Wild And Scenic Environmental Film Festival Set For June 25

The Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival On Tour will be held at the Mount Nittany Middle School on June 25 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

 

All proceeds from local sponsorship and ticket sales will benefit ClearWater Conservancy and is sponsored by .Appalachian Outdoors.

 

The Wild and Scenic Film Festival was conceived by a California watershed advocacy group, the South Yuba River Citizens League, in 2003 and has since flourished into the largest film festival of its kind in North America.

 

In 2004, environmental groups started asking if they could bring the festival to their community, and gradually a touring version of the Wild and Scenic Film Festival developed from outside interest. Five years later, the tour now visits over 90 communities nationwide. The Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Tour aims to provide grassroots environmental organizations with a unique means for generating local environmental activism.

 

“The films tell a story about our planet, highlighting issues, providing solutions and giving a call to action,” says Tour Manager, Susie Sutphin. “Their collective energy empowers communities to initiate conversations that can bring about compromise and collaborative efforts that positively impact our wild places.”

 

The evening will provide a special opportunity for the local community to see award-winning films that highlight a wide array of environmental issues and stories. From “Last Descent”, a film that chronicles a group of world-class kayakers as they descend some of the world’s most amazing, albeit environmentally threatened, rivers, to “Historia de un Letrero,” an emotionally stirring, six-minute film that won a 2008 Cannes Film Festival award, the Wild and Scenic Film Festival On Tour showcases a diverse assortment of film genres and environmental issues.

 

One film in particular, “Division Street,” documenting a filmmaker’s roadtrip across North America in an effort to highlight the importance of roadless areas and wildlife corridors, particularly relates to local conservation efforts.

 

ClearWater Conservancy is currently working to construct a wildlife corridor in the Centre region in an effort to preserve and protect the exceptional ecological value of the Scotia Barrens.

 

Proceeds from ticket sales for the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival will go toward the Halfmoon Wildlife Corridor conservation effort.

 

The event is hosted by Appalachian Outdoors to benefit ClearWater Conservancy. Tickets will cost $8 if purchased in advance and $10 if purchased at the event. Tickets can be purchased at Appalachian Outdoors or ClearWater Conservancy.

 

For mail order tickets, call ClearWater Conservancy at 814-237-0400. For more information, visit the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival On Tour webpage.