January 29th FILM PROGRAM at the Dairy Arts Center (Boedecker)
“a film about science. It is also a work of art.” - National Post
1:00 PM: GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE
4:00 PM: GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE
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Playing at the Boedecker Cinema — $15
Special guest at 4PM screening: Angela Yang, Director of International Field Conservation, The Denver Zoo (scroll down for Angela’s impressive bio)
GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE is an immersion into the rich ecosystem of Sable Island, guided by naturalist and environmentalist Zoe Lucas who has lived over 40 years on this remote sliver of land in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Shot on 16mm and created using a scope of innovative eco-friendly filmmaking techniques, this feature-length experimental documentary is a playful and reverent collaboration with the natural world. Zoe leads us among wild horses, seals and bugs, through peaks, valleys, roots, sands, weathers, seasons and stars. The intangible is evoked with hidden sounds and vanishing light. Much like a field book, the film tracks its protagonist's labor to collect, clean and document marine litter that persistently washes up on the island shores.
Environmental doc GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE is one of the most awarded films of the year, racking up 18 prizes in its festival run including the Caligari Film Prize at the Berlinale where it premiered and two prizes at Hot Docs. In this arrestingly gorgeous documentary, Jacquelyn Mills has created a portrait of one remarkable woman and the remote island that's become her entire life.
"A beguiling and poetic film." - Wendy Ide, Screen
"A sensory adventure through nature's circle of life." - The Film Stage
"A work of art." - POV Magazine
In this arrestingly gorgeous documentary, Jacquelyn Mills has created a portrait of one remarkable woman and the remote island that's become her entire life.
Filmmaking Team
Written and Directed by Jacquelyn Mills
Running Time: 103 minutes. Language: English.
Special guest at 4PM screening: Angela Yang, Director of International Field Conservation, The Denver Zoo
Angela Yang is a dedicated career conservationist who has worked in wildlife conservation on five continents for two decades. She joined the Denver Zoo in April 2022 to lead tAngela Yang is a dedicated career conservationist who has worked in wildlife conservation on five continents for two decades. She joined the Denver Zoo in April 2022 to lead the international conservation efforts. Angela most recently helped launch the new Global Center for Species Survival, a partnership between the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Indianapolis Zoo. Previous to this, she was the Chief Conservation Officer at Rainforest Trust where she led the conservation department in overseeing more than 150 projects to establish priority protected areas for species conservation around the world. She is a member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission and the World Commission on Protected Areas, and sits on the Advisory Boards of William & Mary’s Institute for Integrative Conservation and the International Rhino Foundation.
Before returning to the US in 2018, Angela lived in Cambodia, Kenya and the United Kingdom for ten years, working with international organizations such as Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). She worked with WCS’s Field Veterinary/Global Health program for over nine years, coordinating and conducting research at the nexus of wildlife and human health. After living in Southeast Asia, Angela realized the immensity of the human pressures on natural resources and the critical need to find sustainable solutions, so she went on to complete her thesis analyzing the socioeconomic impacts of marine conservation in East Africa. She stayed on in Kenya, working with local NGOs in East Africa, assisting with strategic planning, development and capacity-building before joining ZSL to manage their programs in the Russian Far East, Indonesia and Thailand, focused on tiger conservation. At ZSL, Angela led the organization’s largest country program that focused on Sumatran tiger conservation in the context of green growth and public-private partnerships in Indonesia.he international conservation efforts.
Angela most recently helped launch the new Global Center for Species Survival, a partnership between the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Indianapolis Zoo. Previous to this, she was the Chief Conservation Officer at Rainforest Trust where she led the conservation department in overseeing more than 150 projects to establish priority protected areas for species conservation around the world. She is a member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission and the World Commission on Protected Areas, and sits on the Advisory Boards of William & Mary’s Institute for Integrative Conservation and the International Rhino Foundation.
Alpine Bank - Boulder official sponsor of the 2022 Boulder Environmental/Nature/Outdoors Film Festival
Boulder Convention & Visitors Bureau and CREATE is an official sponsor of the 2022 Boulder Environmental/Nature/Outdoors Film Festival
