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Reviews from Previous Wild and Scenic Film Festivals

The left side indicates the year of the festival and which festival.  The right side indicates the date the review appeared in The Union newspaper of Nevada County or in the Nevada City Advocate newspaper (nca).  Many reviews appeared in an article of multiple films reviewed together.  Some films were reviewed for a release in theaters aside from appearing in the Wild and Scenic Film Festival.  See CampChuck Videos below for festival related shows produced and aired on NCTV (Nevada County television).

 2011  9th  1% of the Story  Dec 23, 2010
 2010  8th  11 Short Shorts under 7 minutes (nca)  Jan 07, 2010
 2013 11th  12 Short Shorts (nca)  Jan 10, 2013
 2011  9th  180 Degrees South  Jan 06, 2011
          plus QandA with the director  
 2007  5th  2007 mini-reviews  Jan 11, 2007
 2006  4th  2006 mini-reviews  Feb 09, 2006
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 2010  8th  Age of Stupid, The (nca)  Jan 07, 2010
 2010  8th  Alchemy (nca)  Jan 07, 2010
 2011  9th  Alexandra's Echo (nca)  Jan 06, 2011
 2015 13th  All the Time in the World  Dec 25, 2014
   plus Q and A with director Suzanne Crocker
 2017 15th  Acquired Taste, An  Dec 24, 2016
 2018 16th  Angry Inuk  Jan 04, 2018
 2013 11th  Atomic States of America, The (nca)  Jan 10, 2013
 2014 12th  Backyard  Jan 02, 2014
 2011  9th  Bag It (nca)  Jan 06, 2011
          plus QandA with the director  
 2011  9th  Bearwalker of the Northwoods (nca)  Jan 06, 2011
 2013 11th  Bidder 70  Jan 03, 2013
 2007   5th  Birdsong and Coffee  Dec 21, 2006
 2015 13th  Black Ice  Jan 01, 2015
 2018 16th  Blood Road  Dec 21, 2017
 2014 12th  Boom with No Boundaries, A  Jan 02, 2014
 2017 15th  Boone
 2014 12th  Bringing It Home  Dec 19, 2013
    plus QandA with director Linda Booker
 2011  9th  Broken Moon, The  Dec 30, 2010
          plus QandA with the director  
 2012 10th   Buck (nca)  Jan 06, 2012
 2016 14th  Burden, The  Jan 07, 2016
     plus Q and A with director Roger Sorkin
 2018 16th  Burned: Are Trees the New Coal?  Jan 04, 2018
 2011  9th  Butterflies and Bulldozers (nca)  Jan 06, 2011
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 2013 11th  Cafeteria Man  Jan 10, 2013
 2012 10th   California Forever (nca)  Jan 06, 2012
 2018 16th  Call of the Forest  Jan 04, 2018
 2017 15th  Can You Dig This?  Dec 22, 2016
 plus an interview with the director
 2013 11th  Cape Spin (nca)  Jan 10, 2013
 2011  9th  Carbon Nation (nca)  Jan 06, 2011
 2018 16th  Charged: The Eduardo Garcia Story  Dec 21, 2017
 plus an interview with the director
 2017 15th  Chasing Niagara  Dec 31, 2016
 2017 15th  China: A Skier's Journey  Dec 31, 2016
 2012 10th   Cold  Dec 22, 2011
 2018 16th  Curve of Time, The  Dec 21, 2017
 2010  8th   Cove, The   Oct 15, 2009
 2015 13th  DamNation  Jul 17, 2014
 2007  5th  Dam related films  Dec 28, 2006
 2013 11th  Dear Governor Cuomo  Jan 03, 2013
 plus QandA with director Jon Bowermaster
 2017 15th  Death by Design
 2011  9th  Deeper  Jan 13, 2011
 2016 14th  Deep Time  Jan 02, 2016
 2013 11th  Denali Experiment, The (nca)  Jan 10, 2013
