HIGH COUNTRY
The short film A FRAGMENTED QUARANTINE DREAM will play before the feature and a recorded talkback with director Conor Hagen will follow the feature.
Free Live Audience Q&A
Join us for a free audience Q&A with HIGH COUNTRY director Conor Hagen moderated by Artistic & Programming Director Michael Brody on Saturday October 3 at 7 PM MST
THE LAST GREAT MOUNTAIN TOWN
Conor is a native of Crested Butte, Colorado and grew up in New Mexico. He graduated with a B.A. in Film and Television Studies from the University of Vermont before moving to New York City to work alongside his mentor, Albert Maysles. He’s had multiple films screen at various festivals across the United States. He is currently working on a number of different music videos and other new projects. Conor considers HIGH COUNTRY, a documentary about his hometown, to be a very personal passion project; he has been working on it for over five years. Conor currently lives in Sonoma, California.
Let’s celebrate this last, great mountain town we call home.
A love letter to Crested Butte, HIGH COUNTRY, tells a timeless American story of how a community of conscientious and forward-thinking young people, disguised as ski bums and hippies, happened upon a ramshackle mining town on the fringe of society and worked to conserve and protect it for years to come.
Stretching from the time of the Utes, to the coal miners, to the present skiers and second-homeowners, HIGH COUNTRY is a rowdy, fun-loving film. It’s progressive, just like its inhabitants, and yet, it asks the proverbial question, “Can you love a place to death?” Uhhh, probably not.
Directed by Crested Butte native, Conor Hagen.
This film has been generously sponsored by Geoff Carr and Michael Bebbington; the Jennison Family; and the Saperstein Family.
Director Bio
Conor is a native of Crested Butte, Colorado and grew up in New Mexico. He graduated with a B.A. in Film and Television Studies from the University of Vermont before moving to New York City to work alongside his mentor, Albert Maysles. He’s had multiple films screen at various festivals across the United States. He is currently working on a number of different music videos and other new projects. Conor considers HIGH COUNTRY, a documentary about his hometown, to be a very personal passion project; he has been working on it for over five years. Conor currently lives in Sonoma, California.
- Year2020
- Runtime60 minutes
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorConor Hagen
HIGH COUNTRY
The short film A FRAGMENTED QUARANTINE DREAM will play before the feature and a recorded talkback with director Conor Hagen will follow the feature.
Free Live Audience Q&A
Join us for a free audience Q&A with HIGH COUNTRY director Conor Hagen moderated by Artistic & Programming Director Michael Brody on Saturday October 3 at 7 PM MST
THE LAST GREAT MOUNTAIN TOWN
Conor is a native of Crested Butte, Colorado and grew up in New Mexico. He graduated with a B.A. in Film and Television Studies from the University of Vermont before moving to New York City to work alongside his mentor, Albert Maysles. He’s had multiple films screen at various festivals across the United States. He is currently working on a number of different music videos and other new projects. Conor considers HIGH COUNTRY, a documentary about his hometown, to be a very personal passion project; he has been working on it for over five years. Conor currently lives in Sonoma, California.
Let’s celebrate this last, great mountain town we call home.
A love letter to Crested Butte, HIGH COUNTRY, tells a timeless American story of how a community of conscientious and forward-thinking young people, disguised as ski bums and hippies, happened upon a ramshackle mining town on the fringe of society and worked to conserve and protect it for years to come.
Stretching from the time of the Utes, to the coal miners, to the present skiers and second-homeowners, HIGH COUNTRY is a rowdy, fun-loving film. It’s progressive, just like its inhabitants, and yet, it asks the proverbial question, “Can you love a place to death?” Uhhh, probably not.
Directed by Crested Butte native, Conor Hagen.
This film has been generously sponsored by Geoff Carr and Michael Bebbington; the Jennison Family; and the Saperstein Family.
Director Bio
Conor is a native of Crested Butte, Colorado and grew up in New Mexico. He graduated with a B.A. in Film and Television Studies from the University of Vermont before moving to New York City to work alongside his mentor, Albert Maysles. He’s had multiple films screen at various festivals across the United States. He is currently working on a number of different music videos and other new projects. Conor considers HIGH COUNTRY, a documentary about his hometown, to be a very personal passion project; he has been working on it for over five years. Conor currently lives in Sonoma, California.
- Year2020
- Runtime60 minutes
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorConor Hagen