{"id":2457603,"date":"2020-04-23T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=324781"},"modified":"2020-04-23T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T22:00:00","slug":"at-home-in-aspen-5point-unlocked-brings-free-film-festival-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/at-home-in-aspen-5point-unlocked-brings-free-film-festival-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"At home in Aspen: \u20185Point Unlocked\u2019 brings free film festival to you"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/b5point-atd-042420-1-1024x444.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/b5point-atd-042420-1-1024x444.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/b5point-atd-042420-1-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/b5point-atd-042420-1-768x333.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/b5point-atd-042420-1.jpg 1107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>&#8220;Tailwhip&#8221;<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">Arriving home from a climbing trip to Patagonia last month, 5Point Film founder Julie Kennedy got word that her fellow mountaineers on the trip \u2014 a group from Slovenia \u2014 fell ill when they returned home and tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">She soon did, too, recovering at home here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt kicked my ass,\u201d she recalled. \u201cIt is a voodoo not to be reckoned with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">But as she was on the mend from the virus that has caused a global public health and economic crisis, the indefatigable Kennedy also had work to do. The in-person edition of the popular and beloved Carbondale-based adventure festival she founded was canceled, along with most public gatherings, so she dove into the 5Point archives to help <a id=\"N0x265d050N0x24ca1b0:N0x265d050N0x24b6018\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/5point-adventure-film-festival-goes-virtual\/\">stage a virtual version<\/a> for the far-flung 5Point tribe to experience at home.<\/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 5Point team, led by executive director Regna Jones, had been working since October to book new films and the signature surprise in-person guests for the 2020 festival, which would have been running this week. They\u2019ve rescheduled it for October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cTo have the rug pulled out from underneath them so close to the festival was soul-crushing,\u201d Kennedy said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">From her quarantine, she called the team and offered to help make a virtual version happen, encouraging them with advice from her mentor, Yvon Chouinard: \u201cHe who rides out the storm with a vengeance will come out on the other side the winner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">They decided to put together a three-night experience celebrating a life of adventure, hosted by familiar 5Point figures, filled with favorite films selected by Kennedy from the first 12 offerings of the festival, for an online audience in the Roaring Fork Valley and around the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cYou can come to the festival in your pajamas,\u201d Kennedy said. \u201cGet a bottle of red wine and a pizza and instead of watching all the negative, scary things out there we\u2019ve all been inundated with, take a break and be in that 5Point stoke moment. We hope it\u2019s a reminder that yes, this is what our lives are all about and it\u2019s not going to be long until we can go back at it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The presentations opened Wednesday night with <a id=\"N0x265d050N0x24ca210:N0x265d050N0x24b6408\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/entertainment\/at-home-in-aspen-virtual-5point-unlocked-film-festival-opens-with-earth-day-program\/\">an Earth Day-themed program<\/a> hosted by big mountain skier Chris Davenport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">It continues Friday night, with 5Point staple and spoken word poet Wade Newsom as emcee of a program that includes 5Point classic shorts like Alex Honnold free-soloing in \u201cEl Sondero Luminoso,\u201d Ben Page\u2019s \u201cThe Frozen Road\u201d and the inspiring \u201cDuct Tape Surfing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Newsom, who now lives in Southern California, signed on as soon as Jones reached out to him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe wanted to connect the 5Point tribe and do something for the community,\u201d Newsom said. \u201cIt\u2019s so much bigger than just a film festival. Being able to feel some kind of connection to the life that\u2019s on pause right now, that\u2019s really important right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Newsom will be virtually hosting from his living room, performing himself, introducing films and virtual special guests, including film subjects like the legendary San Diego rollerblader known as \u201cSlomo,\u201d who was the subject of a 2013 5Point selection and skated into the Carbondale Rec Center for a guest talk that year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The presentations will also include \u201cLife in Lockdown\u201d vignettes with adventurers and filmmakers reporting on how they\u2019ve been coping during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Also among the film selections is \u201cLast Weekend\u201d by local filmmakers Sarah Uhl and Carl Zoch, about how they\u2019re keeping their adventurous spirits up while tethered to home during the stay-home mandate, biking and skiing around Mount Sopris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Sunday afternoon\u2019s hourlong program, hosted by Rueben Sadowsky, includes family-friendly fare and will include guests like BMX biker Erik Aguilar, who at age 13 was the subject of the 5Point selection \u201cTailwhip.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The programs are being offered to the 5Point community free of charge. Registrants are suggested to donate $10 to support 5Point and the 5Point Film Fund. The 5Point team is hopeful the program will offer some light at the end of the tunnel during this time of crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019ll provide some perspective that can get lost,\u201d Newsom said. \u201cIt\u2019s about hope and perseverance, but it\u2019s also a reminder that we are a strong tribe and we will get through it. When we get together again, and we can hug each other again, I think we\u2019ll be stronger and we\u2019ll take things for granted less.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:atravers@aspentimes.com\">atravers@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/entertainment\/at-home-in-aspen-5point-unlocked-brings-free-film-festival-to-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Tailwhip&#8221;Courtesy photo Arriving home from a climbing trip to Patagonia last month, 5Point Film founder Julie Kennedy got word that her fellow mountaineers on the trip \u2014 a group from Slovenia \u2014 fell ill when they returned home and tested positive for COVID-19. She soon did, too, recovering at home here. \u201cIt kicked my ass,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2457603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 00:14:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2457603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2457603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2457603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2457603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}