ManagerKate Schofield Frerichs Food and Beverage AssistantRachel Mann InternLance Waring Special Guest LiaisonTim “Stuntman” Territo Production ManagerMegan Langford CateringRube Felicelli Hospitality ManagerKristen Lawrynk Hospitality ManagerIan Manson Master Rigger Peter Garber RiggerTom “T.R.” Richards RiggerJim Hurst Field CrewScott Michels Field CrewWilder Wilson Field CrewMark Froehlich Lighting DesignerAnjin Herndon Video EditorJohnny “Rotten” Bulson Communications ManagerJustin Wiehs Communications AssistantAnne Reeser Graphic Design, Program DesignCasey Nay Graphic Design, Program DesignSteve Johnson General CounselElisabeth Gick Tibet Room CoordinatorBebe Bischoff Sound Relocation ManagerKitty Holbrooke Chief Q/A WranglerWiley Holbrooke Microphone Coordinator

technical ProductionCurt Rouse Video Tech DirectorGreg Babush Video InspectionBarbara Grassia Film InspectionRoss Krantz Chief Film TechnicianMarc Burrows Video TechnicianKarl “K2” Mahrer K2 ImagingPeggy Russell Film Traffic ManagerKaren Zenger Film TrafficDean Rolley Audio ManagerPaul Zosky Dolby

theater StaffRu BienerShawna BrownMarc FroehlichErin HamiltonRob HuberBen KerrCarol LeeAmy LevekPeter LundeenEmily MaceJulie McNairMichelle MontagueLuci ReevesMason RichJohn RosenbergG. Douglas SeitsingerFelix Snow

ProjectioniStSGreg BabushLuigi ChiaraniGypsie FrankBarbara GrassiaPeter HalterSergio LaureanoBarb LoughmanMicheal MooreJacob ReiterDavid RiepeLuciana SanzMark SchoneveldEric SmithTizzz

Screening coMMitteeSuzan BerazaBebe BischoffAshley BolingDaiva ChesonisJustin CliftonMary DuffyBeth GageDavid HolbrookeJenny JacobiPeter KenworthyBen KerrKatie KlingspornBen Knight

welcoMe / toc / SPonSorS / feStival tiPS / MaP / SyMPoSiuM / filMS / Schedule PreSentationS / eventS / awardS / judgeS / tour / green / boardS & donorS / Staff

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volunteers

Lucy LernerEmily LongRick MendelKaren OvernStash Wislocki

Special ThankSStephanie BalterJim BedfordLinda CookErica DoemlandBrandt GarberRick HarringtonTeneil HartleyJulie HuntsingerLinda LevinTom LuddyGary MeyerEd and Flo Pauls

VolunTeerSLaurie AdamsRobert AllenCally AndersonJonathan AugelloHeather BaltzleyCynthia Ann BelliniPete BenoitSuzanne BeresfordMyjah BergeronDavid BrankleyKaren BrownBayard BryanLaurence BryantDavid ByersKen CarpenterPeter ChapmanKatherine Charbon-neauDavid ChewDee CipovAnnie ClarkAshley CoadyLaura ColbertSimon CollinsChristopher CoxMason CummingsWade DavisElissa Dickson

Jared DiVincentCarol DixJoanie DixMark DresieVirginia DrewKyle DubaKarl EbelSkip EdwardsMelanie EggersKelsey EichhornLynn EichhornCameron ElmendorfSally FieldNicola FucignaLaura GalganKimberly GallerTom GearheartJohn GeronaElizabeth GessingerWilliam GoldbergMichael GrasseschiGina GuarascioDeb GuarinoKaren GuglielmoneKent GunnufsonMelanie HallMarianne HamiltonBo HancockMo HannaPaige HardmanPeter HarrelsonMelissa HendersonBrian HensienKristine HinterkopfBridget HolvenstotTracye HoustonVance HowardKristen HughesWendy IsraelFaith Lotus JohnsonAndrea JohnsonKyra JohnsonBeth JonesLani JonesBob JustisDavene KaplanKatie KarowNancy KerrBecky KingMarki Knopp

Patricia KoenigTruck KreislerSean KrentsaJanee KronkJeff LamonicaNancy LandauArthur LenahanMichelle LiljegrenShannon LippkeElinor LondonAlison LoomisAlfredo LopezDominique LopezJessica LylesAngela MallardElizabeth MarchiniLissa MargettsAnn MasonRebecca MayerBeth McCallKevin McCarthyPatricia McCarthyTim McGovernKaren McKinnieDoug McLaughlinShea McWilliamsEve MelmonNicole MillerJack MillerJoAnn MoonLynda NelsonKeith NicholsCasey NimmerKevin NoreenStacey O’BrienRogan O’HerlihyKelly O’LaughlinEdie O’LaughlinKaren ParksCraig PecchiaGregory PettysTessa PulaskiAnn ReindollarAndrew RiegerMary RiosWillie RiosLeigh RobertsonAnne RoemerRobert RothChristine Roth

