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Wood Hood Premier with Outdoor UW & NOLS

Outdoor UW & Hoofers
Thursday, February 23
1 - 2 pm
Memorial Union | Mendota Lodge
Cost: Free
Join Outdoor UW for a sneak peek screening of Wood Hood and a conversation with the Executive Director of Camping to Connect.

Join Outdoor UW for a sneak peek screening of Wood Hood and a conversation with the Executive Director of Camping to Connect

Through our relationship with NOLS Outdoor UW has access to show this film during Black History Month. Please join us in the Mendota Lodge to watch this movie! All are welcome!

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Overview of the film:

DeVaughn is a 15-year-old kid from New York City who loves skateboarding and craves a "quiet place" to escape the chaos of his home, the city, and kids that steal from him. The film follows DeVaughn on a weekend-long group camping trip with Camping to Connect, a BIPOC-led mentorship program that teaches leadership, brotherhood, and inclusion in the outdoors. One leader states, "these kinds of conversations are rare for men that look like us," and as the film weaves between the city and the woods, a place that is unfamiliar and historically inaccessible to these kids, we witness the joy and growth that is possible when kids have an opportunity to find that "quiet place."

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbgQnGU_KTk

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Production Team

Director - Alex Cullen

Producers - Manny Almonte & Andy Isaacson

Event Categories

OUTDOOR EXPLORER SERIES

Join Outdoor UW for a sneak peek screening of Wood Hood and a conversation with the Executive Director of Camping to Connect

Through our relationship with NOLS Outdoor UW has access to show this film during Black History Month. Please join us in the Mendota Lodge to watch this movie! All are welcome!

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Overview of the film:

DeVaughn is a 15-year-old kid from New York City who loves skateboarding and craves a "quiet place" to escape the chaos of his home, the city, and kids that steal from him. The film follows DeVaughn on a weekend-long group camping trip with Camping to Connect, a BIPOC-led mentorship program that teaches leadership, brotherhood, and inclusion in the outdoors. One leader states, "these kinds of conversations are rare for men that look like us," and as the film weaves between the city and the woods, a place that is unfamiliar and historically inaccessible to these kids, we witness the joy and growth that is possible when kids have an opportunity to find that "quiet place."

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbgQnGU_KTk

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Production Team

Director - Alex Cullen

Producers - Manny Almonte & Andy Isaacson

Event Categories

OUTDOOR EXPLORER SERIES

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(608) 262-1630

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