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    <title><![CDATA[High Plains Films RSS: Films]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[ALL THE LABOR (work-in-progress)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/drop_what_im_doing.jpg" alt="" width="108" height="61" style="border: 0;" /> <p>&#8220;An awesome teaser&#8230;.with commentary by band members, concert footage, and completely candid and entertaining behind-the-scenes footage that captures the quintet wonderfully.&#8221;&nbsp; Missoula Independent <!-- </p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-04-29T17:16:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE RETURN]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/The_Return1.jpeg" alt="" width="108" height="61" style="border: 0;" /> <p>THE RETURN documents the historic transfer of wild, genetically-pure bison from Yellowstone National Park to the Fort Peck tribes of northeastern Montana.</p>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[FACING THE STORM:&nbsp; STORY OF THE AMERICAN BISON]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/facing-the-storm-thumb.jpg" alt="null" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>&#8220;Bison stick out of our light-speed 21st-century technopolis like sore reminders of times long past. For this reason we haven&#8217;t been able to stop killing them. Or worse, privileging the unsustainable factory-farming of cattle, while hypocritically crying about the tragic loss of the West in the process. This week, <em>Independent</em> <em>Lens</em> airs FACING THE STORM: STORY OF THE AMERICAN BISON as a timely remainder of this historically problematic relationship. It&#8217;s an intricate analysis, brought to life by archival imagery, animation, and wildlife photography that will compel its viewers to get out of their cubicles into open spaces where existence takes on more dimensional meaning.&#8221;&nbsp; <em>alter.net</em></p>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE SANCTUARY (work-in-progress)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.highplainsfilms.org/hpf/films/the_sanctuary</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/thumbnail10.jpeg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>THE SANCTUARY is the story of one man&#8217;s struggle to repair a destructive and turbulent past.  Larry Henry grew up in a world of poverty, domestic violence, and despair.&nbsp; As he sees it, the world around him is a reflection of his past&#8212;where the primeval forests of Appalachia, and the countless species they once contained, are largely destroyed.&nbsp; But rather than being paralyzed by his ghosts, Larry embarks on a controversial, decades-long project to restore what has been lost&#8212;and in so doing, to redeem his past.&nbsp; In a land virtually devoid of wilderness, he and some friends begin to buy up private developed land, rip out the houses and roads, and create a new American wilderness where none exists.</p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-30T17:10:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[TWO RIVERS (work-in-progress)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.highplainsfilms.org/hpf/films/two_rivers_work_in_progress</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/thumbnail11.jpeg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>TWO RIVERS is in-production.&nbsp; The Clark Fork and Blackfoot Rivers flow west from rugged and wild country at the headwaters of the Continental Divide.&nbsp; These same waters are some of the most polluted in America.&nbsp; This paradox manifests itself at the rivers&#8217; confluence in western Montana,&nbsp; at the edge of wilderness and civilization. A place of stunning beauty, but where decades of extractive industry comes up headlong against the Milltown Dam, which holds back tons of toxic sediment.&nbsp; But for better or worse, the American West is changing with breakneck speed.&nbsp; Here, at the confluence of the two rivers, human society rushes forward.&nbsp; Where extractive industries once dominated, the landscapes new moniker is change.&nbsp; Here, the dam is slated for removal, a historic timber mill is closed down and dismantled, and major housing development goes up in its place.&nbsp; This is the the New West&#8212;a place where change is the rule, and the future is anything but certain. Music in this Work-in-Progress reel is by This is a Process of a Still Life.</p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-30T16:29:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[BUFFALO HUNT]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/buffalo_hunt_thumb.jpeg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>BUFFALO HUNT observes the field harvesting of a bison on the Crazy Woman Bison Ranch in the Chalk Buttes of southeastern Montana.&nbsp;  Due to the fact that very few wild bison herds in North America that are allowed to be hunted, some people who desire their own bison meat choose this type of experience over purchasing ranched bison meat that may have been trucked to a slaughterhouse, or might have been fed on something other than grass, such as grain.&nbsp; Some, like the Crazy Woman Ranch, offer this service on several thousands of acres of private ranch land, where the animals have been raised on the land their whole lives.&nbsp; Others are more restrictive, and may involve bison that were raised in corrals and fed a diet of grain for much of their adult lives.&nbsp;   In a primarily observational style, BUFFALO HUNT documents the experience of two hunters from Idaho, and their enjoyment and emotional challenges associated with procuring their own food.&nbsp; BUFFALO HUNT is a co-production of High Plains Films and the Independent Television Service (ITVS).</p>

