Beste Big Sky Documentary Film Festival podcaster (2025)

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Saints and Warriors 10:34

4d ago10:34

10:34

Throughout the course of the Haida basketball season, leaders of iconic rez ball team the Skidegate Saints compete for two titles - defending their All Native Basketball Championship, while also battling for title to their land and waters with the government that stole it from them with the Indian Act. Patrick Shannon, director of the film Saints a…

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Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted 12:40

4d ago12:40

12:40

Hidden away in the suburbs of Los Angeles, legendary cult musician Swamp Dogg, along with housemates Moogstar and Guitar Shorty, have transformed their home into an artistic playground. Together, they navigate the tumultuous music industry, forging a unique and inspiring bond across time and space. In this episode, director Isaac Gale visits the Tr…

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Two Medicine 10:29

5d ago10:29

10:29

Chazz Racine, a determined rider for Carlson Relay, fiercely represents the Blackfeet Nation in Indian Relay. The film Two Medicine chronicles Chazz's desire to win and his personal battles off the track—his brother’s fight with cancer, his friend’s struggle with alcoholism, and his own past trauma. In this episode, director Taylor Hawkins chats wi…

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The Jungle 20:26

6d ago20:26

20:26

Unraveling centuries of greed and exploitation in America’s meat industry, THE JUNGLE is a modern-day take on Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel that calls into question the profiteering of ecosystems and reveals how indigenous knowledge may hold the key to creating equitable food systems for both people and the planet. In this episode, director Matt Wesc…

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Appalheads 12:21

6d ago12:21

12:21

Decades after leaving Appalachia, a daughter returns to eastern Kentucky to excavate her father’s remarkable filmmaking legacy and reflects on the effect her home still has on her. In this episode, producer Anna White visits the 102.9 ESPN studios to discuss Appalheads' world premiere at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.…

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Coywolf 15:42

6d ago15:42

15:42

Lucy Adams' film Coywolf meditates on the urban landscape of New York City and the coyotes that inhabit it, blurring the lines between city and nature and exploring how we relate to wildlife in urban environments. In this episode, Adams chats with Mike Smith of the Trail 103.3 about her film, which made its world premiere at this year's Big Sky Doc…

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Tiwahe 15:41

7d ago15:41

15:41

TIWAHE is a vibrant, slice-of-life portrait spanning four generations of the Assiniboine and Gros Ventre tribes in Hays, Montana, on the Fort Belknap Reservation. In this episode, Colter Nuanez of 102.9 ESPN discusses the film with directors Josh Benson and James Suter.Av Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

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Fault Lines 16:16

7d ago16:16

16:16

In San Francisco, the decades-long battle for affordable housing is reaching a breaking point, with dire warnings for the rest of the country. Directors Nate Houghteling and Yoav Attias of the documentary Fault Lines discuss their film, its lessons and much more with Mike Smith of the Trail 103.3.Av Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

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The Birds 19:51

8d ago19:51

19:51

The Birds is a moving portrait of one man’s desperation to decipher the relationship between mass flights of seabirds and a single super-speed predator. In this episode, co-director Martin Dohrn visits the Trail 103.3 studios to discuss the making of the film.Av Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

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UNEARTH 12:21

8d ago12:21

12:21

UNEARTH follows an inspiring set of Native Alaskan activists and commercial salmon fishermen as they navigate the treacherous waters of power players, politics, and tactics driving forward North America’s largest-ever proposed copper mine in their beloved homeland of Bristol Bay, Alaska, revealing the potentially unsustainable cost of our sustainab…

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Stolen Kingdom 11:29

8d ago11:29

11:29

STOLEN KINGDOM delves into the history of mischief, scandal, and theft at Walt Disney World, ultimately leading to the theft of an animatronic valued at nearly half a million dollars. Executive director Josh Koopman chats with Colter Nuanez of 102.9 ESPN about the process of documenting such a secretive and obsessive culture, as well as the big que…

