Shaped By Fire

40th IWFF at the University of MT
Film Info
Series:40th IWFF at the UC Theater
Run Time:10min
Release Year:2017
Country:USA
Hosted By:Filmmaker Bobby Jahrig in attendance.
Sponsored By:Montana State Parks
Special Concessions:Show at the UC Theater.
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Bobby Jahrig

Description

At the UC Theater. Two friends run 52 miles along the MT-ID stateline in a campaign to push the proposed Great Burn Wilderness closer to designation. In conjunction with the Bhutan Foundation and Vice President's Office of Research. "A cinematic adventure into the heart of wilderness, Power of the River captures the connection between people and the rivers that are our lifeblood." - Robert Redford "An adventure documentary from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. This little Buddhist nation, home to the world’s most ambitious commitment to protect nature, faces urgent pressure to dam every river. A man named ""Good Karma"" guides an expedition into the unknown to keep his country's mightiest river wild and free. Even as his countrymen are pulling away from their roots toward the electric lure of the city, Karma ""Good Karma"" Tshering guides foreigners deep into Bhutan's wilderness. There he shares the wisdom of his culture—the very last of the fading Himalayan kingdoms—hoping it's not too late to rekindle reverence for our planet's wildest places. Karma hopes to keep one, just one, of his country's rivers undammed. A Buddhist, he doesn't even fish. It's a dangerous expedition onto unexplored whitewater. He has a wife, a young son, and a new baby. So why? And what makes him think he can succeed? In a land founded by a saint who rode a flying tiger, in a place where happiness is a higher goal than money, perhaps anything is possible. Through the exploits of Karma and his hand-picked international expedition team, Power of the River will plunge to the heart of what most threatens Earth's wild spaces—and what will most likely save them. www.poweroftherivermovie.com/ Director Greg Hamilton and Subject Bryant Dunn in Attendance Three Montana Centric Short Films at UC: SHAPED BY FIRE, THE HIGH DIVIDE, ELK RIVER UC Theater 7 PM on April 18 Introductions and QA by US SENATOR JON TESTER Sponsored by Montana Parks Montana, Montana State Parks Foundation and the UM Wildlife Biology Department " SHAPED BY FIRE - 10 min Filmmakers Bobby Jahrig, Nick Littman, Nick Triolo In Attendance Two friends run 52 miles along the MT-ID stateline in a campaign to push the proposed Great Burn Wilderness closer to designation. THE HIGH DIVIDE - 16min Director Eric Bendick In Attendance They say The High Divide is the place where the world is cut in two. Then again, it may be where everything comes together. This place was once called “the big empty.” But it's bursting at the seams - with deep forests, streams brimming with trout, meadows flush with grizzlies and wildflowers, and peaks so wild and vast they stretch all the way to the horizon. It’s also full of people. People who love the land. Cowboys who love salmon. Range riders who shepherd cattle and carnivores. Woodcutters who fight for forests. Generation after generation stewarding land and water. These are the lost voices of a new kind of pioneer. An original film celebrates the confluence of a wild place, its visionary people, and a bold new mission to preserve and restore the backbone of the American West. ELK RIVER - 28 min A short documentary that captures the migration of elk in the Yellowstone area through a multidisciplinary lens by following a scientist, Arthur Middleton, a contemporary artist, James Prosek and award winning photojournalist Joe Riis. For many of the elk herds that summer in Yellowstone National Park, home is outside the protected park boundaries the rest of the year, as far as 70 miles away. Mirroring a similar expedition undertaken in 1871 that fused science and the arts, this modern band of explorers join their ungulate counterparts on a trek from Wyoming’s rangeland through snowy mountain passes and treacherous river crossings to the rugged beauty of Yellowstone’s high-alpine meadows. Along the way, they meet backcountry guides and cattle ranchers whose lives are intricately tied with the fate of the elk and other migratory species that call the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem home.