Images
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British-American photojournalist Tim Hetherington was known for capturing the interior world of soldiers and mixing it with the exterior violence of their everyday lives. Between 2007 and 2008, he...
Posted: 04/13/12
Tagged: art, images, mountainfilm 2012, tibet
By photographing people in indigenous and Tribal cultures, Phil Borges aims to heighten awareness of the issues faced by those in the developing world. He has a particularly close and long-standing relationship with Tibet, and his latest book, Tibet: Culture on the Edge, reflects his respect for...
Posted: 04/10/12
Tagged: film festival, filmmaker, images, mountainfilm 2012
It requires some serious planning to deliver four days of artists, art, activists, documentaries, shorts, filmmakers, panel discussions, scientists, books, authors, slide presentations, environmentalists, extreme athletes and other socially important elements.
With the festival less than two months...
Posted: 03/29/12
Tagged: activism, damnation, Felt Soul Media, images, Mountainfilm Commitment Grant, water
The Mountainfilm Commitment Grant was created to help ensure that important stories are not only told, but also heard. What follows is an update from Ben Knight, one of the recipients of a 2011 grant.
Ninety-nine years after Olympic National Park’s Elwha River was illegally dammed, wild Chinook...
Posted: 03/13/12
The Mountainfilm Commitment Grant was created to help ensure that important stories are not only told, but also heard. Allision Otto and Carole Snow were recipients of one of the 2011 grants for their documentary project, titled Keeper of the Mountains, which is about the Grande Dame of the...
Words
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The environment, social issues and adventure are three of the big themes at Mountainfilm in Telluride, and like many of this year’s guests at the festival, best-selling author Dan Buettner...
Posted: 04/20/12
Tagged: environment, oil, words
By now, on the anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, most of us have quit thinking about that disaster. But judging from the photos above, we’re making a mistake.
Less than six months after the spill, the FDA declared seafood from the Gulf safe for consumption, and...
Posted: 04/17/12
Tagged: climate change, mountainfilm 2012, words
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), March 2012 set temperature records that dominated the eastern two-thirds of the nation and contributed to the warmest March on record for the contiguous United States since 1895. Last month, more than 15,000 temperature...
Posted: 04/06/12
Tagged: Greg Mortenson, words
Yesterday concluded a yearlong investigation into Greg Mortenson, the executive director of The Central Asia Institute (CAI) and author of Three Cups of Tea. The attorney general of Montana’s report simultaneously praised Mortenson for “the efforts of a complicated person who has worked tirelessly...
Posted: 03/30/12
Tagged: Activism vs Skepticism, Awareness Into Action, Nepal, words
The Awareness into Action series of blog posts originated in 2011 as a way to document ordinary folks attempting to get out there and do good. We began by following a pair of Mountainfilm in Telluride staffers through the setbacks and triumphs of their endeavor to take the inspiration of...
Action
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It’s May, summit month on Everest. This season several expeditions are particularly connected to the Mountainfilm in Telluride community.
Eddie Bauer/First Ascent’s team consists of Jake Norton,...
Posted: 04/24/12
Tagged: action, Activism vs Skepticism, Awareness Into Action, Nepal
The Awareness into Action series of blog posts originated in 2011 as a way to document ordinary folks attempting to get out there and do good. We began by following a pair of Mountainfilm in Telluride staffers through the setbacks and triumphs of their endeavor to take the inspiration of...
Posted: 04/11/12
Tagged: action, Mountainfilm Commitment Grant
Mountainfilm in Telluride is committed to help creative individuals tell stories that represent the spirit of the festival. Mountainfilm Commitment Grants go to filmmakers, photographers, artists and adventurers whose projects are intended to move audiences to action on issues that matter. What...
Posted: 03/28/12
Tagged: action, mountainfilm 2012
There are two months until Mountainfilm in Telluride’s 34th annual festival. Consider yourself duly notified.
Ten Simple Steps for the Best Memorial Day Weekend…Ever
Get Psyched: Visit www.mountainfilm.org. Check out the growing list of festival guests, the symposium and return to the site...
Posted: 03/20/12
Tagged: action, adventure, kayaking, mountaineering, mountainfilm 2012
Nearly 72,000 people voted for National Geographic Adventure's People's Choice Adventurer of The Year for 2012. The winners are Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa, who with second-hand equipment, a tiny budget and no corporate sponsors, climbed Everest, descended with paragliders and paddled...
