Throckmorton Theatre Mountainfilm (TTMF) screens feature documentaries on environmental issues, epic adventures, eye-opening politics and humanitarian causes. We set the stage for important conversations about the world we live in and we seek to inspire audiences to action on worthy causes. TTMF brings together special guests, filmmakers, film subjects, artists, activists, and other luminaries for a celebration of the indomitable spirit.
FILMS - Q & A - BOOZE AND BANTER
Waking Dragons
2017 USA / Duration: 5 mins
Directed by: Brett Schreckengost
In January of 2017, Telluride Helitrax was hired to do avalanche control work by dropping bombs on Ajax Peak, the iconic mountain that overlooks downtown Telluride, Colorado. Lucky for us, local filmmaker Brett Schreckengost was there to capture it from an airborne vantage. This short film is an ode to the beauty and power of the San Juan Mountains in winter.
Denali's Raven
2016 USA / Duration: 9 mins
Directed by: Renan Ozturk
Like a raven on an updraft, Leighan Falley soars above the glaciers and peaks of the Alaska Range with her daughter Skye strapped into the backseat of her de Havilland Beaver. Born of a desire to see more of the dramatic landscape and a need to supplement her career as a mountain guide, Falley now works as a commercial pilot in Talkeetna, Alaska. She comes from a long line of aviators and finds inspiration working with other women in the high alpine. Denali’s Raven is a glimpse into the life of an Alaskan pilot, skier, alpinist and mother.
HAFE: The Story Behind
2016 USA / Duration: 6 mins
Directed by: Sam Ketay
Dr. Paul Auerbach, a professor of emergency medicine at Stanford University, and Dr. York Miller, a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado, were recent medical school grads when they decided to take a backpacking trip high into the San Juan Mountains. Above 11,000 feet, they experienced abdominal discomfort, bloating and premonitory belching. Wilderness medicine had no term for these combined symptoms. They dubbed it high-altitude flatus expulsion (HAFE), and their findings were published in The Western Journal of Medicine, evoking a surprising response. This film is for anyone who has ever gone camping and eaten too many beans.
My Irnik
2017 Canada / Duration: 16 mins
Directed by: François Lebeau , Matthew Hood
In the Canadian Arctic, in the remote community of Kuujjuaq, a young father and mother are raising theirirnik (son) with an emphasis on shared adventures, connection to the land, the heritage of dog sledding, learning from the environment and experiencing all that is the Far North — the dark rawness of the winter, the thaws of springtime, the seal soup of summer and the caribou hunting of the fall. My Irnik is about familial lines, ancestral culture, the generational transference of knowledge and the individual’s path to seek his or her own dreamscapes.
Adaptation Bangladesh: Sea Level Rise
2017 USA/Bangladesh / Duration: 12 mins
Directed by: Justin DeShields
The “new normal” of global climate change is, generally, a harrowing reality to contemplate. Cultural anthropologist (and Moving Mountains Symposium speaker) Alizé Carrére helps us see, however, that it does not need to be a reality devoid of hope. In Bangladesh — the most densely populated country in the world and one that will bear a disproportionate share of the impact of global climate change — Carrere shows us the kind of resilience, flexibility and innovation that will be requisite for the survival of our species.
One Hundred Thousand Beating Hearts
2016 USA / Duration: 15 mins
Directed by: Peter Byck
Will Harris is not a typical back-to-the-earth organic farming advocate: He’s a hard-bitten, fourth-generation, good ol’ boy, commodity cowboy who raised cattle in strictest post WWII industrial fashion. Addicted to ammonium nitrate fertilizer, hormones and antibiotics, Harris squeezed every penny out of every cow pound. Until he didn’t. In 1995, Harris began to change how he farmed. He began to pay more attention to the microbes in his soil than to his chemically sponsored beef yields. In the process, he went from liking what he was doing “every year a little bit less” to feeling good about everything his transformed farm had to show him — including things he never expected to see.
The Perfect Flight
2016 USA / Duration: 6 mins
Directed by: Joshua Izenberg
The perfect flight for a falcon is the one that yields a kill. And food. For falconer Shawn Hayes, the perfect flight arcs higher: It shares with others the love and awe he feels from partnering with a wild animal — sharing with kids, especially, to help keep them away from a life of trouble.
GUEST SPEAKERS
Dr. Paul Auerbach, Film Star, HAFE: The Story Behind
François Lebeau, Director, My Irnik
Joshua Izenberg, Director, The Perfect Flight
Shawn Hayes, Falconer & Film Star, The Perfect Flight
BOOZE AND BANTER | 6:00-7:00pm
Join us for beer and conversation with filmmakers, sponsors and our guest presenters from Mountainfilm. Open to all ticket and pass holders.
