“Environmental problems aren’t just about land or resource use.  They’re rooted in our culture, our economy, our society in general.  We make films that speak to those root causes.”  Drury Gunn Carr

Two documentary filmmakers draw attention to environmental and social issues and leave audiences asking, “How are these issues related to me?”

Lights, camera, action:  Drury Carr and Doug Hawes-Davis were tired of conventional documentaries about endangered wildlife and species.  The two environmental studies grads shared a common vision:  to make films that illuminate environmental and social concerns without force-feeding the audience a moral. 

Mix masters:  Since establishing High Plains Films in Missoula, Montana in 1993, Hawes-Davis and Carr have won more than 30 awards at film festivals worldwide.  Their subjects range from hunting in Varmints and Killing Coyote to a rural mining community besieged by asbestos exposure in Libby, Montana. 

The Call:  “Our purpose is to encourage people to think critically about questions we present in our films,” says Hawes-Davis.  “We don’t point fingers or preach;  we present interesting information artistically and allow our subjects to speak for themselves.”