Public Invited to Wild & Scenic Film Festival to Enjoy Films with Inspiring Stories Highlighting Conservation, Nature, Adventure and Discovery By Contributor Louise Olfarnes-Digby
The Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy will present the Ninth Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival for the South Bay community at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 3, at the Dana Middle School in San Pedro. With beautiful cinematography and stories about remarkable individuals, the films will appeal to all ages and inspire increased awareness about the threats to wildlife and the environment.
This year’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival features the Conservancy’s special selection of 11 films that will be screened in two hours. The films will take the audience from the East to West Coast in the U.S. and around the world to learn more about conservation, hiking, surfing, aviation and other exciting topics. One of the films, "Bridging Fragments," explores the environmental stresses that urbanization and deforestation place on the wildlife corridors that preserve biodiversity, putting many species at risk, including the world's slowest mammal – the sloth. At the festival, attendees will have the opportunity to meet Sid, a 13-year-old, two-toed live sloth, through the generosity of Conservancy supporter Noel Park.
“Sharing this film and the opportunity to see a sloth up close will highlight the value of protecting and creating wildlife corridors, especially in developed areas, like the Palos Verdes Peninsula, where wildlife populations might otherwise be separated by cultivated land and roads,” said Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy Executive Director Adrienne Mohan. “At each of our film festivals, hundreds of people have joined us to see these beautiful and powerful stories about passionate individuals caring for the environment. The Conservancy’s supporters and staff share these same passions, and they are the reason we have been able to protect the land on the Peninsula for 36 years.”
The Wild & Scenic Film Festival is part of the Conservancy’s outreach and education efforts. The Conservancy thanks its Wild & Scenic Film Festival Sponsor Room & Board a valued Conservancy corporate partner that provides critical grants and employee volunteers to help with the Conservancy’s restoration activities. “At Room & Board, one of our guiding principles is our belief that small actions lead to big changes,” said Leadership Associate Mark Mathieu. “Grassroots efforts are both important and energizing to our teams and communities. We are better together.”
Tickets are $15 online, and $20 at the door.. Parking is free. The festival will also feature a free photo booth, wine and beer bar. A snack bar will have sales benefit Dana Middle School.
Wild & Scenic Film Festival Presented by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy
Date: Sunday, March 3
Time: 4 p.m. (Doors open at 3 p.m.)
Location: Dana Middle School, 1501 South Cabrillo Ave., San Pedro, CA 90731
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Click here for the Festival Brochure