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.
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.
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.
