Senior producer Sandra Westdahl, public health postdoctoral researcher Denise Moreno Ramírez, and creative designer Elena Lopez discussed how filmmakers and scientists can work collaboratively with communities to bring science and its impacts to broader audiences.
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Featured EventLandmark Stories' Film: Land in the Balance: Stories of the American Rangelands
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Premiere
Sep 12, 2026
Landmark Stories' Film: Land in the Balance: Stories of the American Rangelands
CALES award-winning Documentary Team, Landmark Stories, a small film unit within CCT, will debut its latest feature-length documentary. Land in the Balance: Stories of the American Rangelands.
Through stories & interviews, this film offers visual & compelling examples of theimportance of America's Rangelands, with the goal of elevating the challenges and solutions in preserving our working lands and changing perceptions among new audiences, including the urban public, policymakers, and youth. Incelebration of the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists 2026, thefilm will debut at Mother Road Brewing Company, Saturday, Sept 12, from 5:00-8:30pm, sponsored by the Diablo Trust Land Conservation Organization. Please join us for the debut of this educational and endearing film by RSVP'ing through Diablo Trust’s event page. We will announce future showings in Tucson and Phoenix soon.
Press
Some people may be surprised to learn the University is home to an award-winning documentary team. And while Landmark Stories is a small team – two producers and a sound specialist – it tells big stories.
Senior producer Sandra Westdahl discusses the awards and what drives the Landmark Stories team.