JULY 9, 2009 ISSUE
App Summer Hosts Patagonia’s Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival
This Friday, July 10, Patagonia’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival returns to Farthing Auditorium for its second consecutive year as part of An Appalachian Summer Festival. The screening, which begins at 8:00 p.m., is sponsored by Footslogger’s Outdoor & Travel Outfitters of Boone.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students ages 6 to 18 and $5 for children, and can be purchased at the festival box office in advance or at the venue door. Ticket prices increase on show nights.
A festival of films by activists for activists, Patagonia’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival was born from an effort to save the Yuba Watershed in California. The South Yuba Citizens’ League (SYRCL) banded together to protect their river, and they succeeded in having it permanently protected as a Wild and Scenic resource. Energized by their success, they created this environmental film festival to inspire and encourage local activism throughout the country. This evening of 11 short films ranging from 2 to 29 minutes in length will include documentaries revealing the impact of industry, touching stories of unlikely relationships born from a common cause and stunningly beautiful cinematography—all of which will inspire your inner environmentalist.
Hank Foreman, assistant vice chancellor for arts and cultural affairs, and artistic director for visual arts programming for An Appalachian Summer Festival, explains the series’ philosophy.
“This film series began when two of the festival’s board members, Nancy Tafeen and Hanes Boren, saw an opportunity to share, through film, their drive to be better citizens of the planet. Their vision led the festival to present Patagonia’s Wild & Scenic environmental films in 2008. This year, we have expanded the series to include independent films and documentaries as well as environmental films. With four very distinct and compelling experiences, the ‘Magic of the Motion Pictures’ film series connects us with our world, and challenges us to think about the impact we have on the people and the world around us,” said Foreman.
For tickets or more information, call 828-262-4046 or click to www.appsummer.org.
Want To Go?
Date: Friday, July 10
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Farthing Auditorium, ASU
Cost: $10 adults/$8 students ages 6 to 18/$5 children
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