CEFF 2023 Festival

Special Places Collection

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6 films in package
Voices of the Grand Canyon
Before the Grand Canyon was a national park, it was the ancestral homeland of Native peoples. But rarely do tourists hear firsthand from modern Indigenous people whose cultures, worldviews, and livelihoods are inextricably tied to the region.
Closed captions available
Chasing Glaciers: Cordillera Blanca
Climate change is destroying the glaciers of the Cordillera Blanca in Peru. The artist, Cake, travels to the region and uncovers a web of conflicts, imminent risks, and a strange phenomenon where the local environment is contaminating itself.
Monumental Divide
Ever since the establishment of the Grand Staircase National-Escalante Monument, the town of the Escalante, UT has been divided between locals and everyone else. When a couple moves in hoping to be an active part of this small community, they are forced to come to terms with a complicated cultural divide.
Closed captions available
Greenway
An enriching tale of how a once abandoned and dangerous railroad line is now a beautiful stretch of walking path decorated on each side with gardens, murals, and parks.
The Last Tree
An average Joe who reflects on Easter's ecological fate wakes up, and everything suddenly stops working. Is it Murphy's law, or is "The Overshoot Day" haunting him?
Special Places Collection Filmmaker Conversation

Films Included:

  • Voices of the Grand Canyon (CC available)
  • Chasing Glaciers: Cordillera Blanca (English subtitles)
  • Monumental Divide (CC available)
  • Greenway (OC)
  • The Last Tree (English subtitles)
  • Virtual Recorded Filmmaker Q&A

Total Run Time = 170 minutes


*This is a Captioned Collection. Captions are accessible and convenient for all regardless of age, size, disability, or ability. This collection may include films with optional closed captions, open captions, English subtitles and films with no dialog (only instrumental music). Closed captions are optional and may be turned off at the viewer's discretion.

Before the Grand Canyon was a national park, it was the ancestral homeland of Native peoples. But rarely do tourists hear firsthand from modern Indigenous people whose cultures, worldviews, and livelihoods are inextricably tied to the Grand Canyon region. Jim Enote (Zuni), Nikki Cooley (Navajo), Leigh Kuwanwisiwma (Hopi), Coleen Kaska, (Havasupai) and Loretta Jackson-Kelly (Hualapai) share what the Grand Canyon means to them and what they know in their hearts to be true. Hear the voices of the Grand Canyon speak.

  • Runtime
    13 minutes
  • Language
    English, Navajo
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    Colorado
  • Director
    Deidra Peaches
  • Producer
    Sarana Riggs
  • Cast
    Jim Enote, Coleen Kaska, Leigh Kuwanwisimwa, Nikki Cooley, Loretta Jackson-Kelly
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