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Helen and the Bear 14:20

8d ago14:20

14:20

Captured in intimate verite by director Alix Blair, HELEN AND THE BEAR is a lyrical portrait of the beautiful and complex relationship between free-spirited Helen and once-prominent politician Pete as they enter the final chapter of their marriage. As Pete’s health worsens and Helen anticipates life without “Bear,” she wrestles with what’s been los…

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Julia Sherman 10:45

8d ago10:45

10:45

Julia Sherman, executive director of the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, sits down with Mike Smith of the Trail 103.3 to preview the 2025 festival and some of the highlights of this year's schedule.Av Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

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Youth Doc Fellowship 15:18

1y ago15:18

15:18

Educating and empowering the next generation of documentary filmmakers, the BSDFF's youth fellowship gives students a crash course in documentary history and hands-on filmmaking. Two of the youth filmmakers visited the Trail studios to talk with Mike Smith about their experience. Amity Blue directed Flipping the Switch, about what happens when a ba…

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Bring Them Home 15:00

1y ago15:00

15:00

Bring Them Home is the story of a small group of Blackfoot people and their mission to establish the first wild buffalo herd on their ancestral territory since the species’ near-extinction a century ago. Filmmakers Ivy McDonald and Daniel Glick joined Colter Nuanez on 102.9 ESPN Missoula to talk about creating an emotional, important film about res…

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Welcome Space Brothers 15:23

1y ago15:23

15:23

Welcome Space Brothers is a feature documentary about The Unarius Academy of Science, an extraterrestrial-channeling spiritual school and self-healing community established in the 1970s in El Cajon, California that became a wildly prolific filmmaking collective under the direction of outlandish spiritual leader and filmmaker Ruth E. Norman, AKA “Ar…

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Jeanie Finlay 19:28

1y ago19:28

19:28

The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival was the very first film festival to show Jeanie Finlay's work when Teenland premiered in Missoula in 2008. Fifteen years later, Finlay is an accomplished, decorated director with an eclectic filmography that runs from community theater to goths on a boat to a behind-the-scenes look at Game of Thrones. Jeanie Fi…

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The Herricanes 19:39

1y ago19:39

19:39

In the 1970s, the Houston Herricanes were a part of the first women’s full tackle football league in the United States, starting a movement that's still in motion today. The Herricanes tells their unknown story of commitment, courage, strength and love for the game. Filmmaker Olivia Kuan joined Andrew Houghton of 102.9 ESPN Missoula to talk about h…

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The Wonder and the Worry 13:25

1y ago13:25

13:25

The Wonder and the Worry follows the careers of former National Geographic Editor in Chief, Chris Johns, and his daughter Louise, a young freelance photographer, telling a story about family, photography and the power of visual storytelling to create change. Director David Baker and subject Chris Johns visited the Trail studios to chat with Mike Sm…

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Through the Storm 13:58

1y ago13:58

13:58

On the Red Lake (Ojibwe) Reservation in Minnesota, the high school football team hasn't one a game in two decades. Through the Storm follows the efforts of a determined coach and group of young athletes, who fight to keep their football program alive. Filmmakers Charles Frank and Fritz Bitsoie joined Colter Nuanez for a look at their film before it…

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Happy Campers 16:03

1y ago16:03

16:03

Every summer, working-class families enjoy waterfront living in a scrappy trailer park off the coast of Virginia. When the relentless march of capitalism threatens their shabby Shangri-La, the denizens of Inlet View face the inevitable, and reveal the secrets to a rich life. Amy Nicholson, the director of Happy Campers, visited the Trail studios to…

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Julia Sherman 8:08

1y ago8:08

8:08

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Education Director Julia Sherman talks with Aubrey Nilsen of 104.5 the U about Schoolhouse Docs and the wonderfully rich array of youth programs that are part of the 21st annual Big Sky Doc Film Fest.Av Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

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399: Queen of the Tetons 13:44

