<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="4"><span class="gmail_default" style="">Film producer Ralph Bloemers will be at the Roxy <i><b>this evening</b></i> </span>for a special presentation of <span class="gmail_default" style="">his</span> award-winning documentary Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire<span class="gmail_default" style="">. </span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4"><br></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="4"><span class="gmail_default" style="">Following the film, </span>Jack Cohen will be moderating a panel with <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dave Strohmaier (Missoula County Commissioner), Carolyn Upton (Lolo NF Supervisor), and Gordon Hughes (Missoula City Fire Chief).</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><img alt="image0.png" src="cid:1880b4b9a70a74afaf01"><br></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><p dir="ltr" id="m_-1630564868968107028docs-internal-guid-baeb025e-7fff-76f0-d8ac-ed5b84a70ca2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ELEMENTAL: REIMAGINE WILDFIRE (84 minutes)</span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Filmed across the West and narrated by Golden Globe and Emmy nominated actor David Oyelowo, ELEMENTAL: REIMAGINE WILDFIRE (84 min) takes viewers on a journey with the top experts in the nation to better understand fire. The film follows the harrowing escape from Paradise, California as the town ignited from wind-driven embers and burned within a few hours of the fire's start. It then continues to the even more recent fires of the last two years, when Oregon, California and Colorado suffered their worst wildfires in recorded history. </span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">      </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ELEMENTAL: REIMAGINE WILDFIRE includes the voices of climate experts, Indigenous people and fire survivors, and asks us to reimagine our relationship with wildfire as we prepare for an increasingly hotter future. Former United States Forest Service Chief Michael Dombeck says of the documentary:</span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-right:28.35pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 28.35pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">      </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">”Elemental is an outstanding film that deserves the widest possible viewing. In a visually stunning manner, it distills what we’ve learned about wildland fire over the decades and provides a road-map for badly needed changes that will benefit thousands of people, particularly in fire prone communities.” </span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">      </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In the wake of destructive fires across the nation, ELEMENTAL: REIMAGINE WILDFIRE is an important look at discovering how we can all reimagine our relationship with wildfire, and keep our homes and communities safe.  The solutions are now more timely and urgent than ever. </span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">   </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Trip Jennings founded Balance Media and has worked with National Geographic for over a decade. His films have won dozens of awards around the world and have aired on major networks on every continent. For nearly two decades, Ralph Bloemers has worked on wildfire and community safety, restored burned trails, and assisted the scientific community with bringing their knowledge and research to the public.</span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Theatrical Trailer Link:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://vimeo.com/801372889" style="color:blue;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(0,117,185);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://vimeo.com/801372889</span></a></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Website link:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.elementalfilm.com/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(0,117,185);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.elementalfilm.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(0,117,185);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p></div></div><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div></div></div>