Community Calendar for Charlottesville

Wild Virginia is proud to be hosting the 2010 Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival - On Tour. The festival spans two evenings and two venues in two cities: Wednesday, March 24, at the Vinegar Hill Theater in Charlottesville, and Thursday, March 25, at the Visulite Cinema in Staunton. Screenings will be at 7pm. We will be showing 16 different films in all, with an entirely different slate of films at each venue.

Wild and Scenic On Tour brings together a selection of films from the annual festival held the second weekend of January in Nevada City, California. The films tell a story about our planet, our beautiful and precious wildlands, and the people of the communities who love and defend them. They open our eyes and hearts to fantastic experiences in remarkable places. They beckon us towards action, highlight issues, and provide solutions.

The Staunton show will feature Rita, winner of the 2008 Young Filmmakers Award at the Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2008 and Best Family Short from the Boulder Adventure Film Festival. Rita is a true story of a seven-year-old girl who, during one of her family’s expeditions high in the Himalayas of Nepal,  befriends a seven-year-old Sherpa girl named Rita. Together they embark on a wild and touching adventure over an 18,000 ft. pass near the base of Mt. Everest. In addition to a variety of other short films, we will be showing Division Street, which highlights a new generation of ecologists, engineers, city-planners, and everyday citizens who are transforming the future of the American roads and landscape from pristine roadless areas to concrete jungles. The emcees for the Staunton evening will be Bruce Dorries and Steve Grande from Mary Baldwin College. 

There will be door prizes and a raffle. Admission is $8 each night and advance tickets are available at Blue Ridge Mountain Sports in Charlottesville. We will be offering $10 memberships at the door. This is an event the whole family will love. For information on the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival for 2010, see http://www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org/.