Mountainfilm in Telluride 2008 Festival Program

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FILM 2008

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table of contents

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festival tips

82 84 86 87 88 89 89 90 97 98

Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page

Mountainfilm . . . . . . . . .on . .Tour . . . . page

Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page

Green . . . . Screen . . . . . . . . . . . page

How . . . to . .Mountainfilm . . . . . . . . . . . . page

Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page

Films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Kidz . . . Kino . . . . . . . . . . . . page

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Volunteers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page

Presentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page

Board . . . . of . .Directors . . . . . . . . . page

Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page

Advisory . . . . . .Board . . . . . . . . . page

Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page

In . .Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . page

Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page

Lodging . . . . . Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . page

Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page ON THE COVER

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How to Mountainfilm Check out the map (page 48) for locations and go straight to the Social Pages (page 66) for sponsored parties and events. Remember you are at altitude, so keep the water and VXQVFUHHQ Ă RZLQJ HOSPITALITY

6WDUW \RXU 0RXQWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP DGYHQWXUH ZKHQ \RX pick up your pass and see the nerve center of the festival. Located at the Chair 8 restaurant in the Camelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Garden Hotelâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;by the base of the Gondola in Tellurideâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Hospitality also offers a full-service bar and restaurant with IUHH ZL Ă&#x20AC; THE MOUTAINFILM STORE

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Outside the Nugget, Sheridan Opera House and Masons theaters, three different lines form: 1) pass holders and ticket holders, 2) ticket buyers and 3) volunteers. Audience members are admitted in that order. At the High Camp and Palm theaters, pass holders DQG YROXQWHHUV JR LQ Ă&#x20AC;UVW DQG WKHQ WLFNHW EX\HUV HQWHU ODVW WR Ă&#x20AC;OO WKH UHPDLQLQJ VHDWV 7KH back of your pass explains any restrictions.

THE Q SYSTEM

When lines start to form for a program, theater staff will often issue numbered Q tickets to those in line. Qs are issued at the discretion of each theaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s staff and depend upon the popularity of the program, so all you QHHG WR GR LV Ă&#x20AC;QG \RXU SODFH LQ OLQH ,I \RX see someone from staff handing out colored slips of paper (a Q), get one. The lower the Qâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s number, the likelier you are to gain entry

into a show. After you get a Q, your place is held in line, allowing you step out to grab a sandwich or cup of joe. A Q does not guarantee you a seat in the theater. Make sure you return at least 15 minutes before the program is scheduled to start to reclaim your numbered place in line.

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS

,QGLYLGXDO SURJUDP WLFNHWV JR RQ VDOHÂł priced at $25â&#x20AC;&#x201D;after all pass holders have been admitted to the theater.

PROGRAM CHANGES AND TBAS

Changes in the program will happen. TBAs and special surprise screenings and events will be posted on sandwich boards outside all theaters, at Hospitality and online at PRXQWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP RUJ 0RQGD\ PRUQLQJ 7%$V will be posted online by 7 p.m. Sunday evening.

GETTING AROUND

Check out the map (page 48) for theaters and other festival locations. You may have noticed: Telluride is small. Everything is within walking distance, and public transportation is YHU\ HIĂ&#x20AC;FLHQW THE GONDOLA

The Gondola runs between Telluride and Mountain Village from 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. during the festival and is free of charge. The 13-minute trip over the mountain is the only free public transit of its kind in this country.

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Tellurideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s town shuttle, the biodiesel-fueled Galloping Goose, runs a loop through town every 10 minutes. There are marked stops WKURXJKRXW WRZQ EXW Ă DJ LW GRZQ LI \RX arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t standing near a sign. The Goose will stop for you at any street corner.

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Doug Hawes-Davis and Drury Gunn Carr (SATURDAY, 5:15 P.M., HC; SUNDAY, 7:30 P.M., MAS) IN PERSON: Doug Hawes-Davis

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Olivier Higgins and MĂŠlanie Carrier

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Sylvia Johnson

(SATURDAY, 7:45 P.M., SOH) IN PERSON: Sylvia Johnson and Ubiratan Assis

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DREAMS DIE HARD DONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T LOOK DOWN Charlie and William Ebersol

(FRIDAY, 9:45 P.M., PALM) IN PERSON: William Ebersol and Shaun White

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Peggy Callahan

(SATURDAY, 9:45 A.M., SOH) IN PERSON: Peggy Callahan and Maria Suarez

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Š CHRIS JONES

FIELDS OF FUEL Joshua Tickell

(SATURDAY, 11:45 A.M., PALM) IN PERSON: Joshua Tickell

DROWNING RIVER ML Lincoln

(SATURDAY, 5:15 P.M., MAS) IN PERSON: Katie Lee and ML Lincoln

No one is quite like Katie Lee. Her bold and tireless advocacy for natural spacesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;especially her beloved Glen Canyonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is a testament to activism. Now her lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work is documented in a QHZ Ă&#x20AC;OP E\ 0/ /LQFROQ *OHQ Canyon is buried under Lake Powell (actually a reservoir), but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hope that someday it may be drained. Drowning River features interviews with friends of Edward Abbey and David Browerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last footage of Glen &DQ\RQ EHIRUH LW ZDV Ă RRGHG (USA, 2007, 21 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Emily Long

END OF THE AFFAIR Simon Gee and John Houlihan

(ADRENALINE #1: SATURDAY, 10:00 P.M., HC)

Sometimes a relationshipâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;no matter how hard you try to make it work, no matter how much time or energy you put into it, no matter how many times you go back for moreâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;just wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t meant to be. And the time comes to let it go. Any climber whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ever been shut downâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;despite repeat attemptsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;by a problem or GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW OLQH NQRZV WKLV IUXVWUDtion. This humorous short captures the end of such an affair in just three minutes: the frustration, intensity, fatigue and, ultimately, the painful realization that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just not going to work out.

(UK, 2007, 3 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Katie Klingsporn

This sweeping, comprehensive DQG ULFKO\ ZURXJKW Ă&#x20AC;OP PDQDJHV to cover familiar petrochemical addiction territory with fresh vigor and, perhaps even more surprisingly, new hope. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no single answer to todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s energy and global warming problems.

But a solution starts with personal and political will. That will, in WXUQ KDV WR FRPH IURP XV ,I youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re wavering about what you can or should do in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds, if you despair that the status quo and white men are too deeply entrenched to allow progress, or if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on the side that thinks Big Oil is the misunderstood victim of EDG SUHVV FRPH VHH WKLV Ă&#x20AC;OP DQG decide if you want to get on the (biodiesel) bandwagon. Director and star Josh Tickell will answer TXHVWLRQV DIWHUZDUG WKH Ă&#x20AC;OP (USA, 2007, 90 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Peter Kenworthy

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FLOW: FOR LOVE OF WATER Irena Salina

FITZROY

(SATURDAY, 12:00 P.M., NUG) IN PERSON: Peter Gleick

(SUNDAY, 5:00 P.M., SOH) IN PERSON: Lito Tejada-Flores and Dick Dorworth

'RFXPHQWDU\ Ă&#x20AC;OPPDNHU ,UHQD Salina decided to tackle the topic of water on a global scale: highlighting a CEO who argues for privatization, a water guru in ,QGLD ZKR LQVSLUHV ORFDOV WR Ă&#x20AC;QG creative solutions to the endemic water shortage, and a California scientist who raises awareness of grossly mismanaged public water sources. The troubling question of birthright runs throughout each story. We may be on the brink of an era where only the rich will be able to afford clean, safe drinking water. FLOW is a catalyst for everyone: The time has come to turn the tide, and we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait any longer.

(USA, 2007, 90 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Emily Long

Lito Tejada-Flores

Twenty-nine years ago, a bunch of climbers gathered in Telluride to climb during the day and ZDWFK FOLPELQJ Ă&#x20AC;OPV DW QLJKW 2QH RI WKRVH Ă&#x20AC;UVW IHDWXUHV ZDV Fitzroy, directed by one of the 0RXQWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP IHVWLYDO IRXQGHUV Lito Tejado-Flores. Since then, this festival has grown, evolved, changed even. But in its themes of exploration of the unknown, stirring physical beauty and, of course, indomitable spirit, Fitzroy is classically and quintHVVHQWLDOO\ 0RXQWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP 7KLV GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWLYH FOLPELQJ Ă&#x20AC;OP WHOOV WKH VWRU\ RI WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW DVFHQW RI the The Southwest Ridge in the Patagonian Andes with Yvon Chouinard, Dick Dorworth, Chris Jones, Doug Tompkins and Lito.

Fitzroy has a lovely pace and feel, and with the exception of a strange scoreâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;sort of a â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60s version of technopopâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it very much holds up. (USA, 1969, 27 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;David Holbrooke

FRIENDS OF THE ELEPHANT SEAL Channel G

(KIDZ KINO: MONDAY, 11:00 A.M., PALM) IN PERSON: Michael Schoenfeld

0DGH E\ SDUW WLPH 7HOOXULGH ORFDOV 0LFKDHO 6FKRHQIHOG and Kiley Lane, Friends of the Elephant Seal provides a captivating glimpse of a remarkable and majestic animal and also supports a marine conservation success story. This LV D &KDQQHO * Ă&#x20AC;OP DQG \RX FDQ see more at www.channelg.tv.

(USA, 2008, 5 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Peter Kenworthy

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GONZO: THE LIFE AND WORK OF DR. HUNTER S. THOMPSON Alex Gibney

(FRIDAY, 9:30 P.M., NUG) IN PERSON: Alex Gibney and Anita S. Thompson

GLOBAL FOCUS: MEXICO

John Antonelli, Tom Dusenbery and Will Parrinello (SUNDAY, 12:45 P.M., MAS) IN PERSON: Will Parrinello

Awarded to environmental heroes from each of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s six inhabited continents, the Goldman Environmental Prize is arguably the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most important environmental award. )LOPPDNHUV SURĂ&#x20AC;OH HDFK RI WKH winners. Global Focus: Mexico is a short piece about JesĂşs LeĂłn Santos, leader of a land renewal program in Oaxaca, Mexico, which is known as one of the most highly eroded and environmentally degraded areas of the world. Using indigenous crops and traditional conservation practices, JesĂşs LeĂłn effects a radical transformation of spent soil into rich arable land. We are happy to support the Goldman Prize at 0RXWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP ,I \RX ZDQW WR VHH PRUH *OREDO )RFXV Ă&#x20AC;OPV JR WR www.goldmanprize.org.

(USA, 2008, 5 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Peter Kenworthy

$V D GRFXPHQWDU\ Ă&#x20AC;OPPDNHU how do you tell the tale of an extraordinary character like Hunter S. Thompson? Gonzo director Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, SDJH WULHG to â&#x20AC;&#x153;completely reverse the traditional roles of documentary discourse. Usually the narrator is the straight man, and the interview subjects provide the angled, opinionated commentary. ,Q WKLV FDVH ZH KDG WKH unreliable narrator at the center in Hunter.â&#x20AC;? Hunter had unique insight. As Alex says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;He had KLV Ă&#x20AC;QJHU VR PXFK RQ WKH SXOVH of the American characterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;both what makes it great and what makes it horrible. He understood the tremendous idealism in America. At the same time, he always understood the deep fear and loathing, as Hunter would have put it, at the heart of this society.â&#x20AC;? Hunterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s widow, Anita S. Thompson, will join Alex for 4 $ DIWHU WKH Ă&#x20AC;OP (USA, 2007, 118 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;David Holbrooke

THE GOOD FIGHT James Fox and Mark Fraser

(SUNDAY, 12:45 P.M., MAS) IN PERSON: Mark Fraser and Martin Litton WORLD PREMIERE

Martin Litton ranks high on my list of personal heroesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and not just EHFDXVH KH VWLOO Ă LHV KLV VLQJOH SURS SODQH DW $ SLRQHHU RI WKH HDUO\ environmental movement in America, Martin teamed up with other legends, such as David Brower and (GZDUG $EEH\ WR VXFFHVVIXOO\ Ă&#x20AC;JKW SURMHFWV WKDW ZRXOG KDYH Ă RRGHG Dinosaur National Park and the Grand Canyon. Martin has also long been a champion of protecting the last remaining redwood and sequoia forests from the depredations of commercial logging. He was instrumental in the establishment of both the Redwood National Forest and the Giant Sequoia National 0RQXPHQW ,Q Âł \HDUV DIWHU KH Ă&#x20AC;UVW Ă RDWHG WKH &RORUDGR River through the Grand Canyonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Martin broke his own record as the oldest person to have ever run the Canyon, rowing the entire length in D ZRRGHQ GRU\ ,Q The Good Fight, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get a good picture of a great $PHULFDQ 86$ PLQ

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Peter Kenworthy

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GRAND CANYON ADVENTURE: RIVER AT RISK 3D

Greg MacGillivray and Shaun MacGillivray (SUNDAY, 10:00 A.M., PALM) IN PERSON: Wade Davis and Shaun MacGillivray

Come see Grand Canyon Adventure and be part of what we believe is a new world record.

