The Films

• Year 2019
• Country USA
• Runtime 10 min
• Director Aaron Peterson

Family Friendly

This is a family camping story told by my son Josiah. The film takes place during a 10-day canoeing and camping trip to the Slate Islands of Ontario, Canada on Lake Superior. It was scripted from campfire conversations about life, climate change and the natural world that we shared during this and other trips. The film was originally produced in 2018 but not released because I didn’t think it was finished, but in August 2019 Josiah passed away due to a fungal brain infection contracted during treatment for leukemia. He was 10 years old. Now the film has become a memorial to my best friend and adventure buddy, a very special kid that experienced more in his decade than many do in a full life. I ache to know what he would have become, but find joy in all that he was.

• Year 2018
• Country USA
• Runtime 4 min
• Director Dana Saint

Family Friendly

Traveling with a baby is an interesting thing. They add all sorts of challenges to any trip . Long flights, strollers, nap schedules, and car seats all seem to pile up and complicate what is supposed to be a relaxing vacation. Sometimes, you may even find yourself wondering…is all this effort worth it for a baby who won’t even remember the trip? All these experiences and memories will eventually disappear, like a fading dream. So is it worth it?

• Year 2018
• Country USA
• Runtime 15 min
• Director Aly Nicklas

Family Friendly

Wild Inheritance, the second episode of Born Wild, follows a recently widowed grandma leading three generations of family into Wyoming’s Wind River Mountain backcountry. The Vermilye-Phillips clan has been coming here for nearly half a century to fly fish, backcountry ski, rock climb, remember old stories, and create new ones. This trip, equal parts reunion and memorial for the family patriarch that first brought them to these mountains, carries the added weight of ashes. Through the imperceptible tutelage of time and wilderness, with his grandfather as invisible guide, our 12-year old narrator, Walid, discovers the true reason his family will always return to this granite temple.

• Year 2017
• Country USA
• Runtime 4 min
• Director Lynne Cherry & Peter Rhodes

Family Friendly

Nine-year-old Milo expresses his concern about the millions of straws that pollute waterways, waste fossil fuel, and harm ocean creatures. He convinces restaurants to “be-straw-free”, addresses Congress, and is championed by international media. His campaign has now been adopted by many environmental groups. In the end, three Cape Cod girls suggest that you, “take the pledge to skip the straw!”

• Year 2017
• Country USA
• Runtime 3 min
• Director Sara Litzenberger

Family Friendly

Sometimes going unseen is a choice–and sometimes, it’s a matter of saving face.

• Year 2018
• Country USA
• Runtime 13 min
• Director David Morton

Family Friendly

As parents, how do we teach our kids that there is a world beyond social media, standardized tests and soccer practice? Join Eddie Bauer athlete David Morton and his seven-year-old son Thorne on a week-long stand up paddle boarding journey down the Karnali and Bheri Rivers in Western Nepal. “There’s a basic paradox to parenting,” says David. “You have to keep your kids safe, but you have to teach them to take risks and follow curiosity. Life is undeniably richer with a little bit of daring.”

• Year 2018
• Country USA
• Runtime 4 min
• Director Aly Nicklas

Family Friendly

Fresh off training wheels, a four-year-old growing up in Valdez, Alaska begins to push her boundaries and explore what’s possible on her bike, her eyes naturally drifting to the mountains. We dive into the world of her fantasy and explore the mountains, glaciers, and rivers of Valdez by fat bike with a crew of boundary-pushing female athletes hailing from Alaska and beyond.

• Year 2018
• Country USA & China
• Runtime 8 min
• Director Andrew Chesworth & Bobby Pontillas

Family Friendly

An ambitious young girl aspires to become an astronaut with the support of her humble father.

• Year 2018
• Country USA
• Runtime 3 min
• Director Alex Johnson

Family Friendly, Filmmaker in Attendance

From the Okee Dokee Brothers 2018 album, Winterland. A voyage from autumn to spring, Winterland presents secular winter music the entire family can enjoy while cozying up around the fire.