The Volunteers: Mountain Rescue Brings us Home is a documentary special screening featuring a live panel discussion with the filmmakers. The film profiles two mountain rescue organizations – one near Seattle, Washington, the other in Tyrol, Austria – that are linked by a surprising connection. Take a journey with historian Mark S. 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.
(2025). 58 minutes, Documentary. Showing at 6pm on April 7th in the Library’s Meeting Room.
Read more about the filmmakers and then please register below for this documentary special event.
Meet the Filmmakers
Mark S. Weiner
Producer, co-director, writer, and assistant editor, Mark is a former professor of constitutional law 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, which received the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, and Black Trials: Citizenship from the Beginnings of Slavery to the End of Caste, winner of the Silver Gavel Award of the American Bar Association for its contribution to the public understanding of law.
David Ritsher
Co-producer, co-director, senior editor, and writer, David has produced and edited multiple pieces at the Center for Investigative Reporting, two of which won national Emmy Awards and two of which won Northern California Emmys. Most recently, he was credited as the “Wizard Behind the Curtain” for the documentary “The Grab.” He was formerly coordinating producer/editor for the PBS series Frontline/World, which won multiple Emmy Awards, Webby Awards, and the Edward R. Murrow Award.
Alex Greene
Composer Alex Greene is a musician, anthropologist, and writer based in Memphis, TN. His musical work encompasses many genres, including garage rock, jazz, exotica, electronic soundscapes, musique concrète, and soundtracks for film.
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