Our less-than-extensive research tells us that our 3D screening of the new MacGillivray-Freeman Ă&#x20AC;OP ZLOO EHÂłDW IHHWÂłWKH highest-altitude, digital 3D screening ever. But what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll UHDOO\ VHH LV DQ LPSRUWDQW Ă&#x20AC;OP that will help people think about water in a different way. Wade Davis and his daughter, Tara, VWDU LQ WKLV Ă&#x20AC;OP DV WKH\ JR GRZQ the Colorado with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his daughter, Kick. Afterward, Wade will speak about the Colorado, its history and place in American and Native American culture.

Then heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll join a couple of other experts for our in-depth look at the future of water in our Four &RUQHUV UHJLRQ ,Q 'HSWK SDJH

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HOLLY GREENSCAPES

Guy Moshe

(SATURDAY, 5:15 P.M., HC) IN PERSON: Jonathan Rickert and Reed Rickert

Sometimes documentaries canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell a complete story, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ZKHUH QDUUDWLYH Ă&#x20AC;OPV FDQ EH VR effective. Filmed on location in Cambodia (a story in itself), Holly tells the tale of a 12-yearold girl whose family sells her into sex slavery. Ron Livingston plays a dissolute, dyspeptic expat $PHULFDQ ZKR Ă&#x20AC;QGV KLV RZQ missing moral center when he encounters Holly. Producer Guy Jacobson decided to make the Ă&#x20AC;OP DIWHU D WULS WR &DPERGLD ´, ZDV ZDONLQJ WKH VWUHHW LQ WKH middle of the day and found myself surrounded by a group of about 15 little girls, some as \RXQJ DV Ă&#x20AC;YH ZKR ZHUH YHU\ aggressively soliciting me for prostitution. One of the girls VDLG Âś, \XP \XP YHU\ JRRG , QR money today, mama-san boxing me.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? These exact words show up in the Holly screenplay as Ă&#x20AC;FWLRQ EXW VDGO\ ZH NQRZ WKH\ are all too real.

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Holi Soepomo

A little jazz mixed with some cool animation, Greenscapes is a visual treat thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost meditative in its nature.

(USA, 2007, 6 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;David Holbrooke

(SUNDAY, 5:00 P.M., NUG)

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THE KING OF TELLURIDE

Raphael Berrios and Isabel Marlens

I MET THE WALRUS Josh Raskin

(FRIDAY, 6:45 P.M., NUG; SATURDAY, 7:30 P.M., PALM)

In I Met the Walrus, you hear a thoughtful and relaxed John Lennon explain his world view to 14-year-old Jerry Levitan, who snuck into the Beatleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hotel room with a reel-to-reel tape recorder. This ingenious animated short by Josh Raskin takes you into the mind of Lennon, even if it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t explain what he meant by the lyrics: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s H\H &UDEDORFNHU Ă&#x20AC;VKZLIH pornographic priestess/Boy you been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down.â&#x20AC;?

(USA, 2007, 5 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;David Holbrooke

KING LINES

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Peter Mortimer

Louie Schwartzberg (SUNDAY, 10:15 A.M., SOH) IN PERSON: Louie Schwartzberg

Louie Schwartzberg is the leading pioneer in high-end, timelapse cinematography. Over a 30-year career, he has garnered FRXQWOHVV DZDUGV DQG PDMRU Ă&#x20AC;OP credits. Schwartzbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s profound love for nature and the magic of light, and his wizardry for transODWLQJ WKHP WR Ă&#x20AC;OP DUH VXFFLQFWO\ and seamlessly displayed in Ice. (USA, 2006, 5 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Peter Kenworthy

(SUNDAY, 10:15 A.M., SOH)

ICE CLIMBERS Earle Luby

(ADRENALINE #2: SUNDAY, 10:30 P.M., PALM)

7KLV Ă&#x20AC;OP E\ (DUOH /XE\ LV D throwback treat and gives you a great sense of what adrenaline must have felt like in 1956. Our WKDQNV WR -LP %HGIRUG IRU Ă&#x20AC;QGing this RKO-Pathe Sportscope short. (USA, 1956, 6 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;David Holbrooke

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King Lines has two subjects. The Ă&#x20AC;UVW LV FOLPELQJ SKHQRPHQRQ Chris Sharma, who climbs the hardest routes in the world with a monkey-like wizardry and communion with the rock. The second is the perfect line, which Chris is RQ D PLVVLRQ WR Ă&#x20AC;QG 7KH SHUIHFW OLQH E\ KLV GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWLRQ LV ELJ DQG G\QDPLF DQG VXSHU GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW %XW itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also beautiful in shape, color and surroundings. And so this Ă&#x20AC;OP VKRW LQ JRUJHRXV KLJK GHĂ&#x20AC;nition, follows Chris to bizarre misshapen boulders atop a remote plateau in Venezuela; to breathtaking ocean cliffs in the Greek Islands; to strange, streaky walls LQ &HXVH )UDQFH DQG Ă&#x20AC;QDOO\ WR Es Pontas, a huge, graceful arch that stands in the crashing sea off 0DOORUFD 6LPXOWDQHRXVO\ WKH Ă&#x20AC;OP gets into the head of the humble and quiet climber and to the root of what drives his search for the king line. (USA, 2007, 60 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Katie Klingsporn

(SUNDAY, 12:45 P.M., SOH; KIDZ KINO: MONDAY, 11:00 A.M., PALM) IN PERSON: Raphael Berrios, Bradley Jones, Isabel Marlens WORLD PREMIERE

0RVW RI WKH Ă&#x20AC;OPV ZH SOD\ DW 0RXWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP WHOO VWRULHV IURP around the world. Now and then, though, we get to show one set in our own backyard. Bradley Jones is a localâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but not just any localâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a real life force here.

Born an orphan in Romania, he ended up through good fortune in this box canyon, where he gets to climb, ski and, yes, actually become the king of Telluride. We DUH DOO WKH ULFKHU IRU LW 7KLV Ă&#x20AC;OP will be part of the free Village Green program on Sunday at The Sheridan Opera House.

(USA, 2008, 15 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;David Holbrooke

THE LAST FRONTIER: CONSERVATION AND EXPLORATION IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA Trip Jennings

(ADRENALINE #2: SUNDAY, 10:30 P.M., PALM) WORLD PREMIERE

First descents by kayak are usually high-risk ventures. By GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWLRQ WKH\¡UH EHVHW E\ WKH unforeseen if not always the unexpected. The Pandi River in Papua New Guinea, proves no exception to the rule with 50-foot falls, extreme hydraulics and even the odd crocodile or two to keep things honest. That said, WKLV Ă&#x20AC;OP LV PXFK OHVV DQ DGUHQDOLQH Ă LFN WKDQ D VKRUW KRPDJH WR VWXQQLQJ QDWXUDO EHDXW\ SUROLĂ&#x20AC;F biodiversity and venerable ancient customsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all of which are, daily, more and more threatened by the modern world.

(USA, 2008, 26 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Peter Kenworthy

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THE LINGUISTS

Seth Kramer, Daniel Miller and Jeremy Newberger

Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;EAU LIFE (SATURDAY, 12:00 P.M., NUG)

THE JACOBSENS SID WHITE OUT

THE LAST NOMADS Andrew Gregg

(SATURDAY, 3:00 P.M., HC) IN PERSON: Ian MacKenzie WORLD PREMIERE

Adventures in the tradition of Margaret Mead come to life in this intimate portrait of Ian MacKenzie, a master anthropologist for this era. Ianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experiences with the Penan nomads in Papua New Guineaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x153;among the last people on earth to remain true to humanityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most ancient lifestyleâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;reveal that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not only ecosystems that are in danger of being extinguished by contemporary society, but also unique and rare human cultures.

(Canada, 2007, 54 min, HD) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Emily Long

(SATURDAY, 9:45 A.M., MAS) (ALL FOUR FILMS ALSO IN KIDZ KINO: MONDAY, 11:00 A.M., PALM)

Jeff Scher

IN PERSON: Jeff Scher

Few people know more about movies than Jeff Scher. It would be one thing if he were just a ZDONLQJ Ă&#x20AC;OPLF HQF\FORSHGLD EXW heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually an enormously talHQWHG Ă&#x20AC;OPPDNHU KLPVHOI :H DUH thrilled to play a few of his many Ă&#x20AC;OPV WKURXJKRXW WKH ZHHNHQG White Out is a perfect, painterly collage of the many things we all love about winter, while Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;eau Life does something similar with water. His â&#x20AC;&#x153;documentaries,â&#x20AC;? The Jacobsons and Sid, will play at Kidz Kino, and drop by the Lucas Gallery to see his lovely paintings/cells from White Out. (USA, 2007, 3 min, 3 min, 3 min and 4 min, respectively) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;David Holbrooke

LIFEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S A BEACH...

Suzan Beraza

(SUNDAY, 8:00 P.M., NUG) IN PERSON: Suzan Beraza

Telluride local Suzan Beraza HGLWHG ODVW \HDU¡V 0RXQWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP award-winning Our Land, Our Life. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back this year with her own directorial vision. And what a disturbing vision it is. Her Ă&#x20AC;OP¡V XQQDPHG PDLQ FKDUDFWHUÂł letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s call her Ursula S. Adamsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is an overexposed, omnivorous, avaricious woman who basically consumes and consumes until she meets her own unfortunate, and deserving, end.

(USA, 2007, 5 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;David Holbrooke

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(SATURDAY, 9:45 A.M., NUG; MONDAY, 11:30 A.M., MAS) IN PERSON: Gregory Anderson and David Harrison

Of the 7,000 languages in the world, nearly half will be gone by the end of this century. When two self-confessed scholarly nerds set out to capture this dying bounty of the human vernacular, WKH\ HQFRXQWHU Ă&#x20AC;UVWKDQG WKH YHU\ forces aligned against languages: institutionalized racism, cultural clashes and economic unrest. The two linguistsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;David Harrison and Gregory Andersonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;travel to Siberia, India and Bolivia, searching for the last speakers of QDWLYH WRQJXHV DQG Ă&#x20AC;QG DOO VRUWV of misadventures along the way.

7KH\ ZLOO DWWHQG 0RXQWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP and be happy to teach you Kallawaya or any number of other languages. (USA, 2007, 70 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Mary Duffy

THE LORD GOD BIRD George Butler

(FRIDAY, 6:45 P.M., NUG; SUNDAY, 10:00 A.M., MAS) IN PERSON: George Butler

The desire to prove or debunk myths may be as much a part of the human persona as the need to FUHDWH WKHP 7KDW LV WKH FRQĂ LFW acclaimed documentarian George Butler (Pumping Iron) addresses LQ WKLV Ă&#x20AC;OP E\ WHOOLQJ WKH VWRU\ of the great ivory-billed woodpecker. In April 2005, the announcement that this supposedly extinct bird had been rediscovered in Arkansas was big news.

As quickly as the sighting was made, skeptics began to demand hard evidence. And so the story unfolds, setting scientists, environmentalists and outdoorsmen off in a wild search to capture a clear photo of the ivory-bill.

Butler has chronicled their stories and captured something much more ephemeral. As one researcher said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If there is a straw of hope, how can we not look for it?â&#x20AC;? (USA, 2008, 90 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Mary Duffy

LOSING THE ELEPHANTS Peck Euwer

(SATURDAY, 5:15 P.M., NUG) IN PERSON: Peck Euwer

Welcome to Lek Chailertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Elephant Nature Park, where rescued animals come carrying physical injury and psychological pain. At the refuge, they are allowed to again be elephantsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to socialize, raise families and develop friendships. These Asian Elephants (of which 35,000 are left on earth, half in captivity) often live for seven decades; they recognize themselves in a mirror; relationships are important to them; and, of course, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget. As elephant caretaker Olivia Daniel says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are like people, but nicer.â&#x20AC;? But what happens to one of the planetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest and most intelligent mammals as Asiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population explodes and the animalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s habitat is destroyed?

