Mountainfilm on Tour

Mountainfilm on Tour, a selection of adventure-packed and inspiring documentary films curated from the Mountainfilm festival in Telluride, Colorado, will screen Saturday, Nov. 16, at the Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz, from 7-10 p.m.

This year features the Medley Playlist, recommended for ages 13+.

Mountainfilm’s mission is to use the power of film, art and ideas to inspire audiences to create a better world. Tickets are $24.25, supporting Second Harvest Food Bank, at riotheatre.com.

Films

Leaving a Tread: As the popularity of mountain biking grows across Mexico, riders like Israel Carrillo work to blaze the trail — literally.

Dancing Warrior: For native youth at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, living can be a struggle — the teen suicide rate is among the highest in the country. But many have found hope and purpose in the traditional sport of horse racing known as “Indian Relay.”

Ascend (some graphic scenes): Young women from Afghanistan who pursue their passion for climbing and mountaineering but are forced to flee when the Taliban seized power in 2020. Members of the Yosemite Search & Rescue team learned about the women and invited them to spend a week in Yosemite.

Re: An action sports photographer, Re is dedicated to working with and showcasing the strength and individual personalities of female athletes. Re landed the first cover shot of a woman for Backcountry Magazine and the first all-female cover shot for Skiing.

Near the River: In the tourist town of Livingstone, Zambia, local men who porter kayaks aspire to become safety kayakers on the Zambezi River. However, the proposed Batoka Gorge Hydroelectric Scheme threatens to flood the famous rapids and eliminate their jobs.

Ghost Resorts: Japan: The country’s massive economic boom in the 1980s fueled a wild demand for skiing and an explosion of new mountain resorts. The financial collapse that followed in 1991 decimated the Japanese economy and the ski industry, leaving hundreds of ghost resorts, creating an unconventional backcountry adventure.

The Last Observers: For 36 years, Lennart Karlsson and Karin Persson have recorded weather measurements every three hours — temperature, air pressure, wind, wave height and cloud types — at a lighthouse on the southwestern coast of Sweden. Theirs is the last remaining manual weather station in the country — and it too will soon become automated.

Above The Noise: Maya delves into her practice of skydiving as a means to focus inward.