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Mountain Culture

Mountain Culture

Mountain Culture at The Banff Centre


— Past events from the 2008 Festival —

Crude: The Incredible
Journey of Oil

Tuesday, June 10, at 7:00 p.m. Max Bell Auditorium
$9 · Mountain Culture Members and
Arts Lover Passholders Free

Australian director, producer, and writer Richard Smith makes films about the bewildering, beguiling, and beautiful world we live in. Crude is a sweeping adventure into the dark mystery of oil. From the food on our tables to the fuel in our cars, crude oil creeps invisibly into almost every part of our lives.

The Last Polar Bear

Tuesday, June 24, at 7:30 p.m.
Max Bell Auditorium
$9 · Mountain Culture Members and
Arts Lover Passholders Free

This remarkable book combines wildlife photography by Steven Kazlowski with first-person accounts of his Arctic adventures and thought-provoking essays that provide a fresh perspective on the effects of climate change.

Banff Mountain Film
Festival Screening

Wednesday, June 25, at 7:30 p.m.
Max Bell Auditorium
$11 · $9 · $5 · Mountain Culture Members and
Arts Lover Passholders Free

Climb the highest peaks, paddle the wildest waters, and journey to the most enchanting places on the planet. Featured films include 20 Seconds of Joy, Badgered, King Lines: Es Pontas, and more!

Banff Mountain Film
Festival Screening

Wednesday, July 2, at 7:30 p.m.
Max Bell Auditorium
$11 · $9 · $5 · Mountain Culture Members and
Arts Lover Passholders Free

Climb the highest peaks, paddle the wildest waters, and journey to the most enchanting places on the planet. Featured films include Searching for the Coast Wolves, Entropy, Ice Mines, and more!

Radical Reels Screening

Wednesday, July 9, at 7:30 p.m.
Max Bell Auditorium
$11 · $9 · $5 · Mountain Culture Members and
Arts Lover Passholders Free

Walk on the wild side with Radical Reels, the steepest, fastest films from the Banff Mountain Film Festival, including Ephemere, Rock Wings, Lost and Found, and more!

Photography
Field Trip

Sunday, July 13, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Meet in front of the Eric Harvie Theatre
$20 All Tickets

Enthusiastic amateurs will enjoy this opportunity to roam the Banff Centre Campus, cameras in hand, learning practical tips and techniques from award-winning photographers.

Imagining a Future That Works:
Environmentalism for a New Century

Saturday, August 2, 7:30 p.m.
Max Bell Auditorium
$9 · ♥ Arts Lover Passholders Free

Bill McKibben is a leading American environmentalist who writes about global warming, alternative energy, and the risks associated with human genetic engineering. McKibben is a frequent contributor to The New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s, Mother Jones, The New York Review of Books, Granta, Rolling Stone, and Outside. The best of McKibben’s essays are collected in The Bill McKibben Reader.

Photo credit: from the film 20 Seconds of Joy © director Jens Hoffman.