 2013 11th  Desert Dreams (nca)  Jan 10, 2013
 2016 14th  Digital Food  Jan 14, 2016
 2018 16th  Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey  Dec 21, 2017
 2011  9th  Dirty Business  Dec 30, 2010
 2017 15th  Douglas Tompkins: A Wild Legacy  Dec 29, 2016
 2015 13th  DRAWN  Dec 25, 2014
 2017 15th  Drokpa
 2008  6th  Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox  Jul 05, 2007
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 2011  9th  Eastern Rises  Jan 13, 2011
 2008  6th  Edge of Eden: Living with Grizzlies  Jan 10, 2008
 2023 21st  Elephant and the Termite, The  Feb 09, 2023
 2017 15th  Elk River  Dec 31, 2016
 2008  6th  Everything's Cool  Jan 03, 2008
 2018 16th  Evolution of Organic  Jan 11, 2018
 2016 14th  Faith against Fracking  Jan 02, 2016
 2010  8th  Farm for the Future, A  Dec 24, 2010
 2013 11th  Fierce Green Fire, A (nca)  Jan 10, 2013
 2009  7th  Fighting Goliath  Dec 25, 2008
          plus QandA with director Mat Hames  
 2010  8th  First Ascent: Alone on the Wall  Dec 31, 2009
 2011  9th  First Ascent: Point of No Return  Jan 13, 2011
 2010  8th  Finding Farley  Dec 31, 2009
          plus QandA with Director Leanne Allison  
 2010  8th  Food, Inc.  Dec 24, 2009
 2012 10th   Food Stamped (nca)  Jan 06, 2012
          plus QandA with the filmmakers  
 2017 15th  Fractured Land
 2023 21st  Free to Run  Jan 26, 2023
 2017 15th  Freightened
 2023 21st  From My Window  Jan 26, 2023
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 2009  7th  Garbage Warrior  Dec 25, 2008
 2014 12th  Gasland II  Jan 02, 2014
 2013 11th  Gimp Monkeys, The  Dec 20, 2012
 2014 12th  GMO OMG  Dec 19, 2013
 2017 15th  Good Mind, The
 plus and interview with the director
 2012 10th   Grow! (nca)  Jan 06, 2012
 2014 12th  Growing Cities  Dec 19, 2013
 2011  9th  Gum for My Boat  Jan 06, 2011
 2023 21st  Hasta la Ultima Gota (Until the Last Drop)  Feb 02, 2023
 2010  8th  Homegrown  Dec 24, 2010
          plus QandA with Director Robert McFalls  
 2014 12th  Honor the Treaties  Jan 04, 2014
 2013 11th  Honnold 3.0 (nca)  Jan 10, 2013
 2011  9th  How to Boil a Frog  Dec 30, 2010
 2013 11th  How the Kids Saved the Parks  Dec 27, 2012
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 2010  8th  I drive 55 (nca)  Jan 07, 2010
 2011  9th  Incident at Tower 37  Dec 23, 2010
 2016 14th  Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective  Jan 14, 2016
 2013 11th  In Organic We Trust (nca)  Jan 10, 2013
 2017 15th  In Pursuit of Silence  Jan 12 2017
 2012 10th   Into Eternity   Jan 05, 2012
 2011  9th  Into the Dragon's Lair  Jan 13, 2011
 2017 15th  Islands and the Whales, The  Dec 24, 2016
 2018 16th  Jane  Nov 23, 2017
 2015 13th  Joanna Macy and the Great Turning  Jan 01, 2015
   plus Q and A with director Chris Landry
 2012 10th   Just Do It: A Tale of Modern-Day Outlaws (nca)  
 2015 13th  Just Eat It  Jan 15, 2015
 2017 15th  K2 and the Invisible Footmen  Dec 31, 2016
 2014 12th  K2: Siren of the Himalayas  Dec 26, 2013
     plus QandA with director David Ohlson
 2016 14th  Knee Deep  Jan 02, 2016
 2008  6th  Kintaro Walks Japan  Dec 20, 2007
          plus QandA with Kintaro  
