Director: Cathryne Czubek
Film Underwritten by: R.L. Torresdal Co
A Girl and A Gun presents a feminine perspective on an object whose history is deeply bound up with men and masculinity. It delves into the psyche of the American gun world and how women relate to guns and gun culture.
Best of the Rural Route Film Festival Shorts
Best short films from the New York Rural Route Film Festival. Seen throughout the weekend.
Bidder 70
Directors: Beth Gage & George Gage
College senior, Tim DeChristopher, Bidder #70, monkey-wrenched the out-going Bush administration’s contentious oil and gas auction. He bid $1.8 million to save 22,000 acres of Utah’s red rock wilderness with no intention to pay or drill. Now he’s paying for it with his future.
College senior, Tim DeChristopher, Bidder #70, monkey-wrenched the out-going Bush administration’s contentious oil and gas auction. He bid $1.8 million to save 22,000 acres of Utah’s red rock wilderness with no intention to pay or drill. Now he’s paying for it with his future.
Class C
Directors: Justin Lubke & Shasta Grenier
The mall is 234 miles away. You have thrown 10,000 three-point shots on the dirt court behind the barn. You drive a backhoe after practice, supporting the family business. And you are 16 year old girl.
The mall is 234 miles away. You have thrown 10,000 three-point shots on the dirt court behind the barn. You drive a backhoe after practice, supporting the family business. And you are 16 year old girl.
Detropia
Directors: Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady
Detroit's story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century— the Great Migration of African Americans escaping Jim Crow; the rise of manufacturing and the middle class; the love affair with automobiles; the flowering of the American dream; and now . . . the collapse of the economy and the fading American mythos. With its vivid, painterly...
Detroit's story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century— the Great Migration of African Americans escaping Jim Crow; the rise of manufacturing and the middle class; the love affair with automobiles; the flowering of the American dream; and now . . . the collapse of the economy and the fading American mythos. With its vivid, painterly...
Elemental
Directors: Gayatri Roshan & Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
Elemental tells the story of three individuals united by their deep connection with nature and driven to confront some of the most pressing ecological challenges of our time. Click on the image on the left to get more info & see the trailer.
Elemental tells the story of three individuals united by their deep connection with nature and driven to confront some of the most pressing ecological challenges of our time. Click on the image on the left to get more info & see the trailer.
Escape Fire
Directors: Matthew Heineman & Susan Froemke
ESCAPE FIRE is about finding a way out. It’s about saving the health of our nation. The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare tackles one of the most pressing issues of our time: how can we save our badly broken healthcare system? CLICK ON THE IMAGE to go to the page for Escape Fire and see the trailer.
ESCAPE FIRE is about finding a way out. It’s about saving the health of our nation. The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare tackles one of the most pressing issues of our time: how can we save our badly broken healthcare system? CLICK ON THE IMAGE to go to the page for Escape Fire and see the trailer.
Go Ganges!
Directors: J.J. Kelley & Josh Thomas
Two friends in a foreign land on a quest to travel the ultimate river: India's holy River Ganges.
Two friends in a foreign land on a quest to travel the ultimate river: India's holy River Ganges.
Into Eternity
Director: Michael Madsen
100,00 years. Every day, the world over, large amounts of high-level radioactive waste created by nuclear power plants is placed in interim storages, which are vulnerable to natural disasters, man-made disasters, and to societal changes.
100,00 years. Every day, the world over, large amounts of high-level radioactive waste created by nuclear power plants is placed in interim storages, which are vulnerable to natural disasters, man-made disasters, and to societal changes.
Not Yet Begun to Fight
Directors: Justin Lubke, Shasta Grenier, & Sabrina Lee.
Guest Filmmaker Underwritten by: Featherlite Trailers
In the space between war and a new battle, NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT unfolds. A retired Marine Colonel reaches out to five men, a new generation returning from combat. He takes them to a river...
Guest Filmmaker Underwritten by: Featherlite Trailers
In the space between war and a new battle, NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT unfolds. A retired Marine Colonel reaches out to five men, a new generation returning from combat. He takes them to a river...
Priceless
Director: Steve Cowan
From the Fourth of July to the halls of Congress, a cross-country road trip in search of a solution.
From the Fourth of July to the halls of Congress, a cross-country road trip in search of a solution.
Reveal the Path
Director: Mike Dion
Producer: Hunter Weeks
Reveal the Path is a genre-defying adventure film that contemplates what it means to live an inspired life using the bicycle as a mechanism to explore, dream and discover
Producer: Hunter Weeks
Reveal the Path is a genre-defying adventure film that contemplates what it means to live an inspired life using the bicycle as a mechanism to explore, dream and discover
The Bones Brigade
Director: Stacy Peralta Film Underwritten by: Amundson’s Clothing Store and Decorah Bicycles
In the early ’80s, skateboarding was fading away until Stacy Peralta brought a profoundly talented group of outsiders together and dubbed them the Bones Brigade. This Sundance award winning documentary chronicles their epic rise…
Watershed
Director: Mark Decena Film
Underwritten by: Upper Iowa Organics and Wadsworth Construction
WATERSHED tells the story of the threats to the once-mighty Colorado River and offers solutions for the future of the American West. Executive Produced and Narrated by Robert Redford and Directed by award-winning filmmaker, Mark Decena. Click on the image on the left to go to the page for Watershed and see the trailer.
Underwritten by: Upper Iowa Organics and Wadsworth Construction
WATERSHED tells the story of the threats to the once-mighty Colorado River and offers solutions for the future of the American West. Executive Produced and Narrated by Robert Redford and Directed by award-winning filmmaker, Mark Decena. Click on the image on the left to go to the page for Watershed and see the trailer.
We’re Not Broke
Director: Victoria Bruce
WE’RE NOT BROKE is the story of how U.S. corporations have been able to hide over a trillion dollars from Uncle Sam, and how seven fed-up Americans from across the country, take their frustration to the streets . . . and vow to make the corporations pay their fair share.
WE’RE NOT BROKE is the story of how U.S. corporations have been able to hide over a trillion dollars from Uncle Sam, and how seven fed-up Americans from across the country, take their frustration to the streets . . . and vow to make the corporations pay their fair share.
Where the Yellow Stone Goes
Director: Hunter Weeks
Where the Yellowstone Goes follows a 30-day drift boat journey down the longest undammed river in the contiguous United States. Click on the image on the left to get more info & see the trailer.
Where the Yellowstone Goes follows a 30-day drift boat journey down the longest undammed river in the contiguous United States. Click on the image on the left to get more info & see the trailer.
World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements
Director: Chris Farina
World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements interweaves the story of teacher John Hunter with his students' participation in The World Peace Game -- an eight-week transformation of the children from public school students to world citizens.
World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements interweaves the story of teacher John Hunter with his students' participation in The World Peace Game -- an eight-week transformation of the children from public school students to world citizens.
