The Arrowhead Traverse. Image courtesy of Cascadia International Women's Film Festival.
Cascadia International Women’s Film Festival is hosting an hour of films from the Wild & Scenic Film Festival at 8 p.m. on Friday, July 19, on the Fairhaven Village Green in Bellingham.
The evening starts at 8 p.m. with live music and activities, and films start at 9 p.m., or as soon as it’s dark enough, according to a press release about the event.
The show includes six outdoor adventure-sports films, all directed by women. Here’s more info on the films, from the press release:
- Sacred Strides—Southwest tribes come together to run in protest of federal action to open up sacred land to drilling. Directed by Anna Callaghan, Marie Sullivan, Forest Woodward.
- Super Stoked Surf Mamas—A group of moms-to-be decide to surf together through their pregnancy providing support and encouragement to one another and defying those who tell them they need to stop. With precaution and modifications, the women learn that they can continue the sport they love and the joy of being in the water almost right up to their due date. Set in Santa Cruz. Directed by Elizabeth Pepin Silva.
- Blue—Set in Alaska, Blue is a fantastical journey into the imagination of a four-year-old girl growing up in Valdez, Alaska, fresh off training wheels, begins to push her boundaries and explore what’s possible on her bike. Her fantasy explores the mountains, glaciers and rivers of Valdez by fat bike with a crew of boundary-pushing female athletes. Directed by Aly Nicklas.
- The Arrowhead Traverse—A Minnesota family sets out to traverse the Arrowhead of Minnesota traveling from the Mississippi River to Lake Superior by bicycle, canoe, and foot; all with their 3-year-old son and 9-month-old daughter along for the adventure. Directed by Ruth Lencowski and Kristopher Lencowski. Film won the Kids Jury Award, 2019 Wild and Scenic Film Festival.
- In Perpetual Motion—Under the water, in the surf, on the mountain, through the desert, director Krystle Wright shows us through her lens what it is to capture those in motion.
- Journeying Out—Two Chinese boys from Beijing go on a paddling adventure down some of China’s rivers and tells us what those rivers mean to them. Directed by Meredith Meeks.
The event is sponsored and hosted by CASCADIA International Women’s Film Festival, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and showcasing the work of women filmmakers from all over the world. Admission is free and donations but appreciated.
Learn more at Cascadiafilmfest.org
