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Things to Consider
105 mins | 2024
Mark S. Weiner, David Ritsher

The Volunteers: Mountain Rescue Brings Us Home

A historian explores the surprising connections between two mountain rescue organizations on opposite sides of the world.

Screenings
Online Only
October 28, 12 PM PDT - November 3, 11 PM PST
Online at FHFF.org
Online at FHFF.org
Online:
October 28 - November 3

Sponsored by:

Friday Harbor Film Festival

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Filmmaker Q&A:

(following each in-theatre screening)

About

Two mountain rescue organizations—one near Seattle, Washington, the other in Tyrol, Austria—are linked by a surprising connection. In this documentary essay, take a journey with historian Mark Weiner from America to Austria and back again as he considers the origins and meaning of their work. Both groups have grown from a strong sense of place ... because before you can save a stranger, you first must love your home.

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Mark S. Weiner & David Ritsher

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Mark S. Weiner is a former professor of constitutional law, a historian, and the author of multiple award-winning books, including The Rule of the Clan: What an Ancient Form of Social Organization Reveals about the Future of Individual Freedom (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2013), which received the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, and Black Trials: Citizenship from the Beginnings of Slavery to the End of Caste (Knopf, 2004), which received the Silver Gavel Award of the American Bar Association for its contribution to the public understanding of law.


David Ritsher is an independent film producer and editor. He has produced and edited multiple investigative pieces at the Center for Investigative Reporting, two of which won national Emmy Awards, in 2016 and 2015, and two of which won Northern California Emmys, in 2015 and 2014. Most recently, he was formally credited as the “Wizard Behind the Curtain” for the acclaimed documentary “The Grab." His previous projects can be found at https://artifact.video/filmography/.


Mark & David have known each other since their college days.

CREDITS

Director

Mark S. Weiner


Director

David Ritsher


Writer

Mark S. Weiner


Writer

David Ritsher


Producer

Mark S. Weiner


Producer

David Ritsher


Editor

David Ritsher


Editor

Mark S. Weiner

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