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ESMFF Friday Shorts Block Without Water / Myrtle Simpson / TBA 7:30

Without Water
Director HYLA
A film that documents the ongoing dispute between the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power and various stakeholders in Long Valley, California. Filmed by acclaimed director Jonathan Hyla, Without Water dives into LAWDPs plan to reduce or eliminate irrigation allotments on leased lands in Long and Little Round Valleys - lands that have been irrigated for over one hundred years. Now under pressure from climate change and ever-growing needs of Los Angeles county, ranchers, community members, and even the land itself, are facing an uncertain future.

Myrtle Simpson - A Life On Ice
Director Leigh Anne Sides
In 1965, Myrtle Simpson became the first woman to cross Greenland on foot but you probably won't find her name written down in history books. She's a trailblazer, mountaineer, skiing pioneer, adventurer, writer, mother and polar explorer. In 2017, over fifty years since her crossing of Greenland, she was awarded the Polar Medal - a gift from Queen Elizabeth as thanks for her services in the Arctic. Myrtle's life has taken her around the globe from Spitzbergen to Greenland, from the Northpole to Surinam, from the Alps to New Zealand she has ventured off the beaten track on journeys most people only dream about, all while writing 13 books, collecting plants for museums and raising four children. Today, at the age of 91, she still competes in downhill ski racing, swims hikes and bikes and believes more adventures await.