You can find him exploring new waters, chasing any fish that will eat a fly! A Film about the Fight for America’s Public Lands, from Executive Producers Robert Redford & Yvon Chouinard. Doing so would open up the possibility of that land being opened to commercial interests, including real-estate development, mining, and oil and gas extraction. “Telling the story of public lands is a tall order, and we knew we couldn’t make a film that covered the entirety of its 640 million acres across such diverse geography. “They needed to be indicative of public lands as a concept, a landscape, and a struggle.”. “This used to be a bipartisan issue. Audience members wandered between the trucks before and during the screening. When I spoke to Chouinard in 2019, he said that the company’s goal with films was to act as a match, to spark action and turn audiences into activists. (function() { District 15 is a new short film produced by Patagonia that outlines the fight undertaken ... documentary Public Trust, about America’s system of public lands and the fight to protect them. Load Error listeners: [], The world premiere of Public Trust drew accolades and awards; it won the Big Sky Award at the 2020 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, the Audience Choice Award at the 2020 Mountainfilm, and the Audience Award at the 2020 Ashland Independent Film Festival. That’s our message. Byars doesn’t like the phrase “call to action,” but the film is crafted not only to get you angry, but inspired. Dan Zazworsky’s passion is sharing his love of fly fishing with anyone that will listen, read, or watch. That’s not it. VENTURA, Calif. (February 5, 2020) — The timely new documentary feature Public Trust from director David Garrett Byars (No Man's Land), executive producers Yvon Chouinard and Robert Redford and Patagonia Films will have its world premiere at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Montana, on Presidents’ Day, February 17, 2020. Director David Byars first started thinking about a film about public lands back in 2014. If you’re hoping the guardrails of democracy will kick in and save things, remember there are no guardrails of democracy without citizen action. Press Contacts:Patagonia Press: PatagoniaPress@patagonia.comCorley Kenna: Corley.Kenna@patagonia.coming,2 02.320.3921, The 2050 GroupAdam J. Segaladam@the2050group.com202.422.4673, Twitter Instagram Facebook Google+ | Patagonia.com. Back in late 2017, Patagonia made a declaration: “The President Stole Your Land.”. Since 2012, Flylords has been a proud leader in telling the stories of anglers and guides from around the world. Patagonia Films will release Public Trust on September 25th, the day before National Public Lands Day 2020. That’s where we wanted to end up.”. © 2020 Patagonia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. February 7, 2020 window.mc4wp.listeners.push( window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { Our goal is simple: inspire the next generation to get outdoors and hit the water! Executive produced by Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard and Robert Redford, the film focuses on three conflicts: the gutting of the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah, the threatened destruction of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and the fight over oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Create a free Patagonia account. Patagonia’s new movie, ‘Public Trust,’ tells the story of President Trump stealing American land. Despite support from voters across the political spectrum, our public lands face unprecedented threats from extractive industries and the politicians in their pockets. “It’s not through books or catalogs or speeches. Unfenced. Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. “Telling the story of public lands is a tall order, and we knew we couldn’t make a film that covered the entirety of its 640 million acres across such diverse geography. Several food trucks were available at the screening of the Patagonia documentary “Public Trust.” at the West Wind Drive-In, Sept. 23, 2020, in Santa Barbara, Calif. West Wind Drive-In hosted two showings of “Public Trust: The Fight for America’s Public Lands” Wednesday night that were the first non-festival screenings for the Patagonia backed film. From Patagonia comes “a feature-length documentary about America’s system of public lands and the fight to protect them. Sign up for exclusive offers, original stories, activism awareness, events and more. Executive producers Yvon Chouinard, Robert Redford, Alex Lowther, Monika McClure and Josh Nielsen. Show full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours. In the 2018 U.S. midterm elections, the company made its first-ever endorsements of specific candidates, Democratic candidate Jacky Rosen in Nevada and incumbent Senator Jon Tester in Montana, specifically to help protect water and public lands. Many of our current politicians are also to blame. } From Patagonia comes “a feature-length documentary about America’s system of public lands and the fight to protect them. Patagonia’s new movie, ‘Public Trust,’ tells the story of President Trump stealing American land Back in late 2017, Patagonia made a declaration: “ The President Stole Your Land. If the oil companies and this administration continue to choose rigs over your kids’ future, we will lose what’s left of our shared 640 million acres. Public Trust sheds new light on the subject just before the U.S. general election. “Public Trust” Film, Produced by Robert Redford and Yvon Chouinard, Opens on September 25th. “The left doesn’t have a monopoly on conservation,” he says. The Red Desert in southwest Wyoming is the largest unfenced area in the continental United States. That’s where we wanted to end up.”. Today, the brand (which just named a new CEO) is launching a feature documentary on YouTube called Public Trust, which makes a compelling case for protecting American public lands and how extractive industries are actively working to shrink and privatize them. Through the work of Montana investigative journalist Hal Herring, Public Trust focuses on three land-based conflicts—the slashing of the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah; the potential permanent destruction of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota; and the de facto sale of one of the last wild places in America, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. And that’s what we’re aiming for, to take public lands out of this arena of political football and back into an area of being untouchable.