Hand Cut: not your usual ski pron.

[MrZach]

I had the opportunity to see "Hand Cut" last night - the first production from the brand-new Colorado company Sweetgrass Productions (http://www.sweetgrass-productions.com/). A lot of effort was put into illustrating the impact of the mining and railroad industries' impact on the ski history of the west, which I liked a lot. The film seemed a lot more "artistic" than your typical ski pron, with obvious attention payed to the quality of shots and not necessarily the quantity of them.

I'd highly recommend checking this one out if they come to a venue near you (just keep an eye out for the completely custom, colorfully "taped" Dodge Colt trolling around your 'hood ;)).

Kudos to Sweetgrass.

Tour Schedule:

Colorado

Sept. 17th Fort Collins, CO Lyric Cinema

Sept. 18th Denver, CO The Oriental Theater 7pm

Sept. 20th Boulder, CO University of Colorado Boulder Room 140

Sept. 21st Colorado Springs, CO Armstrong Hall Colorado College 5pm Campus BBQ and music to follow.

Sept. 24th Breckenridge, CO Breckenridge Theatre $1 pints

Sept. 25th Leadville, CO Provin Grounds Coffee Shop 7pm

Oct. 1st Glenwood Springs, CO Glenwood Springs Community Center 7:30pm

Oct. 3rd Vail, CO Vail Mountain School Arts Center 7pm. Benefits go to the VMS tele team.

Oct. 7th Silverton, CO Mobius Cycles Cafe $1 Pints

Oct. 8th Durango, CO Abbey Theatre

Oct. 10th Salida, CO YOLO Clothing store (100 F Street) 7pm with live music

Oct. 15th Golden, COBent Gate Mountaineering 7pm

Nov. 29th Silverton, CO Steam & Steel Cafe 7pm

California

Nov. 15th Mount Shasta, CA TBA

Nov. 17th Squaw Valley, CA TBA

Nov. 19th San Francisco, CA TBA

Nov. 21st Santa Cruz, CA TBA

Nov. 27th Ventura, CA TBA
Canada

TBA Calgary, AB

Oct. 14th Canmore, AB The Drake Inn with Teton Gravity Research 7:30pm

Oct. 17th Banff, AB Elk and Oarsman Pub and Grill with TGR

Oct. 18th Nelson, BC

Oct. 21st Fernie, BC The Arts Station

Oct. 23rd Revelstoke, BC Visual Arts Centre

Oct. 23rd Squamish, BC The Eagle Eye Theater

Oct. 29th Vancouver, BC Vancity Theare at the Vancouver International Film Centre 7pm Tickets: $10/$7 for students

Feb. 20th 2009 Nelson, BC Coldsmoke Powder Festival Capitol Theater 7pm
Idaho

Nov. 7th Winter Wildlands film festival
New Mexico

Oct. 9-12th Taos Mountain Film Festival
Oregon

Nov. 5th Portland, OR Mcmenamins Kennedy School 6pm Tickets:$10

Nov. 6th Hood River, OR Skylight Theatre

Nov. 12th Bend, OR Mcmenamins St Francis School 8:00pm

Nov. 13th Ashland, OR TBA
Utah

Oct. 16th Salt Lake City, UT Brewvies 7pm and 9pm 21+
Washington

Oct. 30th Bellingham, WA Mt. Baker Theatre 7pm

Nov. 8th Seattle, WA Evo Ski Shop 7pm
Wyoming

Oct. 18th Jackson, WY The Playhouse 7:30pm
East Coast Swing

Oct. 18th Burlington, VT TBA

Dec. 9th Portsmouth, New Hampshire TBA

Dec. 11th Boston, MA TBA

Dec. 13th NY, NY The Knitting Factory

[PappaG]

Sept. 18 date at the Oriental has been changed to Oct. 2.

[shredgnar]

Sept. 18 date at the Oriental has been changed to Oct. 2.

Sweet, I was just really bummed, thought I missed it last night. I'll try to make it oct 2nd

[Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo]

I saw it last Friday and it was good. The soundtrack kinda got repetitive but the movie was pretty cool. Before the show here in Aspen they showed an old Dick Barrymore movie from the 70's about Highlands that was pretty funny.

[jon turner]

Watched it again last night. Liked it even more than the first time. Looking forward to the Leadville show.

[MakersTeleMark]

The vail date has changed to the 26th I believe.

[SchralphMacchio]

sounds cool, I'll try to rally some San Fran interest.

[Keegan]

I've been looking forward to this one quite a bit. It's a shame we have to wait so long in Van though... :(

[schwerty]

The musician on the soundtrack is John Alex Mason. He's outta the Colo Springs/Denver area. Go see him if he's in your town! You won't be dissappointed.