Photos by Sandra Michaud
A sellout crowd packed WNMU's Light Hall Saturday night to attend the 2015 Wild & Scenic Film Festival. Allyson Siwik, Executive Director of the Gila Conservation Coalition, said, GǣThe building's capacity is 180 people and we only have a couple of empty seats.Gǥ
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Emcee Rob Goldfarb, of MySouthwestAdventure.com, skis down the aisle to introduce the festival.Wild and Scenic Film Festival 010916
As latecomers filtered in, the audience waits for the festival to start
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Sara Boyett, Southwest New Mexico Audubon Society introduces the first set of films, "Spaceship Earth Passenger Briefing." "The Colorado River"and "Delta Dawn."
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Goldfarb welcomes the audience and talks about the Gila River.
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Carol Fugagli, Upper Gila Watershed Alliance, tells the audience about "Monarchs and Milkweed" and "Spine of the Continent," the next two films.Wild and Scenic Film Festival 010916
Jackie Blurton of the Southwest New Mexico Audubon Society shows the Tom Holt painting to Jerry Eagan, who decides to purchase a ticket.
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After the intermission WNMU New Media Student Chris Theulen introduces three local films, "GilaG??s Flight," "Gila River: Up Against a Wall" and "Everywhere is a Gila."
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Aldo Leopold student Lincoln Herrera-Brandsberg tells the audience about the next short films, "Earthbook," "A Line in the Sand" and "The Story of Place."
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Jalissa Frederick of the Gila Resources Information Project introduces the final two films, "Thirsty for Justice" and "Why I Think This World Should End."
Emcee Ron Goldfarb of MySouthwestAdventure.com said that he was torn between coming to the festival or skiing on the fresh snow up north. GǣI asked them if we could put snow in the aisle,Gǥ he quipped, GǣBut they said it was against the building code.Gǥ He skiied down the aisle to start off the festival.
The festival featured 11 short films, some by local filmmakers, door prizes and a raffle of a Tom Holt Gila River painting.