F is for friends who do stuff together … and that’s what this film block is all about! Whether new or old, our friends are always there cheering us on (“Dale on the Trail”), helping our dreams come true (“The Big Five Dive”), and they even take us through our latter years (“The Coffin Club”). Here’s a few shorts to simply enjoying life with our best buds. To friends!
An (unofficial) history of our nation’s National Parks.
At the age of 82, Dale Sanders completed the entire Appalachian Trail in 2017. It took over 7 months took walk the 2100+ miles.
Death is inevitable. And expensive. But it doesn’t have to be boring. In New Zealand, a group of rebellious retirees are shunning black garb, dull funerals and mahogany caskets by creating a club where they construct their own coffins. The whimsical boxes are painted with shamrocks, beach scenes, cartoon chickens and pictures of Elvis, and reflect the colorful lives of their makers. The Coffin Club is a glittery, musical number that celebrates how these seniors will make a splash on their final day.
Filmmaker in Attendance
The Big Five Dive is a short adventure documentary that follows a group of women as they attempt to SCUBA dive one historic site in all five Great Lakes within the span of 24 hours. Directed by Elizabeth Kaiser, and filmed by a female led crew, these women show that there is a place for everyone under the water.
Filmmaker in Attendance
It’s not the places you go, the fancy equipment you bring along or the people you try to impress through social media that make a trip special. Rather, the ones you go with are what really matter.