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Mountainfilm to make tour stop in Durango
Arts & Entertainment Editor
Photo by JIMMY CHIN, courtesy of Mountainfilm
This is a still shot from “Samsara,” a climbing film shot in the Vindhya Mountains of
India. The film is one of 10 that
will be shown
Saturday night when Mountainfilm on Tour comes to the Smiley Building theater in a benefit for Durango Nature Studies.
If you go
Mountainfilm on Tour at the Smiley Building theater. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Saturday with food and beer available; films begin at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $10 for adults, $7 for students, $5 for children younger than 12, available at the door or in advance at Zia Taqueria, Pine Needle Mountaineering, Maria’s Bookshop or online at www.durango
naturestudies.org. Child care is available; call 769-6482 to reserve a slot.
A customized program of 10 films from the May festival will be shown Saturday night at the Smiley Building theater in a benefit for Durango Nature Studies. Executive Director Sally Shuffield said the DNS board selected the films from more than 70 featured in the main festival.
"We picked ones that had cultural connections to mountain towns, but their big theme this year was food, so we included a few of those, too," she said.
Shuffield said Mountainfilm on Tour will become a regular event for the educational nonprofit organization each fall, and as a fundraiser, the event is in tune with DNS' mission.
"I'm trying to get a schedule of events that are associated with us and what we do," she said.
"It started as a festival of climbers and skiers, but it's grown and changed to be a way to see how the environment is connected to culture, and that's what we try to do to get kids connected to where they live.
"If they have that base, it will make them better stewards of their world, and they'll grow up loving doing things in the outdoors." The 10 films that will be shown Saturday: b "Samsara" - A climbing film set in India's Vindhya Mountains.
b "Fridays at the Farm" - A filmmaker and his family join a community organic farm.
b "Deep/Shinsetsu" - Powder skiing in Japan with no voice-overs, music, etc.
b "The Red Helmet" - In a dark and drab world, a fearful young child discovers a bright red helmet that transforms everything.
b "Shikashika" - Loosely translated, it's a Peruvian snow cone made from glacial ice from a volcanic mountain.
b "Revolution One" - Extreme unicycling on such things as cliffs, park benches and picnic tables.
b "The Job" - A satire that turns the tables on day laborers.
b "Pickin' & Trimmin'" - The Wal-Martization of America is exemplified through a North Carolina barbershop.
b "History Making Farming Author on the Move" - A black watermelon farmer was directed by God to write children's books.
b "The Last Frontier: Conservation and Exploration in Papua New Guinea" - First descents by kayakers on the Pandi River.
ted@durangoherald.com
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