Following the sold-out screening, a Q&A panel was held for participants of the film. Dorsey Dick, Bird Red, Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk, Connor Ryan, Lorelei Cloud, and Ellen Bradley shared their insights on the film and discussed restoring balance with all inhabitants of the mountains by illuminating the Utes’ culture and traditional knowledge that will benefit all in the fight to preserve the land. Co-director Ryan is a proud Hunkpapa Lakota and passionate skier who seeks to decolonize, reconnect, and learn to better honor all his relations through adventure and activism.

Southern Ute tribal member Tim Ryder and his son Bird Red sing a song composed by Ryder to a full house after the screening of “Spirit of the Peaks” presented by REI Co-Op Studios and directed by Connor Ryan and Tim Kressin at the Sunflower Theatre in Cortez, Colo. on Friday, Oct. 14. The film features Red and Tribal Council member Lorelei Cloud; the pair share their cultural connection to the land and give insight to how they individually show reciprocity with the area.