We start by getting to know JR:
JR's Thesis Movie "New World Water"
JR's Favorite Book Series: Wheel of Time
JR's Favorite Childhood Book: Coyote Stories
JR's mentor: Linda Montanti
Meet "No Trace" and "Unbreakable", the hikers JR met on the PCT back in 2015
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We then move into and learn more about the project:
Blood of the West is the story of the Colorado River from Source to Sea, from its origins in the glacier carved valleys of the Rocky Mountains, through the iconic canyons and sandstone playgrounds of the Colorado Plateau, to its terminus south of the Mexican-American Border, where its mighty flows are reduced to just a trickle.
Told in eight parts, this documentary project will follow each of the Colorado’s main tributaries, including the Green, San Juan, and Virgin Rivers, from their headwaters to their confluence. As it follows the rivers downstream, it will follow the history of the watershed, tackle its present struggles, and speculate toward its possible future.
Blood Of the West:
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We end with how to support the project or links to get involved:
***Donate directly to the cause
This project aims to shed some light on the most important watershed in the American West. Donations are welcome as we look into sources of funding and move forward on one of the most expansive and comprehensive documentary projects about the river in history.
The Colorado River is in need of more help now than ever before, please help us tell its story...
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About JR:
J.R. Robinson is a West Coast-based filmmaker, writer, and photographer. He has spent the past ten years exploring and documenting the American West through photography and writing, and has developed a deep and overwhelming passion for the Colorado River and the American Southwest. An accomplished long-distance hiker and traveler, his work has won numerous awards and his films have screened at many prestigious film festivals.
His photographic work can be seen and purchased for prints at www.daturaphoto.com
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