Houston Canoe Club is a Promotional Partner with Citizens Environmental Coalition for the Wild and Scenic Film Festival being held in Houston at the River Oaks Theatre on January 28th and 29th 2020. This link takes you to the list of films to be shown on each night: Schedule. Members can receive a discount on ticket purchases by using the code “HoustonCanoe” cechouston.org.
While all the films will be of general interest, the film “The Last Green Thread,” which will show on January 28, should have particular appeal to paddlers. You can see a trailer for it here: Last Green Thread. It tells the story of how three friends (conservationist Mallory Dimmitt, conservation photographer Carlton Ward Jr., and wildlife biologist Joe Guthrie) undertook a 7-day, 72-mile trek through a slender thread of the still-wild Florida Wildlife Corridor that connects two of Florida’s most important swamps. Only a few hundred yards wide in places, the Reedy Creek corridor flows between the cities of Orlando and Tampa, passing within earshot of Disney World at one point. Setting out from Lake Russell on SUPs, they had to switch over to hiking/slogging the middle section. Once there was again enough water, they completed their journey to the Green Swamp in canoes. Be ready for some wonderful wildlife shots. Also showing that night is the film “Downstream,” which shows how runoff from human activities all of the way up in Iowa enters the Missouri River, then the Mississippi, and eventually the Gulf of Mexico.
And be sure to check out the schedule for descriptions of three other river-related films that will show on the second night of the festival: “Blue Carbon,” “If They Build It, What Will Come?” and “Ashes to Ashes.”