Paddle to Seattle: Journey through the Inside Passage
For 97 days, best friends J.J. Kelley and Josh Thomas traveled the 1,300-mile inside passage from Anchorage to Seattle during its rainiest summer in 15 years. Paddling in homemade wooden Pygmy kayaks, they captured exquisite footage of the natural beauty they encountered along North America’s only rainforest experiencing hardships that accompany a lifestyle predominately removed from civilization.
The film presents a stunning display of the awe-inspiring landscape that is the Pacific Northwest. There, brown bears own the shores, rain falls for weeks on end, and curious whales abound. Along with interviews from peoples of the region, it is all weaved together by the adventurers’ friendship and unusual sense of humor. Taken from the perspective of an ancient craft, the film speaks to the beauty of people-power over a great distance, and is interjected with moments of humor that act as a shining credit to the light-hearted spirit of the young adventurers.
A triumph of the human spirit and a testament to the power of real friendship, Paddle to Seattle: Journey through the Inside Passage is a true adventure film.
The Sundowner
The story of a man whose ambitions were set so high, he thought he could defeat the ocean through sheer force of will. For six years, Jon Bendz handcrafted a beautiful fifty-three foot sailboat all by himself, with his dream keeping him going every step of the way. And for almost a decade, this engineer-turned-man-of-the sea found out first hand what living the good life is all about.
