Protect Our Winters, GARNA and Salida Film Partner for Special Presentation

Arts & Culture Salida has announced the addition of the nature documentary SPIRIT OF THE PEAKS to the 2nd Salida Film Festival — scheduled for May 11-14, 2023 at the SteamPlant Event Center in the Salida Creative District in beautiful downtown Salida, Colorado.

Produced in partnership with Wondercamp, NativesOutdoors and REI Studios, and co-directed by Connor Ryan and Tim Kressin, SPIRIT OF THE PEAKS is a film about the struggle for balance between two worlds.

According to Connor, a proud Hunkpapa Lakota who skies on Ute land, the film’s mission is to play a role in “restoring balance with all inhabitants of these mountains by illuminating the Utes’ culture and traditional knowledge that can benefit everyone in the fight to preserve the land and dissipating snowpack.

Join us for a screening of the film followed by a virtual Q&A with the executive producer.

SPIRIT OF THE PEAKS + Virtual Q&A with Executive Producer Len Necefer

Presented by Greater Arkansas River Nature Association

Directors: Connor Ryan, Tim Kressin

11:00am – Saturday, May 13th

Caught between athletic passion and cultural obligation, a Hunkpapa Lakota skier learns to be a better relative to the mountains where he skis and to the people who once called them home.

Salida Film Festival Tickets: 4-Day Passes ($85) and individual program tickets ($11) are now available at the festival’s BOX OFFICE.