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The Redwood Valley Outdoor Education Project Presents the 10th annual INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE FILM FESTIVAL Post-festival Tour Six Friday Evenings of Captivating Films February 20 to March 27 Ukiah Civic Center, 300 Seminary Ave. Tickets available at Mendocino Book Co. or at the door. Series Ticket: $50 Individual Tickets: Suggested donation of $10/adults & $5/children LIVE MUSIC and snacks: 6:15 FILMS BEGIN AT 7:00 PM Films appropriate for older children ___________________________________________________________________________ Film Schedule and Synopsis *Film may contain scenes not suitable/not appropriate for youth and may include predation, mating, disturbing scenes or information. February 20 - Touching the Wild (55 min.)* IWFF Award for Best Editing Joe Hutto's idea of research is anything but normal, dedicating seven years of his life to becoming a wild mule deer. Incredibly, these keenly intelligent animals come to regard this stranger as one of their own. Accepted by the matriarch, he walks among them and can lie with a pregnant doe talking to its unborn fawns. As he crosses the species divide Joe is tapping into a new understanding about these elusive animals. The captivating joy he feels for his new family is nothing short of infectious, but this human predator also learns to see the world from the point of view of prey and sharing their world so personally finally takes a toll that sends him back to his own kind. Note: This is the same Joe Hutto that brought us the Emmy award-winning film “My Life as a Turkey.” Bluebird Man (27 min) The story of 91-year-old Al Larson, a self-taught conservationist who has committed the last 35 years of his life to savings North America's bluebirds. Breathtaking scenery, intimate conversations and stunning footage of all three species of bluebird create a powerful film with the goal of inspiring our next generation of citizen scientists Live Music: Chanterelle – Trio Madge Strong, Diane Smalley, and Helen Falandes share original songs and folk music from near and far ............................................................................................. February 27 - Ocean Odyssey (57 min) Commissioned by the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, OCEAN ODYSSEY takes viewers on an undersea journey to remote and magical places as it explores an array of marine ecosystems. See tiny damselfish in their splendid coral reef habitat. Witness sperm whales up close and the graceful ballet of giant manta rays. Discover the marine iguanas of the Galapagos, the huge Mola mola off California, and an ocean sunfish that reaches fourteen feet. "....a stunning film that reveals some of the most amazing underwater footage ever seen and offers reflections by Feodor Pitcairn and Bob Cranston two of the most prominent cinematographers at work today." The Water Brothers - Plastic Ocean (25 min.) The Brothers embark on a sailing adventure to the middle of the Pacific Ocean to the remote "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," a massive collection of plastic waste congregated together by swirling ocean currents know as gyres. What does the patch look like? How does it affect wildlife and the seafood we eat? Where in the world did this inconceivably massive amount of plastic come from and what can be done about it? The Water Brothers bring us some answers to this strange and disturbing phenomenon. Live Music: Sheridan Malone - Traditional and contemporary vocal and guitar ............................................................................................. March 6 - Bears of the Last Frontier - The Road North (60 min.) Ecologist Chris Morgan first explores the world of black bears caught in the crossroads of urban development in Anchorage and the wilderness. Some bears are so comfortable living in urban surroundings that their primary habitat is a golf course. In residential areas bears frequently raid garbage bins and bird feeders for easy snacks. Morgan then heads north to Denali National Park where bears get by on a diet of thousands of berries a day and grizzlies share the enormous park with foxes, wolves, and moose. Raccoon Nation, Part 1 (20 min.) Are human beings, in an effort to outwit raccoons actually making them smarter and unwittingly contributing to their evolutionary success? In this film scientists from around the world share their thoughts and work to explore this scientific theory. Live Music: Guitarists/folk singers Steve Hahm and Sid Bishop March 13 - Spirit Creatures (48 min.)* Northern Mozambique's Cyao people both revere and struggle against wildlife on a daily bases. To help them cope they regularly call on their ancestral spirits, some of whom are embodied in animals. This invisible realm called "Majini" greatly influences how people think and act. It seems to be connected to just about everything from man-eating lions and the bushmeat trade to the elephant poaching crisis sweeping across Africa today. "Spirit Creatures" documents Keith and Colleen Begg's journey to gain a deeper understanding of people's spiritual relationships with wildlife inside Mozambique's Niassa National Reserve. They are led to an important sacred site called Chemambo where all the yellow baboons are believed to be people. Understanding local culture helps the Begg's become more effective conservationists. Raccoon Nation, Part 2 (20 min.) Live Music: Bob Laughton - Celtic/contemporary acoustic ............................................................................................. March 20 - On a River In Ireland (60 min.) Won Best Cinematography Award at IWFF "On a River in Ireland" follows Colin Stafford Johnson on a journey along the River Shannon - Ireland's greatest geographical landmark and the longest river in Ireland and Britain. For 340km, the river carves its way through the heart of the country, almost splitting the country in two. On its journey, the Shannon passes through a huge palette of rural landscapes, where little know backwater wild animals and plants still thrive as almost nowhere else in Ireland. The film follows the river from dawn to dusk over four seasons capturing it's ever changing moors and exploring the countless waterways, islands and lakes that make up the entire river system. Snows of the Nile (20 min.) Uganda's Rwenzori Mountains rise 5000 meters from the heart of Africa. At their summits are some of Earth's only equatorial glaciers. But these "Mountains of the Moon," whose existence caused a sensation in Europe when they were first climbed in 1906 are changing fast. "Snows of the Nile" follows two scientist/photographers on an ambitious expedition to re-capture historical glacier imagery from the Rwenzori Mounts of Uganda. If they could trace the steps of the Duke of Abruzzi's legendary 1906 expedition and re-capture the famous glacier photographs taken by Vittorio Sella, they could visualize the impacts of a century of climate change. Live Music: Mellow bluesy rock with Kim Monroe March 27 - Wildest Islands Philippines Islands of Mystery (55 min.) The Philippines harbors one of the highest biodiversities of wildlife on the planet. A vast number of species are endemic to the Philippines including the Philippine tarsier, carnivorous plant species and the Palawan bearcat. On these isolated islands, it is not only the wildlife that has had to adapt to survive, so too have the Filipino people... Catalina Island (22 min.) - Best Cinematography in a Short Film Award at IWFF Just 22 miles off the coast of Los Angeles lays Santa Catalina Island, home to over 25 endemic plant and animal species. Explore the unique ecology and conservation strategies taking place on the island as told through the eyes of an American bison, a Catalina Island grey fox, and the bald eagle. Live Music: Midas Well - A bit of rock, blues, country, and jazz with Chris Gibson, Shar Jacobs, and Dori Kramer ............................................................................................. Proceeds benefit the Redwood Valley Outdoor Education Project (RVOEP), a communitysupported program of the UUSD providing outdoor environmental education to over 2,000 students each year. For further information please visit www.rvoep.org