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      <dc:date>2011-03-26T04:24:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[BIG MEDICINE]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/Big_Medicine.jpeg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>Documents a ceremony in 2006 to honor Big Medicine, a white buffalo born on the National Bison Range in 1933.&nbsp; White buffalo are sacred to many Native American tribes.&nbsp; The ceremony, carried out on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, involved the participation of 700 local school children, who formed the shape of a giant white bison.&nbsp; The Big Medicine art performance was designed and carried out by Daniel Dancer.&nbsp; Dancer has done dozens of these live-art performances around the country, which he calls “Art of the Sky”.&nbsp; Once the image is in place, Dancer takes photos of the art from a “cherry-picker” crane, preserving the image for posterity.&nbsp; BIG MEDICINE is a co-production of High Plains Films and the Independent Television Service (ITVS).</p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-26T02:08:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[UNSEEN CRIMES]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/thumbnail13.jpeg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>Shot and edited during the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle, UNSEEN CRIMES features original footage by Joe Defelice and Dru Carr, that has rarely been seen. The film was unreleased until the 10th anniversary of the protests in December 2009.</p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-22T17:45:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[BRAVE NEW WEST]]></title>
      <link>http://www.highplainsfilms.org/hpf/films/brave_new_west</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/Thumbnail.jpg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>&#8220;From its vast and stunning landscapes to the frontier mentality of its inhabitants, few regions inspire a stronger sense of place than the American West. Hell, even a mogul from Las Vegas has the wherewithal to realize that this just might be the Last Best Place. In any case, the West screams &#8216;story,&#8217; so it’s no surprise that its ranks have been and likely will always remain packed with storytellers of the highest order.&#8221; <em>Missoula Independent</em><!-- </p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-21T16:25:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[LIBBY, MONTANA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.highplainsfilms.org/hpf/films/libby_montana</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/libby.jpg" alt="null" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>National Emmy Nomination - Outstanding Coverage of a Continuing News Story</p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-20T16:28:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[CAUGHT IN THE HEADLIGHTS]]></title>
      <link>http://www.highplainsfilms.org/hpf/films/caught_in_the_headlights</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/thumbnail.png" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>&#8220;A quirky, poignant look at automobile culture and the animals it affects.&#8221;&nbsp; <em>www.DVDtalk.com</em><!-- </p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-17T18:06:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[POWDER RIVER COUNTRY]]></title>
      <link>http://www.highplainsfilms.org/hpf/films/powder_river_country</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/thumbnail6.jpg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>&#8220;Gripping, personal and socially relevant.&#8221; <em>DVDtalk.com</em><!-- </p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-17T17:09:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE RAVEN]]></title>
      <link>http://www.highplainsfilms.org/hpf/films/the_raven</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/thumbnail9.jpeg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>Ravens are widely-regarded as highly intelligent, cunning animals. THE RAVEN is High Plains Films&#8217; answer to MARCH OF THE PENGUINS - a contemplative short concerning the distant knowledge and mystery of the animal kingdom.</p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-17T16:18:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[AMERICAN VALUES, AMERICAN WILDERNESS]]></title>
      <link>http://www.highplainsfilms.org/hpf/films/american_values_american_wilderness</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/american-values-wilderness-thumb.jpg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>“Inspiring and beautifully filmed.”<em> www.hometheatersound.com</em><!-- </p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-16T17:21:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[STAR SPANGLED BLUES]]></title>
      <link>http://www.highplainsfilms.org/hpf/films/star_spangled_blues</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/thumbnail7.jpg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>STAR SPANGLED BLUES is an 8-minute essay film about family, peace, war, freedom, and American values.&nbsp; Written and narrated by documentarian Gita Saedi, the film was made during five days in March 2005 as part of the International Documentary Challenge, a timed filmmaking competition.&nbsp; Original score and title track by Ned Mudd. </p>

