Serving as an Example: Small Sustainability Steps to Make a Big Difference

2022 • USA • 12 min • Mia Hagerty

Filmmaker in Attendance, Michigan Premiere, World Premiere, Adult Language, Staff Pick

The chef-owners of Traverse City’s celebrated restaurant, The Cooks’ House, speak to the struggle of attaining a healthy work life balance and to the changing nature of restaurant work.

2021 • USA • 42 min • John Curtis

Family Friendly, Subject in Attendance, Filmmaker in Attendance, Staff Pick

John and Nahli Curtis are a father daughter duo on a mission to spread the stoke behind empowering young female athletes. Counter Methods is a documentary that gives an insider look at an epic adventure to the furthest most reaches of Michigan’s U.P, the Keweenaw Peninsula, and Midwest powder Mecca Mount Bohemia.

2022 • USA • 14 min • Fischer Genau

Filmmaker in Attendance, Subject in Attendance, Family Friendly, First Time Filmmaker

From the Ground Up shows a town coming together to support its members, grow food, and do the necessary work to live kindly and responsibly off the land.