Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival for ABQ: April 24, Guild Cinema

Intro: NMWA

A reading from John Muir’s Wind-Storm in the Sierra Nevada [3-5 minutes].

Ascending the Giants [12 min.].

You may be a tree hugger, but would you climb one? Join two Oregon tree lovers and climbers as they look for Oregon’s largest Sitka Spruce trees.

Flathead Wild [23 min.]

The Flathead River in British Columbia is one of North America’s most endangered rivers. Join the International League of Conservation photographers as they visually document this iconic wilderness, and hopefully save it from industrial development.

Finding Farley [62 min.]

Join the award-winning filmmakers of Being Caribou as they rediscover the people and places that inspired one of Canada’s greatest nature writers, Farley Mowat (author of Never Cry Wolf) –over 3000 miles of trekking, sailing, portaging and paddling from the prairies to the Maritimes.

The Fun Theory: Piano Stairs [2 min.]

Can having “fun” actually change people’s behavior for the better? Can we get more people to take the stairs over the escalator or elevator by making it fun to do?

Garbage Angels [6]

Awarded Best Canadian Short, Planet in Focus. What happens when trash meets trash? Could there be life in a dump?

Lady Bug Swarm [3]

Enjoy one of the wonders of nature, and rediscover the beauty of nature through the eyes of a child.

A Year in the Desert: Anza Borrego [15]

This film from Emmy Award winners Chris Pyle and Nicholas Clapp explores the four seasons in the Anza Borrego desert in southern California: a land of extremes from 180 degree ground temperatures to flash floods, and providing habitat for a surprising range of creatures.

Split Estate [15]

Directed and narrated by Santa Feans, Debra Anderson and Ali McGraw, this abridged version of the longer 76-minute film explores the strange world of “split estate,” where you own the surface land but not the mineral rights, and you are dealing with an unregulated industry that seeks to drill for gas in your backyard.

Otero Mesa [10]

Discover a vital landscape in southern New Mexico that may become New Mexico’s next National Monument.