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only so much room at Lek Chailertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. (USA, 2007, 23 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Mary Duffy

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MALLETHEAD Jon Bailey

(SATURDAY, 3:00 P.M., SOH; ADRENALINE #2: SUNDAY, 10:30 P.M., PALM) IN PERSON: Jon Bailey and Steve Fassbinder

If you see several scruffy men riding down Tellurideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main street with a polo mallet in their hands, hide your valuables and protect your childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;trouble is on its way. The men of Mallethead live to play bike polo, a sport that takes crazy skill and crazier style. Be forewarned: They take no prisoners. Check out their marquee matchâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Beyond the Thunderdoomâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;at the Ice Cream Social. (USA, 2007, 20 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;David Holbrooke

MENGED

Daniel Taye Workou (FRIDAY, 7:00 P.M., SOH)

A trip to the market in the Ethiopian countryside is no longer a simple affair. Menged humorously imagines what might happen if a father and son took everyonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; advice. This Ă&#x20AC;OP E\ 'DQLHO 7D\H :RUNRX LV a selection from the All Roads Film Festival, which is dedicated to showcasing indigenous Ă&#x20AC;OPPDNHUV (Ethiopia, 2006, 20 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Emily Long

Š GARY MULCAHEY

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MY NAME IS POCHSY: AN INDUSTRIAL FILM Karen Hines

(SATURDAY, 10:00 P.M., PALM)

Pochsy works at Mercury Packers, where she packs mercury. All alone on a stark but spectacular northern industrial landscape, Pochsy muses about life, taxes and the future of the human soul in a satirical, subversive ode to the LQGXVWULDO Ă&#x20AC;OP JHQUH (Canada, 2007, 7 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Emily Long

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PICKINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; & TRIMMINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

ONCE UPON A TIDE

Matt Morris

Gesine Kratzner and Drew Takahashi

(FRIDAY, 7:00 P.M., SOH; SUNDAY, 9:45 P.M., MAS)

(KIDZ KINO: MONDAY, 11:00 A.M., PALM)

´7KLV LV D VWRU\ \RX PLJKW Ă&#x20AC;QG hard to believe, but I assure you that it is true. It is a tale of a magical spell, a grand adventure, and you.â&#x20AC;? So begins Once Upon a Tide, a fanciful story of a world lost under a spell, which makes its inhabitants forget the importance of the ocean, until one little girl hears its call from D VKHOO 7KLV Ă&#x20AC;OP LV D FDXWLRQDU\ tale for children, told through a mix of live action and animation.

(USA, 2007,10 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Emily Long

PLAY GRAVITY Samuel Gyger

(ADRENALINE #1: SATURDAY, 10:00 P.M., HC)

No matter how many adrenaline Ă&#x20AC;OPV \RX¡YH VHHQ \RX¡OO EH astonished by the antics of these athletes. Headliners Ueli Kestenholz and Mathias Rotenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; both of Thun, Switzerlandâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; execute breathtaking paragliding acrobatics, freeride awesome lines in Alaska and learn to speedride (ski with a parachute).

Mathiasâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;an incredible paraglider, kitesurfer, skydiver and freeriderâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;sadly perished recently while testing a new wing. Play Gravity ´:H GRQ¡W Ă&#x20AC;JKW JUDYLW\ ZH SOD\ ZLWK LW Âľ

stands as homage to a dangerous and stunningly exciting life.

(Switzerland, 2007, 52 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Emily Long

:LWK WKH :DOPDUWL]DWLRQ RI WKLV country, small town America is changing quickly. This sweet DQG ORYHO\ VKRUW Ă&#x20AC;OP DERXW 7KH Barbershop in Drexel, North Carolina, shows a bit of what we are losing. (USA, 2007, 23 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Emily Long

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Ben Knight and Travis Rummel (SATURDAY, 7:30 P.M., PALM; SUNDAY, 9:45 P.M., MAS) WORLD PREMIERE IN PERSON: Ben Knight and Travis Rummel

PRESENCE: 40 DAYS IN GREENLAND Masaki Sekiguchi

(SUNDAY, 12:45 P.M., SOH)

Footage of a helicopter dropping a skier atop a precariously steep mountain is a staple in the ski movie industry. But you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see such shots in Presence: 40 Days in Greenland.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because this expedition of professional skiers from Japan powers itself on the legs, arms and determination of its members. The crew kayaks through the glassy waters of Greenlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remote and lovely fjord country, seeking lines down the towering mountains that rise IURP WKH ZDWHUV :KHQ WKH\ Ă&#x20AC;QG what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for, they haul themselves up steep, rugged crags and drop from the tops in quicksilver descents. What WKHVH VNLHUV Ă&#x20AC;QG LV WKDW WKH WLPH planning and effort that goes into every brutal step to the top just makes each line skied more precious. (Japan, 2007, 15 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Katie Klingsporn

THE PRICE OF SUGAR Bill Haney

(SATURDAY, 7:30 P.M., NUG)

Trust meâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;if you are going to try to use slave labor, you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want Father Christopher Hartley around, because heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a total pain in the neck. In The Price of Sugar, he takes on the super-wealthy Vicini family. They smuggle impoverished Haitians into the Dominican Republic to harvest sugar caneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which ultimately ends up on American breakfast cereal. Once on the plantations, the Haitians are essentially enslaved and forced to work in inhumane conditions. Their best hope is the good Father Hartley, whose courage under Ă&#x20AC;UH LV DQ LQVSLUDWLRQ WR XV DOO DQG whose work is a true act of faith.

(Dominican Republic & USA, 2007, 90 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;David Holbrooke

At the headwaters of the Kvichak and Nushagak Rivers in Bristol Bay, Alaskaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the two largest remaining sockeye salmon runs on the planetâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;mining companies Northern Dynasty and Anglo American have proposed to extract what may prove to be the richest deposit of gold and copper in the world, perhaps worth as much as $600 billion. Talented 7HOOXULGH Ă&#x20AC;OPPDNHUV %HQ .QLJKW and Travis Rummel (previously DW 0RXQWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP ZLWK The Hatch and Running Down the Man) spent more than two months in Bristol Bay, documenting the WHQVLRQ EHWZHHQ QDWLYH Ă&#x20AC;VKHUPHQ who oppose the dam and mine RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDOV ZKR VD\ WKH\ ZLOO EXLOG a â&#x20AC;&#x153;cleanâ&#x20AC;? mine that will leave the salmonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s habitat untouched.

0RXQWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP LV WKULOOHG WR host the world premiere of this H[TXLVLWH Ă&#x20AC;OP WKDW JRHV EH\RQG WKH FRQĂ LFW RIIHULQJ D SRUWUDLW of a unique way of life that wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exist if the salmon donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t return with Bristol Bayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tide.

(USA, 2008, 60 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Emily Long

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SAVING LUNA

Suzanne Chisholm and Michael Parfit (SUNDAY, 7:45 P.M., NUG) IN PERSON: Suzanne Chisholm

â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a wall, built of fear and respect, which normally stands between humans and wild beings. We humans tell sweet and magical fables about going through that wall and making friends with a mysterious creature on the other sideâ&#x20AC;Ś. But we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think it could actually KDSSHQ Âľ QDUUDWHV Ă&#x20AC;OPPDNHU 0LFKDHO 3DUĂ&#x20AC;W LQ WKLV PRYLQJ documentary about a young male NLOOHU ZKDOH QDPHG /XQD 3DUĂ&#x20AC;W and partner Suzanne Chisholm went to British Columbia in 2004 to tell the story of a baby orca that had mysteriously appeared alone in Nootka Sound in July 2001. Orcas are among the most social of mammals, and the isolated juvenile whale clearly sought to make a connection with the human inhabitants of WKH VRXQG $V WKH Ă&#x20AC;OP H[SORUHV the nature of interspecies relationships, it also invites debate: Is befriending a wild animal ever in its best interest?

(Canada, 2007, 94 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Mary Duffy

SCHOOLING THE WORLD: THE WHITE MANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LAST BURDEN Carol Black

(SATURDAY, 5:15 P.M., SOH; MONDAY, 9:30 A.M., MAS) IN PERSON: Carol Black and Wade Davis WORLD PREMIERE

&DURO %ODFN¡V ODVW Ă&#x20AC;OP The Lost People of Mountain Village (which premiered at 0RXQWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP aimed at an easy targetâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the overly developed town that neighbors Telluride. Her latest target is less obvious and may rankle people even more. Schooling the World takes a troubling, yet important, look at the often-harmful effects of Western education on indigenous cultures. Beautifully Ă&#x20AC;OPHG LQ ,QGLD E\ 7HOOXULGH locals Ben Knight (Red Gold) and Jim Hurst (look for him on the slackline in Elks Park), WKLV Ă&#x20AC;OP ZLOO EH DQ LPSRUWDQW voice in the conversation about globalization. If you want to have some of your basic assumptions called into questionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which is worth doing every now and thenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;see this thoughtful and WKRXJKW SURYRNLQJ Ă&#x20AC;OP (USA, 2008, 50 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;David Holbrooke

SCRAPPLE

Chris Hanson (SUNDAY, 8:00 P.M., SOH) IN PERSON: Chris Hanson SCREENING SPONSORED BY Beverly Crilly and Lou Mintz

7KLV Ă&#x20AC;OP LV D XQLTXH K\EULG RI genres: drug-deal-gone-bad meets cute-pig-in-a-small-town. Or, in other words, Scarface meets Babe.

Made in and around Telluride by Chris and Jeff Hanson and George Plamondon, Scrapple celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. This seems reason enough to show it Sunday night at the Sheridan Opera House (accompanied by beer) and throw a big outdoor party at Chair 8 afterwardâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with a pig roast and more beer! If you KDYHQ¡W VHHQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;OP LW¡V FKDUPLQJ and fun. If you have seen it, ask yourself if you saw it on a big screen with a beer in hand. Come HQMR\ D Ă&#x20AC;QH 1HZ %HOJLXP PDOWHG beverage and the killer soundtrack E\ 7DM 0DKDO $ 0RXQWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP SDVV or Scrapple ticket is needed to attend the pig roast.

(Telluride, 1996, 91 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;David Holbrooke

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SHIKASHIKA Stephen Hyde

I like the term â&#x20AC;&#x153;snow coneâ&#x20AC;? well enough, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not nearly as cool or fun or as perfect as its Peruvian translation shikashika.

Compared to what we get at a summer ball game or the country fair, shikashika is distinguished not by its name alone. The snow in this cone is for real. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just any snow that makes a shikashika; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pure glacial ice from a volcanic mountain. This VZHHW DQG VLPSOH Ă&#x20AC;OP RIIHUV D cool glimpse of a sweet tradition from a land where culture has not yet been crippled by expectations of constant convenience.

(USA, 2007, 11 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Peter Kenworthy

Š BRIAN SOLANO

(KIDZ KINO: MONDAY, 11:00 A.M., PALM) IN PERSON: Steve Hyde

SPONSOR ME, JAKE SPIDERS ON DRUGS Apeman888

(SATURDAY, 5:15 P.M., MAS)

This is your spider. This is your spider on drugs. In this short mockumentary from a parallel universe, researchers discover odd similarities between human and arachnid behavior after prolonged exposure to common psychoactive drugs.

(USA, 2007, 4 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;David Holbrooke

Vince Franke

(FRIDAY, 9:45 P.M., PALM) IN PERSON: Vince Franke

October. Somewhere in the East Coast. The National Weather Service reports that the summit RI 0RXQW 0DQVĂ&#x20AC;HOG JRW LQFKHV RI VQRZ RYHUQLJKW WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW VQRZ of the year. And skier Justin Woods is hungry for it. Two thousand vertical feet of hiking later, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s there, standing in what turns out to be more like a half inch of pow pow. Yeow! Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a few core shots to the old rock skis when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re out schralping it? This homage to the early season itch takes snow lunacy to another level. Just watch out for thatâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;oooohâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;rock.

(USA, 2007, 5 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Katie Klingsporn

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SPRAY: WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY Brian Solano

(ADRENALINE #1: SATURDAY, 10:00 P.M., HC) IN PERSON: Brian Solano

Spray is a portrait of a young climber and his relationship with the rugged, dramatic coast of Northern California. Chris Lindner is 23 years old, a super-strong climber who has spent KLV OLIHWLPH RQ URFN :KHUH KH Ă&#x20AC;QGV solace is on the coast, where the great 3DFLĂ&#x20AC;F FUDVKHV LQWR ODQG ZKHUH WKH DLU is thick with sea-spray and the energy of movement, where being exposed to something so huge makes his small problems dissolve. This short Ă&#x20AC;OP IROORZV &KULV DV KH H[SORUHV WKH FRDVW FOLPELQJ GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW ERXOGHUV ZLWK DPD]LQJ Ă XLGLW\ DQG VWUHQJWK EHIRUH Ă&#x20AC;QGLQJ KLV KRO\ JUDLO D WDOO and incredibly steep prow-shaped rock that juts out over the ocean. And with the waves crashing far below and the gulls soaring overhead, Chris takes on one of the most dynamic and challenging projects heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ever done.

