Boulder Outdoors Film Festival

About the Event

 4:00 Pm at Boedecker Cinema

Two Short Films Celebrating The Great Salt Lake: "The Last Resort" + Short Film "Whales Of The High Desert"

Whales Of The High Desert

Whales Of The High Desert Is A Short Documentary Film That Explores The Story Of James Wickham, An Englishman Who Is Said To Have Introduced Whales To The Great Salt Lake In The 1870s. The Film Was Created By The Good Line And Radiowest In Partnership With Friends Of Great Salt Lake, And Directed By Joseph Adam Lebaron. It Features Dr. Lynne Mcneill, A Folklore Professor At Utah State University, As The Narrator, Who Explores The Origins Of Wickham's Tale And Explains How Paying Attention To It Today Can Help Ensure The Great Salt Lake's Future Health. The Film's Message Is About The Preservation Of The Lake.

Directed By Joseph Lebaron

Runtime: 20 Mins.

The Last Resort

The Last Resort Explores Utah’s Great Salt Lake From A New Perspective. The Issues Plaguing The Lake Are Well Documented As Of Late, However The Lake’s Mystique And Natural Beauty Are Far From Understood. Through The Lens Of Adventure And Passion, We See What The Lake Truly Means To Those Who Rely On It, And What Catastrophes Lie Ahead Should We Fail To Save It.

Directed By  Michael Fleischner

Runtime: 62 Mins.

4:30pm at Gordon Gamm Theater

Climate Crisis: Drought

Discussion With Nancy Smith, Tnc, On Colorado Water Sources
The Impacts Of Climate Change Are Felt In Every Corner Of The World. Extreme Drought Conditions Are Increasingly Threatening Livelihoods, And No Corner Of The Globe Seems To Be Immune From Its Devastating Consequences. In The Summers Of 2021 And 2022, Extreme Weather Events Struck Countries All Around The World, And China Was No Exception.

In The Summer Of 2022, China Was On The Brink Of A Water Catastrophe As It Was Hit By Its Worst Heatwave Ever Recorded Since 1961, Due To Its Intensity, Duration, Geographic Extent And Number Of People Affected. The Country Looked Like A Barren Land. The Yangtze River Basin, Which Stretches From Coastal Shanghai To Sichuan Province In China’s Southwest And Includes Asia’s Longest River, Was Considered The Worst-Affected Area.

For More Than 70 Days Straight, The Brutal Heatwave Ravaged Much Of China, With Sustained Temperatures Of More Than 40 Degrees Celsius, Day And Night, In At Least 17 Provinces. It Affected More Than 900 Million People.

Directed By Roxane Schlumberger

Runtime: 52 Mins

7:30pm at Gordon Gamm Theater

Fracking The System With Boulder Based Filmmaker Brian Hedden

Director Brian Hedden Will Join Us Afterwards For A Discussion
Fracking The System Is A Political Thriller Documentary From The Front Lines Of Climate Justice Activism In Colorado. When A Fracking Mega-Site Gets Moved From A White Neighborhood To A Bipoc Neighborhood, A Concerned Mother Fights To Try And Stop It. She Embarks On A Journey That Exposes The Harms Of Fracking, The Lengths To Which The Government Is Complicit With Industrial Pollution, And The Nefarious Tactics The Oil And Gas Industry Uses To Undermine Democratic Elections.

Directed By Brian Hedden

Runtime: 92 Mins

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