1y ago13:44

13:44

Known only by her research number, Grizzly 399 has captivated photographers since 2007, becoming the most famous — and photographed — mother bear in the world. The Big Sky Doc Fest's opening night film follows 399 as she struggles to raise an unusually large litter in the face of human encroachment, a rapidly changing climate, and disputes over her…

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Rachel Gregg 14:01

1y ago14:01

14:01

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival executive director Rachel Gregg stopped by the Missoula Broadcasting company studios to preview the opening night film 399: Queen of the Tetons and offer a few of her other personal recommendations for films she's looking forward to this week.Av Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

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A Buffalo Story 15:01

1y ago15:01

15:01

As buffalo return to the North American landscapes they once defined, the important ecological and cultural impacts of that restoration have begun to manifest. A Buffalo Story follows the work of Jason Baldes, the Tribal Buffalo Manager for buffalo restoration on the Wind River Reservation, whose efforts to help people believe in buffalo again requ…

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Between Earth and Sky 15:54

2y ago15:54

15:54

Renowned ecologist Nalini Nadkarni pioneered climbing techniques to study the Costa Rican rainforest canopy. After surviving a life-threatening fall from a tree, she turns her research inward to understand the processes of disturbance and recovery in her own life, a journey documented in Between Earth and Sky. Nalini Nadkarni and director Andrew Na…

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When The Dust Blows Through 15:55

2y ago15:55

15:55

In the middle of a remote desert, two men are assigned to guard the ruins of an ancient kingdom. When the Dust Blows Through follows them as they confront the heat and thirst of the desert, as well as more insidious foes like loneliness and tomb raiders. Director Ethan Wu visited the Trail 103.3 studios to discuss the challenges of filming in such …

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Hollywood's Finest 13:28

2y ago13:28

13:28

The film Hollywood's Finest follows three mothers fighting to create a family: Mckenzie, a young woman in recovery who became pregnant while living in a tent; Cat, her nomadic mom; and Leslie, the social worker with her own history of addiction, housing insecurity, and losing children to foster care. Filmmakers Claire Hannah Collins and Gale Hollan…

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The Last of the Nightingales 12:50

2y ago12:50

12:50

A chance encounter transformed Bernie Krause's life, setting the prolific composer and sound artist on a path to capture the sounds of a vanishing wilderness. The Last of the Nightengales is a haunting black-and-white film that follows Krause's journey, inviting the audience to experience the rich acoustic beauty of the living world through his ear…

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Native Ball: Legacy of a Trailblazer 19:49

2y ago19:49

19:49

Megan Harrington and Malia Kipp visit the ESPN Missoula studios to discuss the documentary film Native Ball: Legacy of a Trailblazer, which follows Kipp's journey from the Blackfeet Reservation to becoming the first Native American player in Montana Lady Griz history.Av Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

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Israelism 21:03

2y ago21:03

21:03

When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the mistreatment of Palestinians, they battle the old guard to create a new movement opposing Israel’s occupation, and recentering Judaism itself. That's the story of Israelism, which makes its world premiere Thursday at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. Filmmakers Eric…

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#MoCrazyStrong 13:56

2y ago13:56

13:56

When professional skier Jamie MoCrazy fell during the slopestyle event at the World Tour Finals in 2015, she suffered a traumatic brain injury so severe that officials at the ski hill prepared her fatality report. The injury left her in a coma, with her entire right side paralyzed and her brain bleeding in eight places. #MoCrazyStrong is the story …

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Matter of Mind: My ALS 14:20

2y ago14:20

14:20

Director Anna Moot-Levin discusses her film Matter of Mind: My ALS. The documentary follows three people diagnosed with ALS, a neurodegenerative disease with no known cure, and the choices they make as they grapple with how best to treat the illness.Av Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

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The Hamlet Syndrome 12:54

2y ago12:54

12:54

Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosolowski visit the Missoula Broadcasting Company studios to discuss their documentary film The Hamlet Syndrome. Filmed just months before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the documentary follows a group of Ukrainian actors struggling with the traumas of war, sexism and homophobia as they attempt to stage an adaptation of…