(USA, 2008, 15 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Katie Klingsporn

STRANDED: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;VE COME FROM A PLANE THAT CRASHED ON THE MOUNTAINS Gonzalo Arijon

(FRIDAY, 6:30 P.M., PALM) IN PERSON: Nando Parrado

In December 1972, the world was shocked by the miraculous story of 16 young menâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Uruguayan rugby playersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;who went to extraordinary measures to survive 72 days after their plane crashed high in the Andes. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the great survival stories of all time, and now, 35 years later, director Gonzalo Arijon has carefully crafted this compelling GRFXPHQWDU\ IURP Ă&#x20AC;UVW SHUVRQ stories told by each of the 16 survivors. Without hope of rescue (survivors had an intact radio that broadcast reports of search efforts being called off), and after much soul searching, those who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t die in the crash resorted to WKHLU ODVW RSWLRQ IRU IRRG KXPDQ Ă HVK 1DQGR 3DUUDGR ZKR ZLOO MRLQ XV IRU D 4 $ DIWHU WKH Ă&#x20AC;OP was one of two heroic survivors who climbed through the snowy Andes for 10 days in search of help. (France, 2007, 130 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Emily Long

TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE Alex Gibney

(SUNDAY, 5:00 P.M., PALM) IN PERSON: Alex Gibney

1R GRFXPHQWDU\ Ă&#x20AC;OPPDNHU is on a bigger roll than Alex *LEQH\ +LV Ă&#x20AC;OP Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room was nominated for an Academy Award. Taxi to the Dark Side, his next feature, deservedly won the Oscar this year. Taxiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story begins in Afghanistan with the death of a taxi driver named Dilawar. As $OH[ VD\V WKH Ă&#x20AC;OP LV ´D PXUGHU mystery, a whodunit, and the answer to this mystery takes you ULJKW WR WKH KLJKHVW RIĂ&#x20AC;FH LQ WKH land.â&#x20AC;? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m thrilled to have Alex at 0RXQWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP EHFDXVH , ZRUNHG with him and Eugene Jarecki SDJH RQ WKHLU Ă&#x20AC;OP The Trials of Henry Kissinger. What I saw in Alexâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see in Taxiâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is his deeply felt need to tell stories that can shine a light into the dark corners of this country. +LV ODWHVW Ă&#x20AC;OP Gonzo, is also at 0RXQWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP SDJH

(USA, 2007, 106 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;David Holbrooke

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Duncan Bridgeman and Jamie Catto

(SATURDAY, 3:00 P.M., NUG)

(SATURDAY, 10:00 P.M., PALM)

Laura Dunn

THROW DOWN YOUR HEART

Sascha Paladino (SATURDAY, 5:15 P.M., MAS) IN PERSON: Sascha Paladino

Bela Fleck has been here many times for the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Now Belaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother, director Sascha Paladino, brings to town a truly unusual and intimate portrait of the musician on the road. But not just any roadâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Heart Ă&#x20AC;QGV %HOD VWUHWFKLQJ his comfort zone when he travels to Africa in search of the roots of his instrument, the banjo. As one reviewer at SXSW (in Austin, Texas, where this documentary won the audience award) said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fleck isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just creating an instrumental family reunion but birthing trans-oceanic sounds that should make us all forget weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve forgotten weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a part of this world together.â&#x20AC;?

(Gambia, 2008, 105 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;David Holbrooke

In The Unforeseen, a developer wants to take a precious piece of open land and turn it into McMansions. Locals try to stop the developer and a series of political and legal disputes result in personal attacks and hurt feelings on both sides. Sound IDPLOLDU" 7KLV Ă&#x20AC;OP PD\ HHULO\ parallel the Valley Floor story in Telluride, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually about D Ă&#x20AC;HUFH EDWWOH RYHU WKH VSHFLDO Barton Springs in Austin, Texas.

You wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think a real estate GLVSXWH ZRXOG PDNH D JUHDW Ă&#x20AC;OP but this documentaryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;directed

by Laura Dunn and executiveproduced by Terence Malick and Robert Redfordâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is enormously compelling, deeply thoughtful DQG EHDXWLIXOO\ PDGH DQG Ă&#x20AC;OPHG by talented cinematographer Lee Daniel). Maybe someone should talk to the Valley Floor about optioning its story.

(USA, 2006, 88 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;David Holbrooke

VIA BEARZI Jeff Alzner

(SUNDAY, 12:45 P.M., MAS) IN PERSON: Brook Kirklin and Jeff Alzner

Via Bearzi portrays the simple essence of two-man alpine climbing. In 2002, Michael %HDU]L EHJDQ Ă&#x20AC;OPLQJ KLV DWWHPSW RI D Ă&#x20AC;UVW DVFHQW XS D QHZ URXWH on Gyachung Kang. When he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t return from Tibet, friends Jeff Alzner and Brook Kirklin embarked upon what became D PRUH WKDQ Ă&#x20AC;YH \HDU SURMHFW WR FRPSOHWH KLV Ă&#x20AC;OP 7KH UHVXOW is an endearing tribute to pure mountaineering.

(USA, 2007, 33 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Emily Long

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,Q PXVLFLDQ Ă&#x20AC;OPPDNHUV Duncan Bridgeman and Jamie Catto (1 Giant Leap) set off around the world with a digital camera, a laptop and a vision.

From the deserts of Rajasthan to the beaches of Ghana, they invited musicians to accompany pre-composed tracks and add their own song into the mix. As the songs grew, Bridgeman and Catto began interviewing writers and revolutionaries, grave diggers and gurus about the big questions we face in the modern world. This trippy collage draws together characters from more than 50 locations around the world. What About Me? featuresâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;among othersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Noam Chomsky, Michael Stipe, Michael Franti, Stephen Fry, Speed Levitch, Neale Donald Walsh, Tim Robbins, K.D. Lang, Baaba Maal, Bob Geldof, Lila Downs, and Maxi Jazz.

(UK, 2008, 108 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Emily Long

Š EVAN ROSS

WHAT ABOUT ME? THE UNFORESEEN

WHITE WATER JUNGLE Tom Tatum

(ADRENALINE #1: SATURDAY, 10:00 P.M., HC) IN PERSON: Tom Tatum and Matt Wilson

Last winter, local kayaker Matt Wilson traveled into uncharted WHUULWRU\ LQ 0DGDJDVFDU WR Ă&#x20AC;OP Ă&#x20AC;UVW DQG VHFRQG GHVFHQWV RI ULYHUV never before seen by kayak. He missed the big snow we saw in Telluride, but Tom Tatumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festival cut of the footage Matt JDWKHUHG WHVWLĂ&#x20AC;HV WKDW SHUKDSV LW was worth it.

(USA, 2008, 4 min) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Emily Long

There will be films at the festival that are not in this program.

Check TBA boards or our website, mountainfilm.org, to find out the latest.

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kidz kino * the films IN THE SHADOWS OF MONADNOCK

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WHITE OUT, Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;EAU LIFE, THE JACOBSONS, SID Jeff Scher

IN PERSON: Jeff Scher

MONDAY, 11:00 A.M., PALM

Some of our programming is kid friendly, some isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t (for example, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t recommend Stranded for the under-12 set).

Kids of all ages will find something sure to entertain or educate at the Kidz Kino.

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ONCE UPON A TIDE Gesine Kratzner and Drew Takahashi

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IN PERSON: Michael Schoenfeld

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the films Never Play Monopoly with Shaun White

BY WILLIAM EBERSOL Shaun White is a competitive person. In fact, he may the most competitive person Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever met, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been around my fair share. But what Shaun shares with only a handful of all the athletes in the world is a competitiveness that demands perfection.

In the winter of 2006/2007, I traveled around the world, documenting Shaun as he competed at the highest level in snowboarding and skateboarding competitions for our documentary Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Look Down (page 15).

After Shaun collected a check for winning the world half-pipe championships in Park City, Utah, it was still early in the day. So we decided to play checkers. The game took more than an hour because we obsessed over each move, desperate to win. But as the game started to wind down, it became apparent that we were locked in a stalemate. Upon realizing this, Shaun, who had moments before been poised to beat me, was upset. He proposed that we go back a few moves and play the game from there (a reset that would have assuredly won him the game), but because I had no intention of losing, I refused, happy to accept a tie over a loss.

Shaun was furious (partly playfully, partly real). He called me uncompetitive and unVSRUWVPDQOLNH DQG ZRXOG KDYH Ă LSSHG WKH board over if it hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been mounted to the table. He had just triumphed over 20 of the best snowboarders in the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;winning a gold medal and cash prize that eclipsed most peoplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; annual incomesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and he was fuming over a loss in a game of checkers.

When I tell people this story, they think Shaun sounds petty, childish and, worst of all, ungrateful, but none of these characteristics are normally apparent in him. He is kind, mature

beyond his years, and never lets a day go by without openly acknowledging how lucky he is to do what he does and have what he has.

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17 Silent, 22 Motor-Free Years John Francis was a self-described “hippie” living near San Francisco in 1971 when a huge oil spill jarred him from his comfortable life. As he joined the volunteers who scrubbed the beaches and fought to save birds and sea creatures poisoned by petroleum, he felt the need to make a deeper commitment,

so he started walking wherever he went.

When he found himself arguing with friends about whether his commitment not to use motorized vehicles would make any difference, he decided to take a vow of silence that started on his birthday and lasted for 17 years.

John walked from coast to coast for 22 years, crossed mountains and plains and, in the meantime, earned under-

graduate and master’s degrees in science and environmental studies and a PhD in land resources—all without saying a single word. His speaking presentation is the story of a man who, on foot and in silence, has rediscovered rhythms in nature that most of us have forgotten. He learned to communicate kindness, understanding and empathy without speaking a word. D=

50 Years of Climate, Culture and Landscape Change Around Mt. Everest

Perhaps more than the average joe, rock climbers and mounWDLQHHUV VHH ÀUVWKDQG KRZ JODciers are receding and the planet is warming. The American Alpine Club is trying to do their part with a new program called Climbatology. Conrad Anker, one of the world’s leading mountaineers, will share what he’s seen during his journeys to the rooftop of the world. Sharing the stage with him will be Alton Byers, a mountain geographer and director of the Alpine Conser-

vation Partnership. Alton spent 30 days in the Mt. Everest region last fall, recreating the prized 1950s-era photographs of Swiss glaciologist Fritz Müller and Austrian alpinist and mapmaker Erwin SchQHLGHU ´7KLV LV WKH ÀUVW WLPH that their photographs have been replicated, and they give us an on-the-ground experience of climate change in the Everest region during the past 50 years,” says Alton. D= — Emily Long

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Why Didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t I Free the Slaves?

BY BEN SKINNER, Author of A Crime So Monstrous P E G G Y CA L L A H A N

JO DI COBB

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Modern-Day Slavery

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Think about this for a moment: 27 million people are enslaved around the world right now. These people are forced to work for no pay beyond subsistence. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re under threat of brutal violence and cannot quit or walk away from their employers.

Most notoriously, they are sex slaves, but modern-day slaves are also doing mundane things, such as making bricks in Pakistan, weaving carpets in India, being domestic servants in cities around the world, working on sugar plantations in the Dominican Republic or growing tomatoes in Florida (for Taco Bell no less). Remarkably, there are more people enslaved today than at any other time in human history.

Luckily, persistent and FRXUDJHRXV Ă&#x20AC;OPPDNHUV KDYH managed to shine a light on this outrage. The Price of

Sugar (page 26) is a testament to what one man can do to make the sugar we pour onto our cereal a little less toxic.

Holly (page 19) offers its own Ă&#x20AC;FWLRQDOÂłEXW YHU\ UHDOÂł revelations about sex slavery in Cambodia, while Dreams Die Hard (page 15) is its own testament about how hope is universally human.

Fortunately, there are people like National Geographic photographer Jodi Cobb, who bravely went into some dangerous places and returned with stunning photos of slaves at work (exhibited at the Ah-Haa School, page 72).

Ben Skinner, in writing his book, A Crime So Monstrous ZDV WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW SHUVRQ WR bring my attention to this subject. Ben witnessed the sales of human beings on four conWLQHQWVÂłH[SRVLQJ RQH GDUN dank place after another while

VWLOO PDQDJLQJ WR Ă&#x20AC;QG KRSH and humanity.

He encountered Bill Nathan, who had been enslaved in Haiti. If weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to celebrate indomitable spirit at 0RXQWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP WKHQ ZH PXVW celebrate Bill, who has walked through hell and emerged a remarkable young man.

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After a recent NPR interview, a listener in North Carolina sent me a scathing email, chastising me for not freeing the slaves who I had VSHQW Ă&#x20AC;YH \HDUV ZULWLQJ D ERRN DERXW :K\ didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t I pay $50 to free a 12-year-old girl, who D WUDIĂ&#x20AC;FNHU ZDV VHOOLQJ DV D GRPHVWLF VODYH LQ Port-au-Prince? Why didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t I grab the tearful young woman, offered to me in trade for a used car? My answer cited an unwritten journalistic code: I had withheld action to save one person in the hope that my writing would later save many more. I must admit that I wavered as I wrote that: It felt like an excuse for cowardice.