<p>&#8220;This thought-provoking film packs a lot into its eight-minute running time, discussing issues ranging from war and peace to the nature of freedom to what it means to be an American. The film presents intelligent commentary with artistic flair.&#8221; <em>Yahoo! Movies</em></p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-16T16:43:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[NIGHT ELEMENTS]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/thumbnail1.jpeg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>NIGHT ELEMENTS is a meditation on a fundamental human experience; fear of nightfall, darkness and violent weather. It embraces the valid, but unscientific, attitudes of people toward the environment and celebrates folk wisdom and the pure emotional response.</p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-16T16:21:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[OUR NATURAL LEGACY]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/thumbnail12.jpeg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>Narrated by the late Christopher Reeve in one of his final on-camera apperances, OUR NATURAL LEGACY is a short companion film to the television documentary, AMERICAN VALUES, AMERICAN WILDERNESS. The short documentary is a celebration of the wilderness of North America.</p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-15T16:58:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[AMERICA&#8217;S NATIONAL FORESTS]]></title>
      <link>http://www.highplainsfilms.org/hpf/films/americas_national_forests</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/americas-national-forests-thumb.jpg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>Written and narrated by Rick Bass, AMERICA&#8217;S NATIONAL FORESTS is a provocative essay film about the importance of the National Forest system. The documentary features the dramatic scenery and wildlife of the federal forests and covers land management issues.</p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-15T16:16:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[THIS IS NOWHERE]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/thumbnail5.jpg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>&#8220;With gentle humor and a keen eye for detail, Hawes-Davis offers a telling commentary on the American relationship with nature and the open road.&#8221; <em>All Movie Guide</em></p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-15T15:56:06+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[EL CABALLO: THE WILD HORSES OF NORTH AMERICA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.highplainsfilms.org/hpf/films/el_caballo</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/Thumbnail4.jpg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>&#8220;Highly recommended.&#8221; <em>Library Journal </em><!-- </p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-12T18:41:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE NATURALIST]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/thumbnail3.jpg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>&#8220;THE NATURALIST glistens through beautiful nature cinematography and a compelling look at the life of one man dedicated to observing and preserving the natural world around him.  It&#8217;s proof that a documentary can be both serious and entertaining.&#8221; <em>Herald-Times</em><!-- </p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-11T14:26:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[KILLING COYOTE]]></title>
      <link>http://www.highplainsfilms.org/hpf/films/killing_coyote</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/killing_coyote.jpg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>&#8220;A startling documentary that gracefully manages to neither preach about animal rights nor avoid the difficult questions that surround the coyote in the West. Rather, the film vividly shows man&#8217;s relationship with this remarkable animal.&#8221; <em>Missoula Independent </em><!-- </p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-10T13:10:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[END OF THE ROAD]]></title>
      <link>http://www.highplainsfilms.org/hpf/films/end_of_the_road</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/thumbnail8.jpeg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>Roadless areas are the last refuges for many of America&#8217;s rarest wildlife species.&nbsp; Most of these areas in the lower 48 states are located within the National Forest system.&nbsp; With over a half-million miles of roads already constructed on the National Forests, logging, mining, off-road vehicle use and oil and gas development threaten the handful of roadless areas that remain.  END OF THE ROAD offers thought-provoking perspectives on the best use of these last bastions of American wilderness.</p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-09T13:04:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[WILDLAND]]></title>
      <link>http://www.highplainsfilms.org/hpf/films/wildland</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/thumbnail7.jpeg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>America&#8217;s wild landsapes sustain a vast array of plants and wildlife, and offer respite to people from all walks of life.&nbsp; From the Florda Everglades to California&#8217;s great Sequoia forests to the vast canyonlands of the Colorado Plateau, America&#8217;s splendour is on display in remarkable diversity.&nbsp; Yet many of these lands are under threat from human exploitation.  WILDLAND pays homage to the grandiosity of American wildlands, and the extraordinary citizens that are fighting to preserve and protect these remaining areas, from diverse wetlands to majestic mountains to vast desert expanses.</p>

<p>&#8220;Testifying that wild lands are places where &#8216;we stretch our soul at the same time that we stretch our arms,&#8217; the Sierra Club president and other eloquent supporters movingly express the importance of retaining untouched wilderness areas. Contrasting scenes of pristine mountains, forests and streams with smoking factories, bulldozed roads, and honking cars, this effective program makes a strong case for the preservation of the nation&#8217;s natural resources. Traveling across the country to survey the Rocky Mountains, Utah wilderness areas, and Florida Everglades among other locales, the filmmakers interview conservationists, Native Americans, and others who strongly advocate involvement in this important issue. This nicely shot program could spark discussion on grassroots involvement.&#8221; <em>Booklist</em></p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-08T21:54:04+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[WIND RIVER]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/thumbnail2.jpg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>&#8220;WIND RIVER is an expose of archaic water rights practices on the river of the same name, but manages to shed a kind of universal light on these same practices all over the West.&#8221; <em>Mountain Gazette </em><!-- </p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-07T08:18:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND]]></title>
      <link>http://www.highplainsfilms.org/hpf/films/this_land_is_your_land</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/thumbnail6.jpeg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>&#8220;Check out this eye-opener on the management of our National Forest lands. The folks at High Plains Films have put together an excellent film documenting the destruction of our public National Forest lands for corporate profit. Worse still is the fact that you subsidize this destruction of our public lands. Yes, it&#8217;s true tax-payer money subsidizes timber sales on our National Forests to the tune of between $300,000,000 and $870,000,000 per year. The film interviews politicians on both sides of the aisle, as well as former Forest Service personnel, biologists and others all demanding an end to this destructive corporate welfare. Pop this one in your VCR, then get out into your National Forest and speak up for public lands.&#8221; <em>Enlightenment Magazine</em></p>

