What we’re about
This group is for fans of cinema that's not in the mainstream: indie, documentary, art house, foreign, classic.
If you loved films like Boyhood, Citizen Four, Little Miss Sunshine, Blackfish, or Exit Through the Gift Shop, this group is for you!
Events are listed at https://lu.ma/boulder-independent-film as well as here on meetup.
Most films will be followed by drinks at a local bar/restaurant to give that indie film goodness a chance to simmer (and so we all have a chance to meet great people in our community).
See you at the movies! - Susan
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Boulder ENOFF: THE ROAD TO PATAGONIA
Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, US## Two Showings at 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM
## Playing at the Dairy Arts Centre (Boedecker Cinema) — Tickets $15
The Road to Patagonia is a stunning, intimate and unflinching series of love letters within a documentary – firstly a love between two people, and secondly between humanity and the Earth. We follow Matty Hannon on an incredible solo adventure, to surf the west coast of the Americas by motorbike, from the top of Alaska to the tip of Patagonia. But deep in the wilderness - alone with the wolves and the bears - the journeyer’s plans unexpectedly fall to pieces. After losing everything, and on the cusp of quitting he meets the girl of his dreams, a permaculture farmer named Heather Hillier who throws caution to the wind and sells her urban-farm to buy a bike of her own. Together riding south, the duo meet with Zapatista rebels, Amazonian shamans and Mapuche leaders whose salient words crack the adventurers’ cultural veneer, leaving them with existential questions.
The 50,000km surfing odyssey becomes beautifully complicated by their decision to downshift from motorcycles to horseback, presenting a relational approach to the breathtaking landscapes and a host of challenges that ultimately become extremely rewarding. Hannon and Hillier succeed in beautifully capturing deeply human moments during the world-first expedition, and the noticeable lack of camera-crew becomes The Road to Patagonia’s strength. The theme of deep ecology underpins the entire film, visually communicated through exquisite cinematography and emotional verité sequences. Shot over 16 years, the result is an adventurous exposé on the more-than-human world, offering a physical and spiritual odyssey to better understand our place in Nature.
Winner - Best Film and Best Documentary - Byron Bay International Film Festival
Winner - Audience Choice Award - Florida Surf Film Festival
Winner - Audience Choice Award - Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
Winner - Jury Award - Honolulu Surf Film Festival
Year: 2024
Filmmaker: Matty Hannon
Runtime: 90 minutes
PRODUCTION: 10 years3 attendees
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