6/9 Thursday. 8:30. McMenamins Crystal Ballroom hosted 5 short films by Wild & Scenic film Festival, and Keen Footwear's Live Monumental project. Last year, the yellow Keen RV spent 9 weeks on a road trip, advocating protection of public land, especially rallying for the creation of these 5 new national monuments: Owyhee Canyonlands, SE Oregon; Mojave Trail, southern California (already signed); Birthplace of Rivers, West Virginia; Boulder - White Clouds, central Idaho (already a wilderness area), Gold Butte in SE Nevada. 3 of the 5 short films are about Grand Canyon. I like the one on Arctic NWR: stunningly beautiful. I and many others also signed a postcard for President Obama to protect Arctic NWR.
Maybe 1/3 of the room full (it's a big ballroom). Bar. Even though I was 10 minutes late, the movie hadn't started yet. 3 of the people in the tour were present. A film on the Live Monumental project was shown at the end. Nice composition, but the camera man has a lot of room for improvement, or the crew needs to learn patience, and wait to take a better shot.