When I read in 2001 that there were more VODYHV WKDQ DW DQ\ SRLQW LQ KXPDQ KLVWRU\Âł million people forced to work under threat of YLROHQFH IRU QR SD\ EH\RQG VXEVLVWHQFHÂł, knew I had to write a book. But in the end, it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean very much unless I could understand what one personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slavery meant.

Then I met Tatiana. A young woman who Dutch authorities had narrowly rescued from brutal sex slavery, Tatiana had not only parWLFLSDWHG LQ WKH SURVHFXWLRQ RI KHU WUDIĂ&#x20AC;FNHUV EXW VKH WKHQ ZHQW XQGHUFRYHU WR LQĂ&#x20AC;OWUDWH EURWKHOV WR Ă&#x20AC;QG RWKHU WUDIĂ&#x20AC;FNHG ZRPHQ DQG WR help them to seize their freedom. Then I met Gonoo. A third generation slave in a quarry in northern India, he and his family lived in mortal fear of their master, a known serial killer.

Then I met Williathe. Smuggled into America at age nine, Williathe was held in domestic bondage in a $400,000 home in suburban Miami. She found her way to freedom, and while WZR RI KHU FDSWRUV Ă HG WKH FRXQWU\ UDWKHU WKDQ face lengthy prison terms or even the death penalty, Williathe performed the ultimate act RI GHĂ&#x20AC;DQFH E\ JHWWLQJ DQ HGXFDWLRQ DQG UHIXVing to be a victim.

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I know that I breached the journalistic code in that instance.

But I am haunted by all of the other times I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. would keep the girl out of bondage: a modest scholarship to a local school. The cost to me was $87 per year. Three years on, I keep tabs on her through a local aid organization. She now can read and aspires to be a doctor.

I do hope my book may free other slaves; but I know that act certainly freed one little girl.

I know that I breached the journalistic code in that instance. But I am haunted by all of the other times I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. D=

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I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if a reader or people sitting in a movie theater can really comprehend the cold that burns like acid and never ends, and the fear that you have inside. I think that what people see as courage, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually fear.

I was so afraid, every minute. This wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t heroism or adventure.

This was hell.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Nando Parrado

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trying. Nando thought of himself as an ordinary young man with no particular inclination toward leadership or heroism.

So he set out fully expecting to dieâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but to at least die in closer proximity to his father.

What he accomplishedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; leading an almost-impossible expedition of two through the Andes Mountains, covering more than 45 miles of frozen wildernessâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is now epic.

And remember, he did this without any gear, which may explain his words: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have a

sexual attraction to ice axes and crampons. Every time I go to an REI store, I let my hands slide through them. I think how much these tools would have saved me in time and danger during the trek.

My wife, she tolerates it, but she tells me never to bring them to bed.â&#x20AC;?

We are thrilled to have 1DQGR DW 0RXQWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP WR walk us through his odyssey and take your questions. D= â&#x20AC;&#x201D; David Holbrooke

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Hard Choices and Human Rights

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A Foreign Policy Roundtable

Nando Parrado Nando Parrado was unconscious for three days after his plane crashed in the Andes.

The crash killed his sister and mother, as well as more than half of his 45 teammates and crewmembers. In the end, only 16 survived. Stuck on a 12,000-foot glacier, he and the other survivors were stranded. (Stranded is also the name of the edge-of-your seat doc, page 29.)

Nando couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop thinking of his father and resolved to get home to see himâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or die

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Will the next president be able to restore American leadership on the issue of human rights? and if so, how? and then, what do we do about human rights and our own diplomatic or military intervention?

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve brought together people whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been doing some of the most important work on human rights in this country. Their discussion, moderated by NY Times columnist Roger Cohen, will focus on what willâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and what shouldâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;happen when America has to make inevitably hard choices on human rights.

Roger Cohen is a journalist who has been stationed all over Europe, including as the bureau

chief of the Balkans for the New York Times. He has a regular column in the International Herald Tribune and the New York Times on foreign affairs.

Roger authored Hearts Grown Brutal: Sagas of Sarajevo and co-authored In the Eye of the Storm, a biography about Telluride resident General Norman Schwarzkopf.

Alex Gibney just won an Academy Award for Best Documentary for Taxi to the Dark Side KLV VHDULQJ Ă&#x20AC;OP DERXW WKH American torture of Afghan detainees (page 29). His previRXV Ă&#x20AC;OP Enron, was nominated for an Oscar, and his latest Ă&#x20AC;OP Gonzo, is about Hunter S. Thompson (page 18). Alex also wrote and produced The Trials of Henry Kissinger.

Samantha Power is the author of the new book Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World. Her previous book, A Problem from Hell, helped shape the debate on intervention in Bosnia and was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2003. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a writer for The New Yorker and a professor at Harvard University.

Ken Roth is the director of Human Rights Watch, the leading human rights organization.

During Kenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 15 years of leadership, HRW has greatly expanded its portfolio to add special programs devoted to refugees, childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rights, AIDS, gay and lesbian rights and the human rights responsibilities of multinational corporations. D= â&#x20AC;&#x201D; David Holbrooke

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Photographers I Have Known

Jamaican cowboys, masturbating mechanical monkeys, European snow dirtied with Saharan sand, prima donna surfRob Story is a Telluride resiers, ill-timed earthquakes, randy dent and member of a curious Newfoundlanders and much, species, the adventure writer. In much more. I have found the his work for magazinesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;such adventure photographer comes as Skiing, Outside, Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jourin all shapes and sizes. Some nal and Rolling Stoneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Story talk too much, some move too has closely observed an even slow, and too many die too curiouser species, the adventure young. They are, however, all photographer, in its natural habunited by the circuitous pursuit itat and will recount his observaof the perfect image.â&#x20AC;?

ROB S TORY tions in a talk and slideshow.

Story will also pay tribute to As Story says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;To travel one photographer who died way with an adventure photographer XFWV VODS Ă&#x20AC;JKWV ZLWK OHVELDQV LQ too young our friend, Telluride is to encounter pissed-off green Canadian strip clubs, sublime photographer TR Youngstrom card wives, America-hating beauty, Swiss military hospi- (whose work will be exhibited at UHQWDO FDU 1D]LV VNLHUV KXIĂ&#x20AC;QJ tals, heart-pounding adrenaline, Hongaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lotus Petal during the joints in Red Square, poignant Alaskan helicopter rescues, festival, page 73). D= memories, expired dairy prod- minor breaking and entering, â&#x20AC;&#x201D; David Holbrooke

Chris Jordan Running the Numbers Conde Nast Portfolio magazine aptly described Chris Jordan in January 2008 as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the XQRIĂ&#x20AC;FLDO DUWLVW RI WKH +DUSHU¡V Index.â&#x20AC;? Inspired by the 1977 &KDUOHV DQG 5D\ (DPHV Ă&#x20AC;OP Powers of Ten, he takes hard statistics and cold numbers and turns them into art that both dazzles and provokes.

When I was hired as festiYDO GLUHFWRU DW 0RXQWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP &KULV ZDV WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW SHUVRQ , called to invite. I took it as a

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good omen when he said â&#x20AC;&#x153;yesâ&#x20AC;? and am thrilled that, besides displaying his work in the Gallery Walk at Telluride Gallery

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of Fine Art (page 72), he will present slides and explain his creative process.

Chris, a former lawyer, will discuss how his work is a looking glass into the prevailing culture of consumption. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you stand back, you behold the collective, the forest,â&#x20AC;? Chris says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But as you step closer, you see that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s made up only of individual trees. What Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m trying to suggest is that every individual matters. Our vote does count. If we do bad stuff, it does count.â&#x20AC;? D=

Tara Llanes I Am the Same Personâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Just a Little Shorter Professional mountain bike racer Tara Llanes used to stand on the winnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s podium on a regular basis. But a crash during a competition left her unable to stand at all: She was paralyzed from the waist down. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to imagine how one would begin

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to recover from this sort of trauma. Well, photographer Anne Keller of Durango offers us an intimate glimpse into the process with her thoughtful chronicle of Taraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recovery process.

The story begins with Tara struggling in rehab to re-learn everyday basics, such as tying her shoes, and ends with leaving rehab able to live an independent life. Anne undertook the project to â&#x20AC;&#x153;capture an intimate

portrait of the physical and emotional journey that is behind the process of learning to live with a life-altering injury.â&#x20AC;? In a slide show that is sure to be both moving, riveting, and, yes, also funny, Tara and Anne will take us through both the rehabilitation and creative process. Additionally, check out the exhibit of Anneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photography at the Silverbell (see pages 72-73). D= â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Emily Long

Azzam Alwash Restoring Eden Again â&#x20AC;&#x153;I used to call the marshes our Sherwood Forest,â&#x20AC;? says Azzam Alwash, an Iraqi-American civil engineer and the founder of Eden Again, an organization committed to restoring the marshlands of Mesopotamia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a place of refuge for people who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be under the control of the central government.â&#x20AC;?

Restoring the Iraqi Marshlands, which lie where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers merge, is incredibly challenging. There are the daunting technical hurdles and then, perhaps even harder, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the cultural ones. Modern times do not mesh easily with this 2005 NY Times account of life in the Marshes: â&#x20AC;&#x153;With an ethereally tuned sense of balance in an element that is so plainly their own, the boatmen, who often

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stood upright and pushed the craft with poles, never came close to overturning. Veiled women dressed in bright colors picked up the bundles of reeds at the shoreline and carried them on their heads along the side of the road.â&#x20AC;?

Azzam has recently returned from Iraq and can update us on the successes and setbacks of this important and dangerous endeavor. D= â&#x20AC;&#x201D; David Holbrooke

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(p. 68)

(p. 38-39) 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

DREAMS DIE HARD J?FIK (p. 15) SLAVERY GI<J% (p. 42-43)

TBAs and special surprise screenings will be posted on sandwich boards outside all theaters, at Hospitality and online at mountainfilm.org.

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CLIMBATOLOGY GI<J% (p. 41) THE BECKONING SILENCE =@CD (p. 12)

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STRANDED =@CD H 8 (p. 29)

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I MET THE WALRUS J?FIK (p. 20) THE LORD GOD BIRD =@CD H 8 (p. 23)

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SPONSOR ME, JAKE J?FIK (p. 28) DON’T LOOK DOWN =@CD H 8

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GONZO =@CD H 8 (p. 18)

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THE UNFORESEEN =@CD (p. 30)

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SPIDERS ON DRUGS J?FIK (p. 28) DROWNING RIVER J?FIK H 8 (p. 16) THROW DOWN YOUR HEART =@CD H 8 (p. 30)

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I MET THE WALRUS J?FIK (P. 20) AZZAM ALWASH GI<J% (p. 47) RED GOLD =@CD H 8 (p. 26)

ALAGADOS J?FIK H 8 (p. 12) PICO IYER GI<J% (p. 56)

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MY NAME IS POCHSY J?FIK (P. 24) WHAT ABOUT ME? =@CD (p. 31)

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END OF THE AFFAIR (p. 16) PLAY GRAVITY (p. 25)

J?FIKJ GIF>I8D SPRAY (p. 29) WHITE WATER JUNGLE (p. 31)

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CLOSING AWARDS PARTY | 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (p. 79)

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BRAVE NEW WEST =@CD H 8 (p. 13)

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PICKIN’ & TRIMMIN’ J?FIK (p. 25) RED GOLD =@CD H 8 (p. 26)

AUDIENCES CAN ENTER THEATER ONLY AT THE BEGINNING OF PROGRAM BLOCKS* *If the film you wish to see starts at 6:30 and the program block starts at 5:00, you must be in your seat by 5:00.

TBAs and special surprise screenings will be posted on sandwich boards outside all theaters, at Hospitality and online at mountainfilm.org.

Monday morning TBAs will be posted online by 7 p.m. Sunday evening.

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presentations Sir Edmund Hillary was a hero in every sense, extraordinary in his achievements and intensely modest at the same time, a role model to all.

Sir Edmund Hillary

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On January 11 of this year, phone calls and emails ricoFKHWHG WKURXJK RXU RIĂ&#x20AC;FHV DQG WR WKH H[WHQGHG 0RXQWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP family: Did you hear Sir Edmund Hillary had died?

None of us were shocked, but all of us were saddened by the death of one of the great men of the twentieth century.

Between his mountaineering accomplishments and his deep and abiding interest inâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and support ofâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;mountain culture, Sir Edmund Hillary epitomized so much of what we stand for KHUH DW 0RXQWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP $FFODLPHG Ă&#x20AC;OPPDNHU and mountaineer David Breashears (Remnants of Everest) knew Sir Ed well.