Billy RoyalKaylie RozenCassie SadinskiKaiulani SchulerJim ScottCassandra SearsLisa SetterfieldCon SeverisJackie ShaneSharon ShuteranMindy SmithBlakely SteinJason StrykowskiTom SurprenantStephanie ThompsonLexi TuddenhamLu UngerCatherine VaderAmy VanDerBoschTeri VanHallKate WadleyMark WestmanMarie WhelanWendy WhitingMolly WilsonVon WilsonWyatt WilsonRichard WodehouseRainbeau WolfEric Xu

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Kathy WilliaMson

In Memoriam

The Mountainfilm Inspirational Endowment FundInitially established with funds donated in the names of John Wald and Matt Gaynes—two adventurers and friends of Mountainfilm—the Inspirational Fund is professionally managed as a long-term investment to serve as an endowment for Mountainfilm’s future. If you are interested in contributing to our cause, either short- or long-term, please contact Peter Kenworthy, Mountainfilm’s executive director, at 970.728.4123 or [email protected].

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A short piece by Matchstick Productions that features Shane

McConkey will play on Saturday at 6:15 p.m. at the Opera House.

Join Andy Sawyer’s friends and family on Sunday at 6:45 p.m. at the Sheridan

Opera House for a slide show about his life. The show is free to the public;

pass-holders admitted first.

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Come back this summer and continue to be inspired.

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after the fest

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Mountainfilm is pleased to announce a FREE outdoor summer film series at Sunset Plaza in

Mountain Village:saturday, july 25 & sunday, july 26

thursday, august 20 & friday, august 21Films begin at dusk.

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peopleAbraham, Nancy 76, 84Allen, Christopher Thomas 37Alo, Lani 67Amenga-Etego, Rudy 67, 78Anker, Conrad 43, 76Aronson, Josh 37Baker, Gerard 21, 22, 77Baldwin, Joaquin 41Balog, James, 65, 73, 78, 80Barber, Dan 15, 16, 80Barker, Greg 43, 76Barr, Nevada 21, 22, 77, 80Baur, Gene 15, 16, 80Belic, Adrian 33, 34-35, 77Belic, Roko 33, 34-35, 77Blair, Katrina 80Bernstein, Josh 71, 76Berrier, Jeb 66Bichlbaum, Andy 46, 78Blehert-Koehn, Alison 49Boehme, Ethan 38Bonanno, Mike 46Bonds, Julia “Judy” 67Bosch, Paul 71, 73Brault, Nicolas 38Breashears, David 63, 76, 80Bredar, John 76, 84Burns, Ken 21, 22, 23, 63, 78, 80Casagrande IV, Andy 33, 48Cappabianca, Giorgio 94Chadwick, Alex 38, 71, 78Cherry, Lynne 48, 80Chester, John 43, 77Chin, Jimmy 43, 73, 76Choephel, Ngawang 46, 77Collett, Nathan 28Collett, Pamela 28Colvin, Shawn 71, 84Cooper, Ann 15, 16Craig, Sienna 40, 78, 80Cucciniello, Sasha 71D’Aluisio, Faith 15, 16, 75, 76, 80D’Angelo, David 26Dayton, Jonathan 44DeChristopher, Tim 64, 78Dimick, Dennis 15, 16, 76Donaghue, Tony 31Downer, James 28, 48Duncan, Dayton 23Durrant, Jonno 45Dyer, Lynsey 73, 77Dyhrenfurth, Norman 24Enga, Bjorn 40Engfehr, Kurt 46Faris, Valerie 44Franchot, Pascal 29Franks, Jennie 71Furman, Steve 48Gage, Beth 29, 64, 76Gage, George 29, 64Garcia Koons, Deborah 44Gardner, George 94Gauntlett, Rob 85Geeter, Josh 30Glover, Jerry 15, 16Goodtimes, Art 39Goren, Jane 74Haas, Juergen 48Hackett, Peter 78, 85

Haldimann, Hans 25Havell, Kim 30Heaton, Dan 42Hill, Laurie 41Hodes, Rick 40, 77Hoffman, Susannah 76, 80Holbrooke, Richard 69, 70Holm, Kris 42Houston, Jason 74Huey, Aaron 74Hunt, Stefan 45Im, Honga 80, 85Issenberg, Lisa 82James, David 15, 16Johnson, Haynes 78, 80Johnson, Shelton 21, 22, 77Johnston, Damon 80, 85Kells, Rob 94Kennet, Scott 30Keohane, AnnieKennedy, Scott Hamilton 32Kenner, Robert 32Kerig, Bill 71, 77, 80Klagsbrun, David 33Klein, Sarah 33, 76Kleinert, James 30Knight, Robert 43, 74, 77, 78, 80Kodis, Michele 80Kristof, Nicholas 42, 69, 70, 77, 80Kvale, Ace 74, 76Lees, James 41Leighton, Ralph 33, 34-35, 80Lert, Wolfgang 94Linden, Eugene 76, 80Linzinmeir, Jake, 85Loorz, Alec 48Lowe-Anker, Jennifer 80Luong, Quang-Tuan 21, 22, 75Mann, Ron 39Maringouin, John 25Martin, Rebecca 76Maryniuk, Mike 27Mason, Tom 26, 33, 75McAbee, Cory 42McConkey, Shane 94McKibben, Bill 15, 16, 21, 22, 63, 76, 80McLaughlin, John 94Menzel, Peter 14, 15, 16, 75, 76Metzgar, Eric Daniel 42Michod, David 45Mitchell, Andy 33Morgan, Curt 45Morris, Matt 36Mortimer, Peter 44Muntean, Lucian 38Muntean, Natasa 38Murray, Rupert 31Naylor, Rosamond 15, 16Nadelman, Stefan 32Norberg-Hodge, Helena 15, 16, 78, 80Nozkowski, Casimir 26O’Donoghue, Shanon 85O’Neill, Hilaree 66O’Neill, Timmy 66Ondar, Kongar-ol 33, 34-35, 77Ostergaard, Anders Hogsbro 27

