Pre-release virtual screening of WOOD HOOD
Followed by a Q&A with the producers
**Winner, Best Short Film—2022 Banff Mountain Film Festival**
Join a pre-release virtual screening of WOOD HOOD, a documentary short film about Camping to Connect, followed by a Q&A with the producers.
Wood Hood features DeVaughn, a 15-year-old kid from New York City who loves skateboarding and craves a "quiet place" to escape the chaos of his home, the city, and kids that steal from him.
The film follows DeVaughn on a weekend-long group camping trip with Camping to Connect, a BIPOC-led mentorship program that teaches leadership, brotherhood, and inclusion in the outdoors.
One leader states, "these kinds of conversations are rare for men that look like us," and as the film weaves between the city and the woods, a space that is unfamiliar and historically inaccessible to these kids, we witness the joy and growth that is possible when kids have an opportunity to find that "quiet place.”
Watch the trailer!
World Premiere: 2022 Mountainfilm Festival (Telluride, CO)
Winner, Best Short Film: 2 022 Banff Mountain Film Festival (Alberta, Canada)
Winner, Act Now! Award: 2 022 Crested Butte Film Festival (Crested Butte, CO)
Official Selection: 2 022 Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (BC, Canada)
Official Selection: 2 022 Kendal Mountain Festival (United Kingdom)
Official Selection: 2022 Washington West Film Festival (Tyson, VA)
Official Selection: 2022 New York Shorts Film Festival (New York, NY)
Director: Alex Cullen
Producers: Manny Almonte, Andy Isaacson
DP: Darren Joe
Additional camera: Alex Seel, Alex Cullen
Editor: Dan Roman
Color: Dungeon Beach
Featuring: JD Weatherspoon, Carlos Davila, David Lopez, Frank Mena, and many others
Camping to Connect is a Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) led experiential mentorship program that uses nature-based outdoor recreation to address the diverse issues faced by young men of BIPOC communities.
Learn more about Camping to Connect and donate directly here.