PUBLIC TRUST
About the Film
Documentary | 1 HR 36 MIN
PUBLIC TRUST (2020)
DOCUMENTARY | 1 HR 36 MIN
Streaming available September 23-26
This screening will be offered free of charge with a suggested donation of $20. Proceeds will directly benefit Aspen Film and Wilderness Workshop, two of the Roaring Fork Valley’s venerable nonprofit organizations.
In a time of growing polarization, Americans still share something in common: 640 million acres of public land. Held in trust by the federal government for all citizens of the United States, these places are a stronghold against climate change, sacred to native people, home to wildlife and intrinsic to our national identity. But today, despite support from voters across the political spectrum, they face unprecedented threats from extractive industries and the politicians in their pockets. Part love letter, part political exposé, PUBLIC TRUST investigates how we arrived at this precarious moment through three heated conflicts—a national monument in the Utah desert, a proposed mine in the Boundary Waters and oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge—and makes a case for their continued protection.
Click here to download the PUBLIC TRUST Take Action Guide.
The film screening will be followed by a recorded panel discussion featuring Angelo Baca + Judy Fox-Perry and will be moderated by Will Roush, Executive Director of Wilderness Workshop.
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