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Lake Placid, Adirondacks USA — High Peaks Cyclery announces Patagonia's Wild and Scenic Film Tour is coming to the Lake Placid Center for the Arts September 10th, 2011 at 7:30pm. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Mirror Lake Watershed Association whose mission is to preserve the integrity of the Mirror Lake watershed for future generations.

The Wild and Scenic Film Tour will feature world class films on the environment, adventure travel and human interests from around the globe. There will be a pre-film reception at High Peaks Guide House in Lake Placid on Sept. 10th, 2011 at 5:30pm just before the film. 

Film Menu

Patagonia's Wild and Scenic Film Tour- Lake Placid

The Majestic Plastic Bag – 4 min. Follow a plastic bag from a supermarket to its final migratory destination in the Pacific Ocean gyre. Jeremy Irons narrates this mock, nature documentary.

The Fishman – 11 min. Mike Kasic swims the Yellowstone River like a human-fish through river canyons and scenic mountain views, watching trout in fast currents filled with water tornadoes, stopping only to body surf river waves.

The Story of Bottled Water – 8 min. The film explores the bottled water industry's attacks on tap water and its use of seductive, environmental-themed advertising to cover up the mountains of plastic waste it produces.

Slow The Flow – 27 min. Meet a landscaper who shocks his neighbors by putting in native landscaping. The projects highlighted are very low-tech, cheap, and beautiful, making a good argument for kicking back and not raking the leaves.

Scattered Flurries – 4 min. This cinematic exploration of deep powder and a tight knit community will leave you aching for winter in the San Juans.

A Skier's Journey: Kashmir – 5 min. Two skiers travel halfway around the world to Kashmir to ski the high altitude Gulmarg gondola, only to find the snow pack is a ticking time bomb.

A Mongolian Couch – 12 min. Begzsuren lives with his wife and children in Mongolia and possesses an inspiring passion to improve both his family's and his community's lot.

Open Space – 8 min. Open Space examines the loss of one of the West's most valuable assets, open space, which serves as a community's agricultural base and wildlife habitat.

As It Happens – 17 min. Renan Ozturk & Cory Richards boarded planes bound for the Everest region of Nepal. Their goal was not only to establish a new alpine climb on 21,320 ft. Tawoche, but also to tell the story from the field.

WildWater – 30 min. Journey into the soul of whitewater, into the places only river runners can go. Meet the riverpeople who share a deep passion for wild places, rivers and running whitewater.

(menu subject to change)

tom widing
Chestnut Mountain Productions
936 N 5th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19123
215.923.9161
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www.chestnutmtnproductions.com