On Wednesday, May 8th, Bozeman Film Society partners with Fin & Fur Films to present Sundance Award-winning The River and the Wall. The screening will be held at the Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture beginning at 7:30pm. The event will feature Director Ben Masters, cinematographers Phillip Baribeau and Korey Kaczmarek, as well as Executive Producer Cindy Meehl.
From the creatives behind Unbranded, this epic new documentary follows five friends as they embark on a 1,200-mile mountain bike, horse, and canoe expedition down the Rio Grande to document the borderlands before construction of a wall and to explore how it would impact wildlife, immigration, public lands, border security, and landowners. Told through stunning cinematography, the film takes audiences on an adventure down the US-Mexico border to see the 1,000-foot high canyons, vast mountains, vibrant cities, and lush forests in the path of Trump’s proposed border wall.
During the three month journey, the team meets with Democrat Congressman Beto O’Rourke, Republican Congressman Will Hurd, Border Patrol agents, wildlife biologists, immigration experts, and landowners to better understand how a wall would work and where it would go. As the vast wilderness of the Big Bend gives way to the more populated Lower Rio Grande Valley, the team comes face-to-face with the human side of the immigration debate and enters uncharted emotional waters.
“It would be a big mistake to peg this as a political movie. It’s much more than that. In fact, it is a thrilling and gorgeous tale of adventure, with humor and flat-out wonder at nature’s beauty.” – Austin360
Not rated, The River and the Wall runs 109 minutes. Tickets are $16 in-store at Cactus Records and www.cactusrecords.net (plus fees), as well as the night of the show in the Emerson lobby. Concessions at 6:30pm, doors at 7pm.
Bozeman Film Society seeks out and presents independent films which engage, entertain, and foster an understanding of the world community around us. Visit www.bozemanfilmsociety.org for film previews and further information – and “Keep ‘Em Flickering!”