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Rick Silverman, who was festival director when Hillary FDPH WR 0RXQWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP LQ 1995, will introduce the program. Among others, Norbu Tenzing, the son of the great Sherpa Tenzing Norgay will share his memories of Hillary. D= â&#x20AC;&#x201D; David Holbrooke

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The Mountaineerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary

BY JOE SIMPSON, Author of Touching the Void and The Beckoning Silence (page 12) I am an unashamed hero worshipper, something that is probably not politically correct these days. Sir Edmund Hillary was a hero in every sense, extraordinary in his achievements and intensely modest at the same time, a role model to allâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and not just climbers. A man who made a lasting impression on history and can fairly claim to have changed the lives of thousands for the better.

Heroes inspire you to follow in their footsteps, not just to be like them, but to achieve what they did in their style or better.

I regard such pioneers as Edmund Hillary as heroes, even though Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure he would

have hated such an emotive sobriquet. The Oxford English Dictionary GHĂ&#x20AC;QHV WKH HVsence of heroism as: â&#x20AC;&#x153;A man who exhibits H[WUDRUGLQDU\ EUDYHU\ Ă&#x20AC;UPQHVV IRUWLWXGH or greatness of soul in any action, or in connection with any pursuit, work, or enterprise; a man admired or venerated for his achievements and noble qualities.â&#x20AC;?

Hillary was all of these things and more.

The great American mountaineer, Thomas Hornbein, discussed heros with admirable insight: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who needs heroes? â&#x20AC;Śperhaps we DOO GR ÂŤ:KHUH GR KHURHV Ă&#x20AC;W LQ" ,Q D ZD\ they are the stuff of dreams. For me, they occupy a special summit a bit less accessible, a mountain peak that, in my mindâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye, has grand walls of rock and brilliant ice, clouds veiling an elusive, lonely summit. It is not a mountain I can climb, and never will, but one I nonetheless dream I might.â&#x20AC;?

Sir Ed certainly inspired me to achieve these dreams of mine in the mountains. D=

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Chinese than Tibetans, and any solution that resolved the Tibetan issue without taking into account Chinese needs and rights would be no solution at all.

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But what stayed with me most were the Chinese individuals I had seen who were rallying behind the Tibetans. years before to come out at a time when the expected demonstrations would bring Tibet to the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attention once more. But what stayed with me most were the Chinese individuals I had seen who were rallying behind the Tibetans. For years, the Dalai Lama had been saying that he did not expect miracles from the Chinese government, but that Chinese individuals, denied any religious or spiritual life for so long, would increasingly wake up to the Tibetan situation and to all they had in common with these highaltitude neighbors, as well as to some of the deeper insights that Tibet could offer them.

In that regard, the single most remarkable moment of the spring came, for me, when a group of 29 leading Chinese intel-

lectuals and writers released a petition asking their government to talk directly to the Dalai Lama, to stop â&#x20AC;&#x153;suppressionâ&#x20AC;? in Tibet, and to invite an outside investigating body to see what had really happened in Tibet in 2008. Here were not just Tibetans risking their lives to speak out for Tibet, but Chinese. In a small way, and with quietly mounting intensity, the larger vision of interdependence that the Dalai Lama had stuck to, through decades of disappointment and cold shoulders, seemed at last to be on the rise and pushing his people toward the liberation he hoped for and always promoted. What would happen next, he could not say, but all we can do, he told anyone who wished to listen, is try our best, with clear motivation, and know that in the end, clearsightedness will prevail. D=

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The water of the Colorado River was instrumental in building the American West. Now this â&#x20AC;&#x153;brave new westâ&#x20AC;? has grown and is quickly morphing into something that the river may not be able to handle.

Our look at the past, present and future of the Colorado and this Southwest Four Corners region begins at with a very special 3D screening of

SUNDAY, 10:00 A.M., PALM

*UHJ 0DF*LOOLYUD\¡V QHZ Ă&#x20AC;OP Grand Canyon Adventure. The Ă&#x20AC;OP IHDWXUHV Wade Davis and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., rafting down the Colorado River with their daughters (see page 19).

Wade will talk about his sense of the river, then he will be joined by two familiar faces from the Water Symposium: Wade Graham and Brad Udall (see bios in the Symposium write ups, page, 39)â&#x20AC;&#x201D;and Dave Wegner, a 21-year veteran of the Bureau of Reclama-

tion and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who now runs his own company, Ecosystem Management International. Dave has spent much of his career focusing on natural-resource and water issues in the Southwest.

This impressive panel will have a roundtable discussion about the lifeblood of the desert and what we need to do to ensure that our wellâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;once thought to be perpetually self-sustainingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;does not dry up. D= â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Emily Long

Surviving and Thriving

SUNDAY, 10:15 A.M., SHERIDAN OPERA HOUSE

Jennifer LoweAnkerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tale of Love After Tragedy Mountaineers take risks. The men and women who love them have to live with those risksâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; but often end up left alone. In 1999, Jennifer Loweâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband, Alex Loweâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;widely considered one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best mountaineersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;died tragically in an avalanche on the Himalayan

mountain Shishapangma, leaving her alone to raise three sons.

While Jennifer and her sons struggled with the gaping hole in their lives, Alexâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best friend and longtime climbing partner, Conrad Anker, was dealing with both the terrible loss, as well as his own guilt for having survived the same avalanche. To their own surprise, Jenni and Conrad gradually found solace in each other and married in 2001. Conrad is now the adoptive father of

the three Lowe children.

Using letters and expedition notes, Jenni will talk about her H[SHULHQFH WKH ORVV RI KHU Ă&#x20AC;UVW husband, the renewed lease on life she has found with her second, and the stakes she still has to live with. You can see her paintings at the Telluride Gallery of Fine Arts (page 73), and she will also be signing her book, Forget Me Not, at the Reading Frenzy (page 69). D= â&#x20AC;&#x201D; David Holbrooke

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Chuck Kroger 1946 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2007

Chuck Kroger Tribute SUNDAY, 5:00 P.M., SHERIDAN OPERA HOUSE

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Hard Choices and Hot Spots

SUNDAY, 12:45 P.M., PALM

Bhutto, was at an even fuller boil than usual. With climbing oil prices, Russia seems cocky and self-assured and more than ready to reclaim its superpower mantle. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Iran and North Korea to worry about and, perhaps most vexing, China. And with China, comes the question of Tibet, which we embrace so closely KHUH DW 0RXQWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki will leadâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in his own

inimitable fashionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a discussion about how the next president is going to handle these headaches. I had the pleasure of working with (XJHQH RQ KLV Ă&#x20AC;OP The Trials of Henry Kissinger, and was excited to see his eyeopening, thought-provoking documentary, Why We Fight, win the Grand Prize at Sundance in 2005. Eugene is also the founder and executive director of The Eisenhower

A Foreign Policy Roundtable About a Turbulent Year Iraq continues to be a hornetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nest. Everywhere from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe has experienced real tumult.

There was ethnic tension in Kosovo and ethnic bloodshed in Kenya. Myanmar was a mess, while Pakistan, with the assassination of Benazir

Project, an academic public policy group, dedicated, in the spirit of Dwight D. Eisenhower (the unlikely hero of Why We Fight). He is the author of the forthcoming book The American Way of War: And How It Lost Its Way. Christiane Amanpour, and her husband, Jamie Rubin, came to Telluride over &KULVWPDV IRU WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW WLPH and were taken with it. I asked if she might think about comLQJ EDFN IRU 0RXQWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP and she said if CNN wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sending her to a hot spot, she certainly would. Christiane has won pretty much every major journalism award and interviewed pretty much every major world leader, including, most recently, the Dalai Lama.

It feels a little odd to write a bio for my father, so I will quote from the 2004 MounWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP SURJUDP ´Ambassador Richard Holbrooke is a diplomat and renaissance man in the largest sense.

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in Bosnia.â&#x20AC;? The only thing Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d add to his bio is that his three grandchildrenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Bebe, Kitty and Wileyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;are looking forward to this conversation.

Jamie Rubin was chief spokesman for the State Department during the Clinton administration, as well as a senior adviser to Secretary of State Madeline Albright. He

was the director of foreign policy for the Clinton/Gore 1996 campaign. Earlier in his career, he worked for Senator Joe Biden as a senior adviser.

Today, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an adviser to the Hillary Clinton campaign, teaches at Columbia, and lives in New York with his wife, Christiane Amanpour. D= â&#x20AC;&#x201D; David Holbrooke

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PLASTIC BOTTLES DETAIL BY CHRIS JORDAN

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The Mountainfilm Commitment Now, through our new Village Green initiative, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re asking you to make a commitmentâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a Mountainfilm Commitmentâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to reduce your carbon footprint.

Maybe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something simple and smallâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;such as reusing every plastic bag or turning off the water while you brush your teeth. Or, hopefully, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more challengingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; such as not using plastic bags at

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A friend once said that “Mountainfilm is as much a conversation as a film festival.”

Here’s a bunch of opportunities to carry on the conversation.

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GALLERY WALK

FRIDAY, MAY 23 3:30 P.M. TO 6:30 P.M.

7KH RIÀFLDO SDUW\LQJ JHWV XQGHUZD\ ZLWK D round of receptions at 12 different galleries around town (see map, page 48). The art is outstanding, and the drinks and hors d’oeuvres are free (many kudos to new Belgium Brewing and Redwood Creek Wine!). If you get waylaid by old friends, or mesmerized by the art, and can’t make the whole circuit, don’t despair—the exhibitions of paintings, drawings, photography and even a sand mandala, will all be open throughout the weekend (more details, pages 70-73).

THE NEXT STEP SHERIDAN OPERA HOUSE GALLERY SPACE FRIDAY 3:30 P.M. TO 6:30 P.M. SATURDAY 9:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. SUNDAY 9:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. MONDAY 9:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M.

We strongly encourage you to take a few VWHSV WR WKH 1H[W 6WHS ZKHUH \RX ZLOO ÀQG representatives from an array of organizations that are connected to the humanitarian, environmental, social and cultural issues explored in our programming. These deeply impressive organizations and people can

offer insight into their respective missions.

Conveniently located in the Gallery Room at The Historic Sheridan Opera House, the Next Step is open throughout the weekend, and representatives will be on hand Saturday and Sunday between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m.

COCKTAILS WITH AMERICAN ALPINE CLUB FRIDAY, MAY 23 4:00 P.M. TO 6:00 P.M.

Climbers, mountaineers, old friends, locals—all are welcome to stop by Marz Wine and Tapas (just south of Colorado Avenue on the Spruce Street pocket park) during the Gallery Walk to have a drink with our friends from the American Alpine Club.

LATE NIGHT FRIDAY & SATURDAY FRIDAY, MAY 23 SATURDAY, MAY 23 10:00 P.M. TO CLOSING

7KH SODFH WR FRPSDUH QRWHV RQ ÀOPV DQG presentations, or get the lowdown for the next GD\ DQG UXE HOERZV ZLWK 0RXQWDLQÀOP IRONV of every ilk, is the Cornerhouse Grille, one block north of Colorado Avenue on Fir Street.

For late-night live music, head to The Bubble Lounge, just south of Colorado Avenue on

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events PIG ROAST SUNDAY, MAY 25 10:30 P.M. TO 12:30 A.M.

Fir Street, or Las Montañas at the corner of Colorado and Pine. Noir Bar, just south of Elks Park on Oak Street, will host a live DJ.

Scrapple (page 27), a homegrown Telluride classic, screens Sunday evening at the historic Sheridan Opera House. Afterward, it’s an easy stroll down the hill to Chair 8, where Telluride restauranteur Jake Linzinmeir, Scrapple ÀOPPDNHU EURWKHUV &KULV and Geoff Hanson, Plum TV and MounWDLQÀOP ZLOO KRVW D PRRQOLJKW SLJ URDVW The pork is free (and organic). If you’re staying at the Camel’s Garden Hotel, hopefully you have a room on the east side of the building, and if not, we apologize in advance for the noise.

BREAKFAST TALKS

CLOSING AWARDS PICNIC

SATURDAY, SUNDAY MONDAY 8 A.M. TO 9:30 A.M.

MONDAY, MAY 26 1:00 P.M. TO 4:00 P.M.

Wake up each morning for a croissant and conversation. These informal gatherings are an opportunity to interact with some of our special festival guests in a more intimate setting. The talks are hosted by editors and reporters from The Daily Planet and free to the public.

Enjoy the delicious complimentary organic lunch served in Telluride Town Park and prepared by Lucas Price and his talented team from La Cocina de Luz. Unless we’ve already drained the reserves, there’ll also be free beer from new Belgium Brewing and wine from Redwood Creek.

ICE CREAM SOCIAL SATURDAY, MAY 24 1:30 P.M. TO 3:00 P.M.

GENERAL SCENE

We empty all the theaters and close Colorado Avenue down to give everyone a chance to enjoy the daylight, each other and free ice cream. Extra hoopla will be provided compliments of the Mallethead ÀOPPDNHUV DQG WKHLU ELNH SROR FUHZ DV they take to a specially engineered cage called “The Thunder Doom.” There might be a little spontaneous unicycle street hockey, too. Feel free to join in.

