Mountainfilm On Tour: INDOMITABLE SPIRIT

Saturday, February 24, 7pm

Aspen Film Isis Theatre | 406 E Hopkins Ave, Aspen

$20 Aspen Film Member
$25 General Admission

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The Indomitable Spirit program centers around individuals who did not give up or back down. The films highlight diverse perspectives and stories that will inspire and define the indomitable spirit.

Started in 1979, Mountainfilm is one of America’s longest-running film festivals. Through the years, in and out of trends and fads, the festival has grown and changed to its current iteration, a thought-provoking curation of films that leave audiences feeling inspired to create a better world.

Each year after the festival, Mountainfilm on Tour hits the road sharing the year’s most inspiring short films with communities worldwide.

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4DWN

17 MIN

CEO and co-founder, Rob Cahill, makes it 4DWN's mission to sustainably foster the health of kids, families, communities and environment providing free programs emphasizing recreation, education, cultivation and conservation.

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TO BE FRANK

11 MIN

To Be Frank explores authenticity and community in surfing via Frank Paine, a 73-year-old South Bay icon and humble local legend whose life orbits around a two-block stretch of beach. His unforgettable mustache and magnetic spirit are what most first notice, but Paine’s deeper layers expose a depth that might answer some questions that surfers continually ask themselves. Surfing, which for some becomes lost in isolation, is made whole again with Paine — welcoming, inspiring, kind and committed, with an unwavering passion centered on and springing from Hermosa Beach’s beloved shores.

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WELL WORN LIFE WITH DANI REYES-ACOSTA

6 MIN

Well Worn Life is a short documentary film series that reveals the recipes of outdoor-minded individuals who love life deeply and live it to the fullest extent. Dani Reyes-Acosta is a mountain athlete, land cultivator and storyteller whose path consistently seeks the limits of possibility. Reyes-Acosta is constantly moving through the landscapes of Southwest Colorado — by bike, on foot, on splitboard and clinging to the side of a boulder — to see where she fits into it.

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ROSALIE FISH

10 MIN

For Rosalie Fish, Indigenous student-athlete and activist, running isn’t just a sport — it’s how she represents the strength and resilience of indigenous women within her tribe and beyond. Rosalie’s story is told in the second episode of “Who is a Runner,” a docuseries collaboration with Brooks Running.

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PASS IT ON: TAMI KNIGHT

4 MIN

Canada

Pass It On celebrates three locals who spread their love of Squamish climbing into the fabric of the broader community. In this short segment, we get to meet the charming Tami Knight, a route developer of the late ‘70s and ‘80s.

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APAYAUQ

16 MIN

Dog musher Apayauq Reitan is on a journey of gender, mental health and purpose to become the first out, transgender woman to complete the legendary Iditarod sled dog race across Alaska. Named for her great-grandmother, Apayauq defies stereotypes as she travels over the starkly beautiful, frozen landscape in the same manner as her ancestors. Her four-year-old self, who wanted to be a girl when she grew up, would be proud.

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HIGH ROAD

12 MIN

High Road celebrates the unbreakable bond between Paralympian Meg Fisher and Jack Berry, a young Para athlete whose cycling career is just beginning to unfold. Together the two navigate life’s obstacles with grace and integrity, creating space for the next generation of Para cyclists.

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MINK!

20 MIN

Told by her daughter Wendy, Mink! is the story of the remarkable Patsy Takemoto Mink, a Japanese American from Hawaii who became the first woman of color elected to the U.S. Congress, on her harrowing mission to co-author and defend Title IX, the law that transformed athletics for girls and women in America.

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GEORGIA ASTLE: FLIP THE SWITCH

3 MIN

Canada

Mountain biker Georgia Astle explores what can happen when you’re able to silence your thoughts and put matter over mind to achieve great things.

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Mountainfilm On Tour: INDOMITABLE SPIRIT

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