The Water Keepers will premiere at 1 p.m. on February 22 at the Wilma Theatre.
Tickets can be purchased at this link — https://bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/about/
Additional screenings on the Flathead Indian Reservation are planned in the weeks following the festival. An SKC showing in Pablo at the Arlee/Charlo Theater is planned for March 6 followed by a showing at a Ninepipes Lodge March 18th. Plans are underway for a viewing in Polson March 26, however that will not be a free showing.
The film is directed by Daniel Glick, whose previous work includes In the Spirit of Atatice: The Untold Story of the National Bison Range. Producers include tribal members Robert McDonald and Casey Ryan.
Featured voices in the film include former CSKT Chairman Tom McDonald, Shane Morigeau, Vernon Finley, Bill Foust, George McLeod, Steve Ashley, Seth Makepeace, John Carter, and numerous technicians and scientists who helped build and sustain the water-measurement program over four decades.