For on-going good times, we have a couple of recommendations. Cornerhouse Grille is a designated Mountainfilm chill zone, a great place to mix, mingle, munch and hoist a mug anytime after noon. Plus, our excellent and generous friends from Jan-Sport will be giving away free backpacks on Saturday and Sunday (check out the ad in this program). There’s invariably a good time to be had at any of Jake Linzinmeir’s many and varied venues: Chair 8, The Excelsior, Bluepoint and Noir Bar. The Bubble Lounge has lined up live music throughout the weekend—get a hit of O2, a groove fix and help Troy and Kelly pay off their fines for violating Telluride’s noise ordinance. Las Montañas and Marz Wine & Tapas are two of the many other options for food and ale.

READING FRENZY SUNDAY, MAY 26 3:00 P.M. TO 5:00 P.M.

See page 69 for a list of authors who will be on hand to sign books during this well-liked event. It’s so popular that we’ve moved it to a bigger space this year, the Ah Haa School.

Also take this last opportunity to see the Tibetan sand mandala before it gets swept up and washed away in the San Miguel River.

THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

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events

Breakfast Talks EVERYDAY STARTING SATURDAY FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 9:30 A.M.

Wake up each morning for a croissant and conversation.

These informal gatherings are an opportunity to interact with some of our special festival guests in a more intimate setting. The talks are hosted by editors and reporters from The Daily Planet and free to the public.

LOCATIONS (see map on page 48) TALK #1â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Ah Haa School, West Wing TALK #2â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Ah Haa School, East Wing TALK #3â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Tommyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant TALK #4â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Silver Bell Building TALK #5â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wilkinson Library Program Room

Saturday, May 24

# 1 From Pumping Iron to Lord God Bird, George Butler has experienced one of the great careers in documentary Ă&#x20AC;OPPDNLQJ +RZ KDV KH GRQH LW DQG ZKDW LV KH GRLQJ QH[W" IN PERSON: George Butler # 2 Cass Sunstein is a leading legal scholar and proOLĂ&#x20AC;F DXWKRU +LV ODWHVW EHVWVHOOHU Nudge, is a groundbreaking discussion of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;architecture of choice.â&#x20AC;?

IN PERSON: Cass Sunstein # 3 0HHW WKH 1DWLRQDO *HRJUDSKLF WHDP DQG Ă&#x20AC;QG RXW what direction theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re headed with their magazines, television and expeditions council.

IN PERSON: Dennis Dimick, Rebecca Martin, John Rasmus, Carrie Regan # 4 He was silent for 17 years. Now heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talkingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; and singing. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a chance to make music with the Planetwalker.

IN PERSON: John Francis # 5 TBA

Sunday, May 25

# 1 What happens to your world when you dedicate your OLIH WR GRFXPHQWLQJ WKH GDUNQHVV" +HDU IURP WZR GHGLcated journalists who investigated modern-day slavery.

IN PERSON: Author Ben Skinner, Photographer Jodi Cobb, and Festival Director David Holbrooke

# 2 Jean Clottes, one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading experts on petrogylphs, will talk about his cutting-edge work in France and in this region.

IN PERSON: Jean Clottes # 3 Laurie Garrett is the only journalist to win a Pulitzer, Polk and Peabody Award. Get a preview of her forthcoming book, Scared Sick, which is about global health in a post-9/11 world.

IN PERSON: Laurie Garrett

2 hours, more than 20 authors, 1 sand mandala and countless books

reading frenzy

SUNDAY, MAY 25 FROM 3:00 P.M. TO 5:00 P.M. AT THE AH HAA SCHOOL

# 4 Christiane Amanpour is a top journalist. Her husEDQG -DPLH 5XELQ ZDV D WRS JRYHUQPHQW RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDO +RZ GR WKHVH WZR VXSHU FKDUJHG OLYHV PL[" 5HQRZQHG DXWKRU Kati Martonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;who knows something about this curious existenceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;will sit down with them.

IN PERSON: Christiane Amanpour, Jamie Rubin and Kati Marton # 5 TBA

Monday, May 26

# 1 Is television news still relevant, or are documentary Ă&#x20AC;OPPDNHUV WKH QHZ WUXWK WHOOHUV" IN PERSON: Alex Gibney, Eugene Jarecki, Jeanmarie Condon (ABC Nightline) # 2 Pico Iyer is arguably the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best travel writer.

His wanderings have taken him all over the world, most recently to Dharamsala where he wrote about the Dalai Lama.

IN PERSON: Pico Iyer # 3 Globalization is instigating an all-out assault on indigenous languages and cultures. How do we go about GRFXPHQWLQJ DQG SURWHFWLQJ WKHP" IN PERSON: Ian McKenzie, The Linguists, David Harrison and Greg Anderson and Carol Black # 4 TBA # 5 TBA

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We would be surpised if there was any place in America that had more brave souls and brilliant minds under one roof than at the reading frenzy.

This is also the last opportunity to see the completed Tibetan Buddhist sand mandala.

During the Reading Frenzy, a ceremony to demonstrate impermanence will take place: The intricately colored and crafted mandala will be swept up and deposited in the San Miguel River next to the Ah Haa School.

Special note: Nando Parrado (page 44) will not sign his book, Miracle in the Andes, at the Frenzy, but rather after his presentation on Saturday afternoon at Between the Covers at 1:30p.m. (224 W. Colorado Avenue, across from the Sheridan). D=

Dan Austin: The Road Trip Pilgrimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guide Gary Braasch: Earth Under Fire David Breashears: High Exposure Majka Burhardt: Vertical Ethiopia Lynne Cherry: How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate Gotham Chopra: Familier Strangers Jean Clottes: Cave Art Jodi Cobb: Geisha Alexandra Cousteau: The Human, the Orchid and the Octopus by Jacques Cousteau Wade Davis and Chris Rainier: Grand Canyon, River at Risk Dick Dorworth: Night Driving Ginny Fowler Hicks: Mountain Star John Francis: Planetwalker Laurie Garrett: Betrayal of Trust Richard Holbrooke: To End a War Amy Irvine: Trespass Pico Iyer: The Open Road Katie Lee: Glen Canyon Betrayed Jennifer Lowe-Anker: Forget Me Not Kati Marton: The Great Escape Samantha Power: Chasing the Flame Ben Skinner: A Crime So Monstrous Cass Sunstein: Nudge Anita Thompson: The Gonzo Way Josh Tickell: Biodiesel America â&#x20AC;Śas well as others

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gallery artists

gallery artists FRIDA BARANEK

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Gallery Walk GALLERY WALK OPENING RECEPTION FRIDAY, 3:30 TO 6:30 P.M.

After the Water Symposium, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to stretch your legs at the Gallery Walk. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve brought together a talented and diverse group of artists, including Duncan MacKenzie whose sundial will be unveiled directly after the symposium in Mountain Village in the SOD]D E\ WKH Ă&#x20AC;UH SLW RQ WKH ZD\ EDFN WR WKH Gondola and the galleries.

The walk is Friday afternoon and serves up libations and snacks, but the galleries will be open all weekend (check each loFDWLRQ IRU VSHFLĂ&#x20AC;F KRXUVÂłPRVW YHQXHV DUH open in the morning), so if you miss some-

thing, you can always come back. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget that if you want to bring more than a lifetime experience back home, much of the art is for sale.

One artwork that will not be for sale is the sand mandala being made during the weekend at the Ah Haa School. Lobsang Thinley from the Asanga Institute in Montrose will create this incredibly intricate work. Catch it while you can because, as is the custom, ZKHQ WKH\¡UH Ă&#x20AC;QLVKHG WKH VDQGÂłDQG WKXV WKH SLHFHÂłZLOO EH VZHSW XS DQG WDNHQ WR WKH river. This demonstration of the Buddhist view on the impermanence of life will take place during the Reading Frenzy (page 69). See the map on page 48 for locations. >>

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ALAGADOS Photography Exhibit NEXT STEP

These photos were made by students in Brazil, who were given cameras to document their community, families and themselves. The struggling neighborhood they OLYH LQ ZDV EXLOW RQ RFHDQ Ă&#x20AC;OO DQG LV DSWO\ and accurately called â&#x20AC;&#x153;alagados,â&#x20AC;? which OLWHUDOO\ PHDQV ´à RRGHG Âľ 7KH SKRWRV ZHUH FXUDWHG E\ Ă&#x20AC;OPPDNHU Sylvia Johnson, ZKRVH ORYHO\ VKRUW Ă&#x20AC;OP Alagados is in the IHVWLYDO SDJH /LNH WKH Ă&#x20AC;OP WKH VWXdentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; photos capture a remarkable portrait of these challenging young lives, which DUH Ă&#x20AC;OOHG ZLWK PDQ\ WULDOV WULEXODWLRQV DQG also, a few triumphs.

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JODI COBB

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FRIDA BARANEK STUDIO FRANK

Frida Baranek has roots all over the world. She is Brazilian born, but her Jewish parents narrowly escaped from Poland and the Holocaust (sadly, her grandmother didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t). She settled in Brooklyn, New York, with her British husband, New York Times columnist Roger Cohen. As she says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think I have a nomadic spirit, a lot of curiosity,â&#x20AC;? which can be seen in her work of mixed materials that include everything from hand-made paper and iron plate to sisal and fragments of airplanes. Her work has been exhibited all over the world, including at the Venice Biennale.

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BIG SNOW STEAMING BEAN

If you werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in Telluride for the epic 2007/08 winter, come to the Steaming Bean to see what you missed in a homegrown exhibit by local professional and amateur photographers.

It may have been just another sign of global weirding, but it was also crazy fun. We are still WU\LQJ WR Ă&#x20AC;JXUH RXW WKH SKRWR RI WKH JX\ ZKR hucked a 25-foot cliffâ&#x20AC;Śon a sled.

Lloyd manages to mix a variety of disparate styles, subjects and textures to create a painting that just works. Often this takes the form of little piecesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;almost a puzzleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that come together in a whole piece. This Santa %DUEDUD EDVHG SDLQWHU GHSLFWV ELUGV Ă RZHUV foodâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;really whatever moves her. Yes, despite her name, Lloyd is a woman.

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lyzed the competitor from the waist down. As Anne says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shooting this project was an emotional and often very trying journey into a place where the nature of capturing a photograph felt both extremely intimate and occasionally invasive. But there was also a lot of fun. Tara once made this statement that she is the same person she was before, just a little shorter.â&#x20AC;? Both the photographer and subject will speak about the laughsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and tearsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. at the Sheridan Opera House (page 47).

TELLURIDE GALLERY OF FINE ARTS

JODI COBB AH HAA SCHOOL

Jodi Cobb knew nothing about modern-day slavery before she read a blurb in the Washington Post. Quickly, she was thrown into a dark world, where she often felt her own safety was at risk. Her remarkable photos in National Geographic in September 2003 exposed this KRUULĂ&#x20AC;F KXPDQ ULJKWV DEXVH WR OLJKW DQG WKH magazine received the biggest reader response in more than 15 years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The most gratifying thing is itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just people saying â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nice story.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; People were moved to action,â&#x20AC;? Jodi says. But the story still haunts her because she knows that 27 million people are still enslaved. She will be show slides of this work on Saturday, 7:30 p.m. at the Nugget.

C. LLOYD DALLETT STRONG HOUSE BUILDING

A certain eight-year-old in the inner MounWDLQĂ&#x20AC;OP FLUFOH FDOOHG Lloyd Dalletâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paintings â&#x20AC;&#x153;pretty.â&#x20AC;? And the kid is right. Time and again,

Chris Jordanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s workâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a series of carefully rendered photographic imagesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;smacks viewers in the face, making it abundantly clear how Americanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consumptive ways simply have to change. His series, Running the Numbers, has taken off and been featured everywhere from a Beck music video, Time Bomb (look for it this weekend), to the TED (Technology Entertainment Design) Conference. We are thrilled to have him here, and he will discuss his work in a presentation, see page 46.

ANNE KELLER SILVER BELL

Some know Anne Keller for her pizzaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;she is co-owner of the Hot Tomato CafĂŠ in Fruita, Coloradoâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and now many will know her for her photographs. With both sensitivity and a sense of humor, Anneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;whose photos have been in Bike and Sunset magazines, among othersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;has done something astonishing. She spent the last nine months closely chronicling the rehabilitation of a world-class athlete, downhill bike racer Tara Llanes, after a bike crash para-

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JENNIFER LOWE-ANKER TELLURIDE GALLERY OF FINE ARTS

Jennifer Lowe-Anker has lived what some might call an intense life (hear her story on Sunday at 10:15 a.m. at the Sheridan, page

\HW KHU ORYHO\ SDLQWLQJV DUH Ă&#x20AC;OOHG ZLWK warmth and whimsy. She has taken scenes from her native Montana and infused them with vivid colors and rich texture. She also makes her own frames, which give each piece a unique and complete feel.

