5th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Friday, September 16, 2011
Sierra Nevada Brewery Big Room
Fifth Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival, Films to Change Your World is a benefit for Friends of Butte Creek.
The evening will begin with live music & entertainment by Gordy Ohlinger, "The Mark Twain of the banjo world". He was recently featured in the PBS show, America's Banjo: A Musical History. His music is a "humorous mix of history and American popular songs, 1800 to 1940". Gordy has formed a trio of multi-talented and local musicians who will share their wonderful sounds of swing, blue grass, and Americana.
The Sierra Nevada Brewerey's buffet menu will include delicious food chosen from Chico's Certified Farmers' Market. The evening will also have a fabulous silent auction with many of these items donated by local artisans, as well as a free drawing.
Six films will be shown - ranging in length from 4 min., to 45 min. All films have been aptly selected from the South Yuba River Citizen's League very own Wild & Scenic Film Festival shown in January 2011.
Included in the evening’s line-up is: The Incident at Tower 37 and is just one of the six films chosen for this year’s Festival. Although animated, this fable about water and how we use it is timely with parallels to the North State.
In the middle of a dry, desolate landscape stands Tower 37 siphoning every last drop of water from a once pristine lake. Day in and day out the station's lone steward monitors the tower's activities, never realizing that Tower 37 is slowly destroying an entire ecosystem. Best Animation, Humboldt FF; Best in Show, Motion FF; Best Animated Short Film, Sonoma Intl Film Festival. |
Friends of Butte Creek works to raise awareness and to provide protection for the future of the “Last Best Run of Spring Chinook Salmon in California”.
The festival doors open at 5pm, Friday, September 16th at the Sierra Nevada Big Room. Buy your tickets at Pure Skin,
136 W. 3rd St. in downtown Chico or online at www.buttecreek.org .
136 W. 3rd St. in downtown Chico or online at www.buttecreek.org .
Advance / Door Film & Buffet Ticket Prices:
Films Only: Advance Adult $15 / $20 Door Film & Buffet: Advance Adult $30 / $35 Door
Films Only: Advance Youth $8 / $12 Door Film & Buffet: Advance Youth $22 / $28 Door
For more information please visit: www.buttecreek.org
Contact: Pamela Posey
530.893.0360