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Shadow Of A Dog 12:06

2y ago12:06

12:06

Filmmakers Sean Paulsen and Brad Wickham detail the late-night cemetery stakeouts that went into making their film Shadow of a Dog. The film follows a man who roams the forgotten corners of New York, hoping to track down lost pets and re-unite them with their owners.Av Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

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Penny Lane 27:30

2y ago27:30

27:30

Documentary filmmaker Penny Lane, the subject of this year's Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Retrospective, visits the Trail 103.3 studio to talk about her films that will shown at the festival, with subjects as diverse as Kenny G, Richard Nixon, the Church of Satan and Depression-era snake oil salesman John Brinkley, who peddled goat testicles a…

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A Decent Home 15:55

3y ago15:55

15:55

The film A Decent Home opened the 2022 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival by going inside mobile home parks, where some of the most affordable housing in the country is increasingly being bought out by the richest of the rich. In this episode of the BSDFF podcast, the Trail's Robert Chase talks with director Sara Terry about A Decent Home being show…

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Memory Lanes 17:55

3y ago17:55

17:55

While stuck in his apartment during the pandemic, Brian Gersten decided to make a film about one of his family's favorite pastimes - bowling. That film became Memory Lanes. In this episode of the BSDFF podcast, ESPN Missoula's Andrew Houghton sits down with Gersten to talk about the process of making a film completely from archival footage and how …

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Charm Circle 11:18

3y ago11:18

11:18

The closing night film at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is Charm Circle, a deeply personal glimpse into the lives of an eccentric New York family. In this episode of the Big Sky Doc fest podcast, the Trail's Robert Chase talks with director Nira Burstein about her first visit to Missoula and the process of making a film that documents her o…

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One Road to Quartzsite 13:21

3y ago13:21

13:21

Every winter, a ragtag group of crustpunks, libertarians, snowbirds, and elderly folks become unlikely neighbors during their annual pilgrimage to a temporary longterm camping community in Quartzsite, Arizona. In this episode of the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival podcast, Colter Nuanez talks with Ryan Maxey, director of the film One Road to Quar…

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Outta the Muck 17:16

3y ago17:16

17:16

The swamp towns of south Florida, where kids chase rabbits through the muck of cut sugar cane fields, produce NFL talent at a rate that's almost unseen anywhere else in the country. When Ira McKinley returned to his hometown of Pahokee, he knew he wanted to make a film about the resilience and excellence that's persevered on the shores of Lake Okee…

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Up on the Mountain 12:07

3y ago12:07

12:07

Deep in the mountains of Montana and Idaho, a diverse group of Southeast Asian refugees, Latino immigrants and rural white Americans search for rare fungi. In this episode of the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival podcast, Colter Nuanez talks with Olivier Matthon and Michael Reis of the film Up on the Mountain about the people searching for this wil…

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Hockeyland 13:48

3y ago13:48

13:48

Hockey is religion in northern Minnesota, where ponds freeze over, snow drifts deep and kids strap up skates as soon as they can walk. In this episode of the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival podcast, ESPN Missoula's Colter Nuanez is joined by director Tommy Haines, producer Andrew Sherburne and cinematographer Ben Handler of the film Hockeyland, a…

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An Accidental Life 17:04

3y ago17:04

17:04

Quinn Brett was a hard-charging, record-setting mountain climber before a fall on Yosemite's famous El Capitan left her nearly dead and without the use of her legs. In the film An Accidental Life, director Henna Taylor intimately portrays Brett's arduous rehab and journey to find meaning in all that's been taken away from her. In this episode of th…

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Being Michelle 19:21

3y ago19:21

19:21

Being Michelle tells the incredible story of a deaf autistic woman who spent five years in Florida prisons, trapped in a system unable to accommodate or even recognize her needs. Now free, Michelle and her caretakers struggle to heal her traumas and keep her out of the criminal justice system that's already caused her so much pain. In this podcast,…

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