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"Wading for Change" is a selection in the 2023 Wild & Scenic Film Festival.

"Wading for Change," directed by Sofia Jaramillo, is a selection in the 2023 Wild & Scenic Film Festival.

It's a film fest with a focus on environmental and adventure films, so you can expect a lot of scenic vistas but also stories of adventure and activism, documentaries about environmental justice, innovative agriculture and more.  Featured films include No Other Lake, which follows a kayaker on a two-week trip along the entire 120-mile length of Lake Champlain, between New York and Vermont, and the people met along the way ; and Wading for Change, about Wyoming based conservationist Jr Rodriguez. Sponsored by the River Alliance of Wisconsin.

media release: River Alliance of Wisconsin & The Barrymore Theatre Present 2023 WILD & SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL

Tickets: $18 Advance/$21 Day Of Show. General Admission – All Seated Show.

Considered one of the nation’s premier environmental and adventure film festivals, this year’s films combine stellar filmmaking, beautiful cinematography and first-rate storytelling to inform, inspire and ignite solutions and possibilities to restore the earth and human communities while creating a positive future for the next generation. Festival-goers can expect award-winning films about nature, community activism, adventure, conservation, water, energy and climate change, wildlife, environmental justice, agriculture and more.

Featured films

I Am Salmon

Connecting humanity with salmon and the sea through the subtle art of poetry and Gyotaku (fish rubbing), Duncan Berry shares his experience as a longtime environmentalist and former captain of a salmon troller. In adopting the perspective of this transcendent fish, the beauty and power of the Oregon coast becomes the canvas through which the evolution of the salmon is illustrated.

Whit Hassett | 2022 | 3 min.

Inseparable: Skye

For Skye Kolealani Razon-Olds, climbing is a way to connect with her ancestors. Rock climbing has always been a traditional activity for Kanaka Maoli, but today few Indigenous members of the tropical islands practice climbing actively. Skye explains why there is an inseparable relationship between humans, culture and land.

Andrew Harrison-Brown, Palmer Morse, Brooke Jackson | 2022 | 14 min.

No Other Lake

Motivated by a desire to better understand his home watershed, Jordan Rowell embarks on a two week kayaking trip along the 120-mile length of Lake Champlain, stopping along the way to talk to a wide range of characters about the future of their shared basin.

Jordan Rowell & Duane Peterson III | 2022 | 40 min.

Wading for Change

For conservationist and angler Jr Rodriguez to become “like the pictures he saw in magazines,” he had to leave behind what he loved the most. By juxtaposing Jr’s origins in Houston, Texas, and his current home in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, “Wading For Change” shows his journey of learning to love the outdoors and what it can be like to participate in outdoor sports in Western mountain towns as a person of color.

Sofia Jaramillo, Jr Rodriguez, Faith E. Briggs, Mason Trinca, Chris Cresci | 2022 | 12 min.

also screening are Uncharted Waters, 7 min; and Voices From the Water, 11 min.

About River Alliance of Wisconsin:

CORE PRINCIPLES:

• We pursue clean water for all with passion and determination.
• We are a credible voice on water policy and public engagement.
• We expect government to safeguard water, and we hold public agencies accountable.
• We believe in the power of grassroots action.
• We engage people in activities to inspire water stewardship.