<p>&#8220;I bet you think that the National Forest Service consists of the tree-hugging custodians of our national heritage, the 155 forests in the National Forest System, huh. Think again. They seem to be timber-hungry clear cutters, happy to build a road into virtually any virgin forest in pursuit of fresh board feet. This compelling documentary lays out some very simple facts so that anyone with half a brain can see the ruinous damage being wrought on our public lands. Witness the endless shots of bare hills stripped of gorgeous, lush forests. Listen to the professionals and experts give a step-by-step overview of just what occurs in a soon-to-be-decimated forest near you. But isn&#8217;t it a conservation verses jobs issue? Not really. The timber companies would be the first ones to get rid of their labor force the moment there&#8217;s a technological advance in automatic timber harvesting. Just look how quickly the auto industry replaced people with robots. Witness the power of a documentary to open eyes, move mountains, and maybe even save a forest.&#8221; <em>www.filmson.com </em></p>]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.highplainsfilms.org/hpf/films/the_paper_colony</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/thumbnail5.jpeg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>&#8220;Hawes-Davis shows mechanical tree harvesters leveling stands of trees, dramatic aerial footage comparing the view from the air of mature forests and open clearcuts. The forest shots are interspersed with interviews of Maine loggers, foresters, sportsmen and northern Maine residents, most of whom oppose clearcutting, countered by comments from state and timber industry officials who defended the practice.&#8221; <em>Kennebec Journal </em><!-- </p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-05T09:18:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[VARMINTS]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/thumbnail1.jpg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>&#8220;Captivating.&#8221;&nbsp; <em>Indiewire</em></p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-04T10:32:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[GREEN ROLLING HILLS]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/thumbnail4.jpeg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>&#8220;From the disempowered, depressed communities of Appalachia to the global deforestation crisis, this is a video account of collusion between government officials and one multinational corporation.&#8221; <em>Affinity</em> </p>

<p>&#8220;Interviews with agency officials, local forest activists and often sad-but-true clips of locals allow the viewer to decide the fate of the regenerating forests of West Virginia and, indeed, the entire East.&#8221; <em>The Highlands Voice </em></p>

<p>&#8220;Hawes-Davis takes a pressing environmental and social issue and digs as objectively as possible to its root.&#8221; <em>Wild Mountain Times</em> </p>

<p>&#8220;High quality art and substance.&#8221;&nbsp; <em>Neil Seldman, President, Institute for Local Self Reliance </em></p>

<p>*** &#8220;The video work is excellent. The viewer gets an overview of the history of environmental exploitation of Appalachia.&#8221; <em>Video Rating Guide for Libraries</em> </p>

<p>&#8220;An absolutely fabulous piece of work.&#8221; Ted Williams, <em>Audubon</em> </p>

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      <dc:date>2011-03-04T05:47:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[SOUTHBOUND]]></title>
      <link>http://www.highplainsfilms.org/hpf/films/southbound</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/thumbnail3.jpeg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>&#8220;SOUTHBOUND examines the pulp and paper industry&#8217;s move into the recovering hardwood forests of the Southeastern U.S.&#8221; <em>Earth First! Journal</em><!-- </p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-02T20:40:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[MINING SEVEN-UP PETE]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/thumbnail.jpeg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>MINING SEVEN-UP PETE is the story of the struggle to save the famed Blackfoot River in western Montana from what would be one of the largest cyanide heap-leach gold mines in North America.&nbsp; It documents the enduring but sad legacy of mining throughout the state of Montana: its cyanide-laced groundwater, acid mine drainage, and lost hope of a boom and bust economy. It speaks from the hearts and minds of real Montanans who are fighting to save a vanishing heritage.</p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-02T12:31:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE ELEMENT OF DOOM]]></title>
      <link>http://www.highplainsfilms.org/hpf/films/the_element_of_doom</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.highplainsfilms.org/film-thumbnails/thumbnail2.jpeg" alt="" width="108" height="60" style="border: 0;" /> <p>Documenting a mining company&#8217;s plan to develop one of the last wild areas in the Midwest&#8212;the Big Springs Country of southeast Missouri&#8212;THE ELEMENT OF DOOM exposes company abuses at an abandoned mining operation in the Ozarks as well as its current operations in the Viburnum Trend. It is a story of corporate power and bureaucratic politics and their impact on the Ozark landscape and people.</p>

<p>&#8220;Simple grassroots media with a bluegrass soundtrack, stream footage taken from a tippy canoe, and lots of heads talking about lead.&#8221; <em>E Magazine</em></p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-03-01T12:30:34+00:00</dc:date>
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