Ozturk, Renan 43, 75Paine, Chris 76, 84Parrinello, Will 40Patterson, Chris 30Peedom, Jen 45Pes 46, 49Powers, Phil 61-62, 78, 80Price, Lucas 85Rainbow, Rob 37Rainier, Chris 80Rasmus, John 76Remec, Suz 48, 49Rise, Cole 4, 75Robinson, Richard Knox 25Rockefeller, Susan Cohn 40Ronald, Pamela 15, 16, 80Rosen, Nick 44Roush, Michael 36Sams, Laura 49, 80Sams, Robert 49, 80Sargent, Inge 27Sawyer, Andrew 94Schoenfeld, Michael 49Scothorn, Chad 85Sekiguchi, Masaki 30Shadyac, Tom 71Siple, Murray 26Skinner, Ben 71, 77, 80, 84Stack, Jonathan 31, 77Stillwell, Cindy 36Stutter, Jason 27Stone, Dan 24Story, Rob 77, 80Strange, Adam 24Strel, Borut 25Strel, Martin 25, 80Sullivan, Colin 71Tatum, Tom 29Terruso, Laura 39Tezozomoc 32Tice, Terry 71Trudeau, Pierre 39Tsai, Ming 15, 16, 76Viertel, Josh 15, 16, 32, 76Watson, Paul 24, 76, 80Whittaker, Jim 6, 24, 60, 61-62, 78, 80Williams, Craig 67Williamson, Kathy 94Winter, Steve 68, 75, 78Witherspoon, Ashanti 31Woodlief, Jennifer 77, 80WuDunn, Sheryl 70, 77Young, Jason 29, 75Young, Tyler 49Yowell, Skip 76, 80Zinn, Howard 71

filmAmericans on Everest 24Aphrodite’s Farm 24At the Edge of the World 24, 83The Beekeepers 25Bergauf, Bergab 25Big River Man 25Bodega 26Boy Scouts of Rahway 26Bridal Veil Falls: Back to the Public 26The Bringing of Spring 48Bruno 48

Burma VJ 27, 83Canary Beat 48Careful with that Axe 27Carts of Darkness 27Cattle Call 28Charcoal Traffic 28Chickens of the Sea 48Compost 28Crisis at Mt. Tenabo 29The Curling Stones 29Dare Devil Flyers 29Deep/Shinsetsu 30Drift: Bahamas 30The Edge of Telluride 30The End of the Line 31The Farm: 10 Down 31Film from my Parish—6 Farms 31Food Fight 32Food, Inc. 32The Garden 32, 83Genghis Blues 33, 34-35The Good Mother 33The Great White Shark Song 33, 48The Hidden Life of the Burrowing Owl 36High Plains Winter 36History Making Farming Author on the Move 36Home 37How to Save a Fish from Drowning 37Hudson River Shorts 37Hungu 38Ice Cream Sunday 48I Matter 48Interviews, 50 Cents 38Journey of a Red Fridge 38Know Your Mushrooms 39The Last Butcher in Little Italy 39Les Anges Dechets (Garbage Angels) 39Look to the Ground 40Orphans of Tsavo 49, 83Making the Crooked Straight 40, 83Mustang—Journey of Transformation 40Papiroflexia (Origami) 41Photograph of Jesus 41Pockets 41The Red Helmet 49Reno 42Reporter 42Revolution One 42Riddle in a Bottle 49Rock Prophecies 43Samsara 43Sergio 43The Sharp End 44A Slip in Time 44Snaked: A Moroccan Adventure 49Soil in Good Heart 44Solo 45Surfing 50 States 45That’s It, That’s All 45Tibet in Song 46, 83Western Spaghetti 46, 49The Yes Men Fix the World 46


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ALSO FEATURING:MANOJ CHALAM • CHANDRA EASTON • MOSES • NANCY STECHERT

PETER STERIOS • KARL STRAUB • REGINA ZWILLINGJASON MAGNESS & THE YOGA SLACKERS

A full children’s yoga program will also be offered.

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