Brave New West
For nearly 20 years, Ed Abbey groupie Jim Stiles has been railing against the commercialization of the American West with controversial, hand鈥揹rawn cartoons in the Canyon Country Zephyr, his self鈥損ublished, Moab鈥揵ased newspaper. This funny, frank film profiles the flannel鈥揷lad curmudgeon and his one鈥搈an fight to save the landscape he loves. $25;
Garbage Warrior
New Mexico鈥揵ased “biotect” Michael Reynolds鈥攚ho’s never met a bureaucrat (or a hairbrush) he likes鈥攍ost his architect’s license due to his kooky earthship鈥揵uilding ways. So he took them abroad. Garbage Warrior follows Reynolds to India and Mexico, where he teaches locals in natural鈥揹isaster鈥揹evastated towns how to rebuild cheaply, creatively, and beautifully, with trash. $25;
Red Gold
Alaskan fishing families are struggling to save their salmon stocks from a planned 15鈥搒quare鈥搈ile copper鈥揳nd鈥揼old mine at the headwaters of the Bristol Bay watershed. The audience favorite at Telluride Mountainfilm, Red Gold lets the brawlers on both sides tell the tale鈥攆rom the corporate mine advocates with a fortune to gain to gun鈥搕oting, fish鈥揻ed old鈥搕imers with everything to lose. $25;