Please join us at Tall Timbers on January 25, 2023, for an evening of conservation films. We will be screening “Introducing the Indigo,” “Okefenokee Destiny,” “Oshkigin Spirit of Fire,”  and “Okefenokee Swampin – On the Fly.”

The evening will begin with an outdoor social at 6 p.m., including wine and cheese. Films will follow at 6:45 p.m. and conclude around 8:30.

Admission is a $10 donation at the door, or on the Covey Film Fest website.

The great local team of Laura Albritton and Zickie Allgrove will introduce and discuss their new short film “Introducing Indigo.”

Rena Ann Peck, Executive Director for the Georgia River Network will Join us to introduce two short films about the Okefenokee Swamp and efforts to protect the swamp and other natural areas from a proposed sand mine. 

Films being screened at the event:

• “Introducing the Indigo” is a short film aimed at young audiences that highlights the rare, threatened Eastern indigo snake. The documentary discusses the longest snake native to North America and its declining numbers. The film was produced by Magic Kumquat Productions, out of Thomasville, Georgia.
• A segment of the PBS aired EcoSense for Living program, “Okefenokee Destiny” focuses on swamp ecology and explores the future of Okefenokee at a time when a proposed mining operation on its border threatens the largest intact Blackwater wetland in North America.
• The short film  “Okefenokee Swampin – On the Fly” will open for “Okefenokee Destiny” and give insight into the sportsmen’s perspective on conservation of the swamp. The film was created by the local team of Christopher Watt and Drew Balfour.
• For thousands of years in the Great Lakes Region, Native Americans used fire intentionally to manage the ecosystems they lived in. Now, there is a short film, “Oshkigin Spirit of Fire,” highlighting this deep, reciprocal relationship with the land and the traditional use of fire in the Ojibwe culture. The filming took place, with permission, on the reservations of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Minnesota and the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Wisconsin.