Up on the Mountain

Documentary | 2022 | NR. 1hr 38min
DIRECTOR: Olivier Matthon TACOMA FILM FESTIVAL 2022 | OCT. 9, 2022 | MASKS OPTIONAL

Filmmakers in attendance. Q&A after screening.

Deep in the mountains of Montana, Idaho and Oregon a diverse group of Southeast Asian refugees, Latino immigrants, and white Americans harvests wild mushrooms for the restaurants of the world. But despite the sustainability of the harvest, these independent workers are repeatedly denied access to public forests. A gorgeous and immersive documentary, Up on the Mountain exposes inequities in natural resources policies as well as the resourcefulness of the communities who depend on them.

JOIN US PRIOR TO THE FILM at 10:45am FOR A SCIENCE ON SCREEN PRESENTATION ENTITLED: THE ROLE OF FUNGI IN THE ECOSYSTEM, GIVEN BY EDUCATOR MARIAN MAXWELL. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CLICK HERE.

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Powerful, riveting, and aesthetically beautiful. This calls to mind the way in which our Western society largely sees nature and humanity as separate from one another. Wild mushroom harvesting offers a beacon of a different paradigm.

Fa-Tai Shieh, Professor, Food Studies, The New School