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by CRAIG DIXON
Intern Lifestyles Reporter
Bristol Bay, Alaska is in a battle for its soul.
It is the site of the world’s largest salmon fishery at the headwaters of Talarik Creek and Koktuli River. It’s also the site of a proposed copper and gold mine.
People’s Choice Award-winning film “Red Gold,” will be showcased Friday at the Banff Mountain Film Festival.
“Red Gold” tells the story of Bristol Bay’s opposition to the mine.
Associate Director
of Appalachian State University’s Outdoor Programs, Rich Campbell
helped coordinate the film festival, along with Footsloggers and Travel
Outfitters.
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“It’s a
chance to view films that you’ll probably never have the chance to see
anywhere else,” Campbell said. “In a way, Banff is a chance for
students to travel and experience the world without leaving Boone. You
can learn a lot about your own community by experiencing others.”
The
festival will feature 14 different films, seven on Friday and seven
films Saturday starting at 7:30 p.m. in Farthing Auditorium.
Advance tickets can be picked up at the auditorium box office and range from $7 for students and $9 for non-students.
All tickets will be $12 at the door and the festival will have an intermission with a chance for attendees to win door prizes.
In addition, “The Red Helmet,” which features the music of Asheville-based StephaniesId, will show Friday.
Stephanie Morgan, the band’s lead singer, will be in Farthing to introduce the film and talk with viewers.
Afterward,
she will be performing at 10:30 p.m. in Legends, and Banff ticket stubs
can be presented for admission discounts at the performance.
Saturday
night, Ian Mackenzie will trek through Borneo’s rain forests in search
of Penan nomads, the world’s last known hunting-gathering tribe in the
grand-prize winning film, “The Last Nomads.”
The festival began 33 years ago in Banff, Alberta, Canada.
According
to the Banff Mountain Culture Centre, their purpose is to, “[promote]
understanding and appreciation of the world’s mountain places by
creating opportunities for people to share — and find inspiration in —
mountain experiences, ideas and challenges.”
Each year hundreds of films are sent to Banff from 40 different countries, Campbell said.
The films are narrowed down to the best 50 and then taken on the road to show at Banff Film Festivals around the United States.
The coordinators of each location select the best of 50 to show at their respective venue.
“We try
to choose films that we think will inspire students to go out and
create their own adventures; to learn more about different cultures and
the environment,” Campbell said.
This will be Banff’s 13th year in Boone.
Proceeds from The Banff Mountain Film Festival go toward Outdoor Program’s own expeditions and international trips.
“It’s
good because we can let students experience what they see at Banff,
they are supporting what they are watching onscreen, that’s the beauty
of it,” Campbell said.
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