Wild Rivers Film Tour celebrates 50 years of Wild & Scenic Rivers Act
With one of the deepest snowpacks in years blanketing Montana’s headwater streams, one can only wonder what shape our legendary rivers will take come spring thaw. Regardless of your connection to Montana’s rivers – angling, agriculture, paddling or picnicking – this year’s Wild Rivers Film Tour is your inspiration to start dreaming big.
Now in its third year, the Wild Rivers Film Tour celebrates our love for clean water and free-flowing streams. Juried films document a veteran’s path to healing through river guiding, the marriage of research and recreation to preserve Peru’s free-flowing Rio Maranon, the fate of the Yellowstone River in a tale told from a Paradise Valley rancher, the loss of the Dolores and her near-famous female champion, and a speed decent through the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River.
Six magnificent films carry the audience through 100 minutes of emotional and exhilarating cinema. The 2018 selections include the world premiere screening of Last Call, U.S. premiere screening of Confluir, as well as The Time Travelers, Chicken Raper (AKA Stateline Rapid), Vallecito, and Return from Desolation.
American Rivers and the Greater Yellowstone Coalition (GYC) will host the Wild Rivers Film Tour in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act – a national river protection designed to keep rivers clean and free-flowing.
The Wild Rivers Film Tour will travel to communities across Montana.
– April 5th: Livingston / Shane Lalani Center for the Arts
– April 9th: Billings / Art House Cinema & Pub
– April 11th: Bozeman / Rialto
– April 12th: Big Sky / Lone Peak Cinema
– April 13th: Red Lodge / Roman Theater
– April 19th: Columbia Falls / The Angel Theatre at the La Salle Grange
– April 26th: Missoula / Roxy Theater
– May 10th: Ennis / Madison Theater
Doors for all showings open at 6pm, followed by the film screenings at 7pm.
Admission is $10. Tickets are available at the door or in advance at www.greateryellowstone.org/tix. Further event details can be found at www.facebook.com/WildRiversFilmTour.
Proceeds from the Wild Rivers Film Tour will benefit Montanans for Healthy Rivers – a coalition of businesses, sportsmen and conservation groups working together to designate new Wild & Scenic Rivers in Montana. Montanans for Healthy Rivers has galvanized support for Wild & Scenic River protections for dozens of Montana’s most cherished streams in the Greater Yellowstone and Crown of the Continent ecosystems. Notable rivers include sections of East Rosebud Creek, Monture Creek, Danaher Creek, the Gallatin, Madison, Smith and Yellowstone rivers.
American Rivers and the Greater Yellowstone Coalition both contribute to the leadership of Montanans for Healthy Rivers.
“If you think the 1960s effort to save the Grand Canyon from a dam had merit, check out the struggle in Confluirto protect Peru’s Rio Maranon, a canyon double the depth of the Grand. The scenery and storyline are astounding,” says GYC Waters Conservation Associate Charles Wolf Drimal.
“This year’s films feature passion and grit, as well as the transformative power of rivers, both on the landscape and within each of us. We are reminded that our time on rivers connects us. It brings out the best in people,” says American Rivers’ Northern Rockies Associate Kascie Herron.
American Rivers works to protect and restore the nation’s rivers and streams. The Greater Yellowstone Coalition is dedicated to protecting the lands, waters and wildlife of the 20 million acre Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
The Wild Rivers Film Tour is proudly supported by American Whitewater, Bucks T4, Glacier Guides/Montana Raft Company, Granite Sports Medicine, L&K Real Estate, Moonlight Community Foundation, Montana River Guides, OnSite Energy, Raich Properties, Sweetwater Travel Company, Sweetwater Fly Shop, Sylvan Mountain Sports, Timber Trails, The Base Camp and the Whitewater Rescue Institute. •
