{"id":2457504,"date":"2020-04-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=324668"},"modified":"2020-04-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T06:00:00","slug":"at-home-in-aspen-virtual-5point-unlocked-film-festival-opens-with-earth-day-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/at-home-in-aspen-virtual-5point-unlocked-film-festival-opens-with-earth-day-program\/","title":{"rendered":"At home in Aspen: Virtual \u20185Point Unlocked\u2019 film festival opens with Earth Day program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"43.672286617492\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/earthdayside-atd-042220-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/earthdayside-atd-042220-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/earthdayside-atd-042220-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/earthdayside-atd-042220-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/earthdayside-atd-042220-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/earthdayside-atd-042220-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Environmental activist and folksinger Katie Lee will be the subject of a film tribute during the &#8220;5Point Unlocked&#8221; virtual Earth Day celebration.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">5Point Adventure Film Festival is launching its three-part <a id=\"N0x2a0df80N0x2892320:N0x2a0df80N0x2a46468\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/5point-adventure-film-festival-goes-virtual\/\">virtual \u201c5Point Unlocked\u201d<\/a> program Wednesday evening with a celebration of Earth Day\u2019s 50th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Carbondale-based nonprofit, which rescheduled its signature in-person festival to October amid the COVID-19 pandemic, has mined its archives from the past 12 years of screenings to curate three nights of free film programs hosted virtually by familiar 5Point faces and with new video vignettes of adventurers\u2019 and filmmakers\u2019 \u201cLife in Lockdown\u201d during the coronavirus stay-home period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Earth Day program, hosted by Aspen-based big mountain skier Chris Davenport, will include a tribute to the late environmental activist and folksinger Katie Lee, a frequent 5Point special guest who made the pilgrimage to Carbondale into her 90s. She died in 2017, months after her final 5Point appearance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThere couldn\u2019t be any single person more worthy of an Earth Day tribute than Katie Lee,\u201d said Julie Kennedy, the 5Point founder who returned to program the virtual program. \u201cShe was a loyal and beautiful mentor for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/at-banner-paypal.jpg)\" class=\"col-xl-8 p-3 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/donate\/?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=donation&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=mid-article\">Donate<\/a><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Earth Day celebration will begin at 7 p.m. Viewers must register to view the live event at <a id=\"N0x2a0df80N0x2892440:N0x2a0df80N0x2a46738\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/5point-adventure-film-festival-goes-virtual\/\">5pointfilm.org\/events<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201c5Point Unlocked\u201d continues Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 3 p.m. in programs emceed by Wade Newsom and Reuben Sadowsky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe\u2019ll take people on that 5Point roller coaster ride,\u201d Kennedy said of the virtual festival. \u201cWe are going to work your emotions, we\u2019re going to give you sweaty palms climbing with Alex Honnold, and we\u2019ll have you laughing hysterically and we\u2019ll share soulful, beautiful films that will make you think and have gratitude for your life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"11.371985157699\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-7 pt-3 pb-4 at-4 pl-4\" readability=\"17.798507462687\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers around Aspen and Snowmass Village make the Aspen Times\u2019 work possible. 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