 2018 16th  Kokota: The Islet of Hope  Dec 28, 2017
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 2008  6th  Land Out of Time, A  Jan 03, 2008
          plus QandA with producer Mark Harvey  
 2012  10th  Last Mountain, The (nca)  Jan 06, 2012
 2018 16th  Last Fisherman  Dec 21, 2017
 2010  8th  Legend of Pale Male, The (nca)  Jan 07, 2010
 2016 14th  Line across the Sky, A
 2009  7th  Linguists, The  Dec 18, 2008
 2015 13th  Little Things, The  Dec 25, 2014
 2011  9th  Living Downstream (nca)  Jan 06, 2011
 2015 13th  Local Color and Short Shorts, 2015  Jan 10, 2015
 2010  8th  Lords of Nature (nca)  Jan 07, 2010
 2012 10th   Marion Stoddart: Work of 1000   Dec 29, 2011
 2018 16th  Mary Janes: The Women of Weed  Dec 28, 2017
 2016 14th  Merchants of Doubt  Dec 31 2015
 2007  5th  McLibel  Jan 04, 2007
 2012 10th   Meet the Beetle   Jan 05, 2012
 2010  8th  Missouri Stream Team (nca)  Jan 07, 2010
 2012 10th   Mono Lake Story, The   Dec 29, 2011
          plus Q and A with the filmmakers  
 2018 16th  Mothered by Mountains  Dec 21, 2017
 2007  5th  Mujaan  Jan 04, 2007
 2013 11th  Murder Mouth (nca)  Jan 10, 2013
 2011  9th  Murder of Crows, A (nca)  Jan 06, 2011
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 2010  8th  Native American Related Films  Jan 07, 2010
         plus QandA with Maidu Tribal Chairman  
 2018 16th  New Environmentalists, The [2017]  Jan 04, 2018
 2010  8th   No Impact Man   Nov 05, 2009
 2018 16th  No Man's Land  Jan 04, 2018
 2013 11th  Not Yet Begun to Fight  Dec 20, 2012
 2015 13th  Oil and Water  Jan 08, 2015
 2011  9th  Olmsted Legacy, The (nca)  Jan 06, 2011
 2014 12th  On a River in Ireland  Dec 26, 2013
 2017 15th  One Hundred Thousand Beating Hearts
 2011  9th  On the Trail with Miss Snail Pail  Dec 23, 2010
          plus QandA with the director  
 2012 10th   One Ocean: The Changing Sea   Dec 29, 2011
 2013 11th  Out Living It  Dec 20, 2012
 2016 14th  Paddle for the North  Dec 26, 2015
 2014 12th  Pandora's Promise  Jan 09, 2014
 2011  9th  Percy Schmeiser: David vs. Monsanto (nca)  Jan 06, 2011
 2017 15th  Pickle
 2010  8th  Pirate for the Sea (nca)  Jan 07, 2010
 2017 15th  Plastico  Jan 12, 2017
 2012 10th   Poppy's Promise (nca)  Jan 06, 2012
          plus QandA with the director  
 2012 10th   Portrait of a Winemaker (nca)  Jan 06, 2012
 2017 15th  Poumaka
 plus and interview with the expedition leader
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 2016 14th  Quest for Meaning, A  Dec 31, 2015
     plus Q and A with the directors
 2018 16th  Redefining Prosperity: Gold Rushes of NC  Jan 03, 2018
 2009  7th  Renewal  Dec 18, 2008
          plus QandA with director Marty Ostow  
 2012  10th  Rock the Boat   Dec 22, 2011
 2018 16th  Sacred Cod  Dec 21, 2017
 2015 13th  The Sacred Place Where Life Begins  Jan 15, 2015
 2010  8th  Samsara  Dec 31, 2009
 2015 13th  Sand Wars  Jan 01, 2015
 2009  7th  Saving Luna  Jan 01, 2009
 2010  8th  Sea Change, A (nca)  Jan 07, 2010
          plus QandA with producer Sven Huseby  
 2023 21st  Scale of Hope, The  Jan 26, 2023
 2012 10th   Schooling the World (nca)  Jan 06, 2012
 2012 10th  Sekem Vision (nca)  Jan 06, 2012
 2018 16th  Short Shorts, 2018  Jan 11, 2018
