College Outdoors to host No Man’s Land Film Festival

This film festival is presented two consecutive nights, Wednesday February 26 is for high school and college students (at a discount!), and Thursday February 27 is open to the public and includes snacks and a raffle! The same films will be shown both nights.

The custom selection of films will be:

• Won’t Give Up: Critically acclaimed drag queen and vocalist Pattie Gonia joined 19-time Grammy award-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Ahtna Athabascan, Iñupiaq, and trans musician Quinn Christopherson to travel to Alaska and perform in front of Holgate and Exit Glaciers - two glaciers that are dying because of climate change.
• Dirt Pride: Winner of the Fem-Wow Award (for all women + gender-nonconforming production), Dirt Pride centers queer joy and community, separating out the trauma from queer stories. It features a group of empowered group of people bikepacking through WA and explores the transformative power of building queer community outside.
• Raised by Sand & Salty Water: Through the perspective of Moroccan skater girl Wafa Heboul, this documentary showcases the impact of skateboarding on social and economic development in rural areas like Taghazout, challenging traditional gender roles and empowering young girls to pursue their dreams fearlessly.
• Both & Neither: As a Mexican American, Natalie Connell spent her life balancing two cultural identities, with neither fitting quite right on its own, but through art and rock climbing, she’s found her rightful place as a bridge between the two.
• Carlisle 200: Carlisle 200 follows Native bikers Guarina Lopez (Pascua Yaqui) and Tsinnijinnie Russell (Diné) on a 200-mile prayer ride from Washington, D.C. to the cemetery at Carlisle Indian Boarding School in Carlisle, PA to honor to 190+ children buried at Carlisle, and raise awareness of the history and ongoing impact of the residential boarding school system on Indigenous communities.
• The Destiny of a Sherpa Woman: Yangji Sherpa turned her back on the mountain as a teenager in the hope of escaping the misery that reigns in the valley of her childhood never thought she would come back, and even less so with the title of mountain guide.
• Forward: Forward chronicles Anjelica Avella’s perspective in a space that has historically excluded plus-size women of color like her and shares a profound connection between women who once felt sidelined and are now a catalyst for change.
• Going Greenland: What happens when you combine a renewable energy sailboat with an arctic ski expedition in Greenland for the first time ever? Athletes Rachael Burks and Jessica Baker put the idea to test and endure a both harrowing and inspiring journey along Greenland’s West coast fjords and towering mountains.