"The Donner Party" Film Screening

“The Donner Party” - Film Screening with Filmmaker Ric Burns
This Saturday June 25th – 7:00pm - STS Theatre - 10 Church St, Phoenicia

We are thrilled to welcome Emmy award winning documentary filmmaker/writer (and WCA member) Ric Burns for a special screening of this amazing work. The film profiles a group of American settlers headed west in 1846 towards the promise of a better life. Through a series of unfortunate circumstances, the group becomes stranded high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains for one of the worst winters on record. It is an intense story of struggle, tragedy and survival. We will view the work and then have a Q&A afterwards with Ric about this film and the documentary process in general. It should be a great night!! WCA members may bring guests. The event is free to all Due to the harsh nature of the struggles faced by the pioneers in this work, the film is not recommended for children under the age of 13.