 2010  8th  Simple Question, A (nca)  Jan 07, 2010
 2023 21st  Sisters in Arms  Fev 2, 2023
 2016 14th  Skateboarding in Pine Ridge  Dec 26, 2016
 2023 21st  Smell of Money, The  Feb 02, 2023
 2009  7th  So Right So Smart  Jan 08, 2009
          plus QandA with director Guy Noerr  
 2012 10th   Someplace With a Mountain   Jan 12, 2012
           plus Q and A with the filmmakers  
 2010  8th  Split Estate  Jan 14, 2010
 2014 12th  Standing on Sacred Ground: Profit & Loss  Jan 04, 2014
 2018 16th  Steelhead Quest, A  Dec 21, 2017
 2023 21st  Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty  Feb 16, 2023
 plus an interview with the director
 2008  6th  Stories of the Yuba  Nov 17, 2005
 2013 11th  Stories of Trust; Young Voices  Dec 27, 2012
 2018 16th  Suzy and the Simple Man  Dec 28, 2017
 2013 11th  Symphony of the Soil  Jan 10, 2013
 plus QandA: director Deborah Koons Garcia
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 2010  8th  Taking Root (nca)  Jan 07, 2010
         plus QandA with director Lisa Merton  Jan 07, 2010
 2010  8th  Tapped  Jan 14, 2010
 2015 13th  Thirsty for Justice  Jan 01, 2015
 2011  9th  Time Comes, A (nca)  Jan 06, 2011
          plus QandA with the producer  
 2023 21st  Together We Grow  Feb 09, 2023
 2012  10th  Towers of the Ennedi, The  Dec 22,2011
 2012  10th  Tramping in Bohemia (nca)  Jan 06, 2012
 2023 21st  Transmission  Feb 09, 2023
 2009  7th  Under Our Skin  Jan 01, 2009
          plus QandA with director Andy Wilson  
 2016 14th  Unbranded  Dec 24, 2016
     plus Q and A with the director
 2014 12th  Uranium Drive-In  Jan 09, 2014
     plus QandA with Director Suzan Beraza
 2015 13th  Valley Uprising  Dec 25, 2014
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 2018 16th  Wasted! The Story of Food Waste  Dec 28, 2017
 2011  9th  Waste Land (nca)  Jan 06, 2011
 2018 16th  wetheuncivilised: A Life Story  Dec 28, 2017
 2012 10th   We Still Live Here -- As Nutayunean   Jan 12, 2012
 2008  6th  What a Way to Go  Oct 25, 2007
 2010  8th   What's the Economy For, Anyway?  Jan 14, 2010
          plus QandA with director John de Graaf  
 2012 10th   Windfall (nca)  
 2012 10th   With My Own Two Wheels   Jan 05, 2012
          plus Q and A with the filmmaker  
 2015 13th  Wrenched  Jan 08, 2015
 2010  8th  Why Don't We Ride Zebras? (nca)  Jan 07, 2010
 2008  6th  Wild and Scenic at WorldFest, 2008  Jul 14, 2008
 2010  8th  Wild and Scenic at WorldFest, 2010  Jul 15, 2010
 2006  4th  Wild and Scenic rentals  Feb 02, 2006
 2016 14th  Wild and Scenic Short Shorts, 2016  Jan 09, 2016
 2011  9th  Witness: Defining Conservation Photog. (nca)  Jan 06, 2011
 2010  8th  Yes Men Fix the World  Dec 10, 2009
 2008  6th  Yuba River related Films  Dec 27, 2007

CampChuck Videos
 2010  8th  Two 30 min. shows for the festival     Dec 17, 2009
 2009  7th  30 min. interviews about film festival    Dec 09, 2008 
 2009  7th  25 min. review of films in festival    Dec 15, 2008
 2009  7th  05 min. review (completes the 25 min. video)    Dec 15, 2008
 2008  6th  30 min. interviews about film festival    Dec 20, 2008
 2008  6th  30 min. review of films in festival    Dec 20, 2008