Upcoming: Film Screening

When: February 6, 2025
Where: Performing Arts Center, The University of New Orleans

The Center is excited to host a one-hour long screening of the documentary "The Volunteers: Mountain Rescue Brings Us Home" followed by a panel discussion Connecting Peaks: Lessons in Courage and Community from the USA & Austria moderated by the co-director of the documentary, Mark S. Weiner.

The stunning film explores the historical connection between two mountain rescue organizations—one in Seattle, Washington, the other in Tyrol, Austria. This connection ultimately runs through World War II, and the translation of a mountain rescue manual, and their lessons for civic life today. The documentary is not an adventure film, but rather a philosophical meditation. Its underlying premise is that mountain rescue offers a positive, inspiring way of thinking about civic life, especially the relation between local attachment to place and universal human solidarity, that can help transcend political differences.

Learn more about this documentary and view trailers here:
https://www.thevolunteersdoc.com/

We are excited that the co-directors, Mark S. Weiner and David Ritsher, as well as several of the documentary's protagonists from Austria and the U.S. will join us for this event.