JEFF SCHER LUCAS GALLERY

If you go to Jeff Scherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website (IH]Ă&#x20AC;OPV QHt), thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s text that reads â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reasons To Be Glad.â&#x20AC;?

When you click on these words, a new webpage opens that states â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sorry, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still working on this page.â&#x20AC;? If the link ever gets up and running, ZH KRSH LW OLVWV -HII¡V PHOOLĂ XRXV SDLQWLQJV DV D reason to be glad. He considers himself a painter working in motion, and his work has been collected by the Guggenheim and MOMA. At

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TR YOUNGSTROM HONGAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LOTUS PETAL RESTAURANT

A little more than 10 years ago, Telluride lost a great talent in TR Youngstrom.

Many of us also lost a friend when the helicopter he was working in crashed in Portillo, Chile. We take some small comfort knowing he died doing what he loved and what he was so incredibly good atâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;taking photographs in the mountains. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really nice to see his workâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;collected from his friendsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wallsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all in one place. But damn, we miss him. TRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friend Rob Story will share some classic TR stories in his talk â&#x20AC;&#x153;Photographers I Have Knownâ&#x20AC;? (page 46).

MOUNTAINFILM POSTERS TELLURIDE MUSEUM

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judges

judges The Mountainfilm Prize Jury

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Thom & Leslie Beers Susan & Mark Dalton Dick Ebersol & Susan Saint James, Honorary Trustees Tom & Janine Hill, Honorary Trustees Vincent & Anne Mai, Honorary Trustees

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Josh Aronson Stuart & Joanna Brown Formby Foundation David & Lael Fruen Beth & George Gage Garrett Gruener & Amy Slater Family Fund Betsy & Wight Martindale John Mccall Lou Mintz Moe Family Scholarship Fund Genny Plamondon Mike & Jennifer Shimkonis Jim & Judy Singleton John Steel & Bunny Freidus Paula Stout

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SHERPA Mark & Amy Dobbins Gerber Construction, Inc. John & Carlotta Horn

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ADDITIONAL STAFF Tim â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stuntmanâ&#x20AC;? Territo Michael Anzalone Ruth Bender 'UHZ /XGZLJ Rube Felicelli Ian Manson Eric â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vikingâ&#x20AC;? Cooper Peter Garber Tom â&#x20AC;&#x153;TRâ&#x20AC;? Richards Mark Froehlich Erika Henschel Joanna MacDonald Suzan Beraza Daiva Chesonis Jamie Morrison Johnny â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rottenâ&#x20AC;? Bulson Justin Wiehs Anne Reeser Casey Nay Lise Waring Verde PR Steve Johnson

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PROJECTIONISTS Greg Babush Nate Bald Luigi Chiarani Justyn Fairchild John Fahenstock Gypsy Frank John Gajda Barbara Grassia Peter Halter Layton Hebert Sergio Laureano Luciana Sanz Mark Schoneveld Eric Smith Tizzz

SPECIAL THANKS Georgekutty A.L. and Voices from the Water Griff Harsh Bill and Jenny Ward Emily Dresslar and the Telluride Academy Josh Gallun Liz Manne Jim Soukup Tim Vierling (screenwash artist) Hunt Worth Meg Whitman

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Susan Dalton / PRESIDENT Rick Silverman / VICE PRESIDENT Nan White Theberge / SECRETARY Debra Frank / TREASURER Ken Bailey Thom Beers Ruth Bender Letitia Ferrier Webster Beth Gage Alex Gregory Chris Hanson Jeff Price Chris Rainier Mike Shimkonis Travis Spitzer

Laurie Adams Robert Allen Jonathon Augello Jeremy Baron Angela Battillo Carly Beaudin Suzanne Beresford Sandy Bielenberg Karen Brown Halka Brunerova Sam Burgess Drew Burrier Peter Chapman Katherine Charbonneau Lisa Conley Mason Cummings Rosa Lea Davis Wade (l) Davis Mike Dion Mary Ellen DiStasio Jared DiVincent Andrew Dolese Brett Dollar Mark Dresie Virginia J Drew Ronald Eberhard Emily Eng Paul Garnett John Gerona Kellie Gilbert William Goldberg Brad Green Rhoda Green Tony Griffo

Karen Guglielmone Kent Gunnufson Ethan Hale Kelly Hames Peter Harrelson Tamar Hassan Angie Hazelswart Linda Heiderer Becca Heinze Brian Heinze Tamara Henderson Anjin Herndon Craig Hesse Chris Hill Marian Jamison Faith Lotus Johnson Betsy Jonckheer Bob Justis Jim Kahn Davene Kaplan Nancy Kerr Sherab Kloppenburg Marki Knopp Sally Kraus Janee Kronk Nancy Landau Donna Lane Kristen Lawrynk ,DQ /HRQDUG Ben Levek Michelle Lijegren Alfredo Lopez Patricia Low Jessica Lyles

Angela Mallard Elizabeth Marchini Alice Martin Christopher Maschino Ann Mason Scott Matthews Buttercup Mayer Tim McGovern Stephen Mchugh Sybil Merriman April Montgomery Marie Moore Brian Murphy Patrick Neely Keith Nichols Janet Niichel Kevin Noreen .HOO\ 2¡/DXJKOLQ Jack Palmer Alex Paul Marc Perin Annie Pletz Nettie Prack Susan Rahmann Mary Rios Willie Rios Sara Ripoli Robert Roof Billy Royal Cassie Sadinski Erik Santiago ,YD 6FKPLGW Doug Shinkle Theodore Shinkle

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index FILMS

Alagados 12, 71, 78 Asiemut 12 The Beckoning Silence 12 Blast 13 Brave New West 13 Carpa Diem 13, 33 Cat Man Do, 33 The Champ 14 Climber 14 DailyStrip 14 Dalai Lamaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Peace and Prosperity 15 Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Look Down 15 Dreams Die Hard 15, 42, 78 Drowning River 16, 78 End of the Affair 16 Fields of Fuel 16, 78 Fitzroy 17 FLOW: For Love of Water 17 Friends of the Elephant Seal 17, 33 Global Focus: Mexico 18 Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson 18 The Good Fight 18 Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk 19 Greenscapes 19 Holly 19, 42 I Met the Walrus 20 Ice 20 Ice Climbers 20 In the Shadows of Monadnock 33 The Jacobsens 22, 33 King Lines 21 The King of Telluride 21, 33, 65 The Last Frontier: Conservation and Exploration in Papua New Guinea 21 The Last Nomads 22 Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;eau Life 22, 33 Lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Beach... 22 The Linguists 23 The Lord God Bird 23 Losing the Elephants 23, 78 Mallethead 24 Menged 24 My Name is Pochsy: An Industrial Film 24 Once Upon a Tide 25, 33 Pickinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; & Trimminâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 25 Play Gravity 25 Presence: 40 Days in Greenland 26 The Price of Sugar 26, 42 Red Gold 26, 78 Saving Luna 27

Schooling the World: The White Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Last Burden 27 Scrapple 27 Shikashika 28, 33 Sid 22, 33 Spiders on Drugs 28 Sponsor Me, Jake 28 Spray: Window of Opportunity 29 Stranded: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains 29 Taxi to the Dark Side 29 Throw Down Your Heart 30 Trap-Jaw Ants 33 The Unforeseen 30 Via Bearzi 30 What About Me? 31 White Out 22, 33 White Water Jungle 31

PEOPLE Aqua, Karen 33 Alwash, Azzam 39, 47, 78 Alzner, Jeff 30 Amanpour, Christiane 2, 63, 68 Anderson, Gregory 23, 68 Anker, Conrad 2, 41, 59 Antonelli, John 18 Apeman888 28 Arijon, Gonzalo 29 Austin, Dan 69 Assis, Ubiratan 12 Bailey, Jon 24 Baranek, Frida 71 Belic, Adrian 80 Beraza, Suzan 22 Berrios, Raphael 21, 33, 65 Black, Carol 27, 68 Braasch, Gary 69 Breashears, David 54, 69 Bridgeman, Duncan 31 Burhardt, Majka 69, 81 Butler, George 23, 68 Byers, Alton 41 Callahan, Peggy 15, 42 Cannella, Sergio 13 Carr, Drury Gunn 13 Carrier, Melanie 12 Catto, Jamie 31 Charnock, Garry 64 Cherry, Lynne 69 Chisholm, Suzanne 27 Chopra, Gotham 69, 80 Clottes, Jean 68, 69 Cobb, Jodi 42, 68, 69, 72 Cohen, Roger 45 Condon, Jeanmarie 68, 80 Cousteau, Alexandra 39, 69 Dallett, C. Lloyd 72 Davis, Wade 2, 19, 27, 59, 69 Devlin, Mark 13

Devlin, Paul 13 Dimick, Dennis 39, 68 Dorworth, Dick 17, 69 Dunn, Laura 30 Dusenberry, Tom 18 Earle, Sylvia 39 Edwards, Sian 15 Ebersol, Charlie 15 Ebersol, William 15, 34 Euwer, Peck 23 Fassbinder, Steve 24 Field, Ken 33 Fowler-Hicks, Ginny 69 Francis, John 40, 68, 69 Franke, Vince 28 Fraser, Mark 18 Fox, James 18 Garrett, Laurie 64, 68, 69 Gee, Simon 16 Gibney, Alex 2, 18, 29, 45, 68 Gleick, Peter 17, 39 Graham, Wade 38, 39, 59 Greenough, George 15 Gregg, Andrew 22 Gyger, Samuel 25 Haney, Bill 26 Hanson, Chris 27 Harrison, David 23, 68 Hawes-Davis, Doug 13 Hicks, Ginny Fowler 69 Higgins, Olivier 12 Hillary, Sir Edmund 2, 54, 55, 90 Hines, Karen 24 Hoff, Brent 33 Holbrooke, Richard 62, 63, 69 Holstrom, Kris 64 Houlihan, John 16 Hyde, Steven 28, 33 Irvine, Amy 69 Iyer, Pico 56, 57-58, 68, 69 Jarecki, Eugene 62-63, 68 Jennings, Trip 21 Johnson, Sylvia 12, 71 Jones, Bradley 21, 33, 65 Jordan, Chris 2, 46, 64, 72 Jordan, Peter 14 Keller, Anne 47, 72-73, 78 Kirklin, Brook 30 Knight, Ben 26, 38 Kramer, Seth 23 Kratzner, Gesine 25, 33 Kroger, Chuck 2, 60, 90 Lee, Katie 16, 69 Lincoln, ML 16 Litton, Martin 18, 39 Llanes, Tara 47, 72-73, 78 Lowe-Anker, Jennifer 59, 69, 73 Luby, Earle 20 MacGillivray, Greg 19 MacGillivray, Shaun 19 MacKenzie, Duncan 70 MacKenzie, Ian 22, 68

Marlens, Isabel 21, 33, 65 Martin, Rebecca 68 Marton, Kati 68, 69 Miller, Daniel 23 Morris, Matt 25 Mortimer, Peter 21 Moshe, Guy 19 Nathan, Bill 42 Newberger, Jeremy 23 Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill, Hilaree 81 Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill, Timmy 60 Osmond, Louise 12 Paladino, Sascha 30 3DUĂ&#x20AC;W 0LFKDHO Parrado, Nando 3, 29, 44 Parrinello, Will 18 Power, Samantha 45, 69 Rabgey, Losang 56 Rabgey, Tashi 56 Rainier, Chris 69, 71 Raskin, Josh 20 Rasmus, John 68 Regan, Carrie 68 Rickert, Jonathan 19 Rickert, Reed 19 Ridgeway, Rick 60 Roth, Ken 45 Rubin, Jamie 62, 63, 68 Rummel, Travis 26 Saint James, Susan 80 Salina, Irena 17 Scher, Jeff 22, 33, 73 Schoenfeld, Michael 17, 33 Schwartzberg, Louie 20 Sekiguchi, Masaki 26 Silverman, Rick 54 Simpson, Joe 55 Skinner, Ben 3, 42, 43, 68, 69 Soepomo, Holi 19 Solano, Brian 29 Story, Rob 46 Suarez, Maria 15, 42 Sunstein, Cass 68, 69 Takahashi, Drew 25, 33 Tatum, Tom 31 Tejada-Flores, Lito 2, 17, 60 Tenzing, Norbu 54 Thinley, Lobsang 70 Thompson, Anita 18, 69 Tickell, Joshua 16, 69 7RĂ&#x20AC;HOG 6LPRQ Udall, Bradley 39, 59 Villarreal-Kwasek, Carlos 14 Wald, Beth 60 Wegner, Dave 59 Weiners, Brad 81 White, Shaun 2, 18, 34 Wirth, Richard 15 Workou, Daniel Taye 24 Youngstrom, TR 46, 73

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