Up on the Mountain

Deep in the mountains of Montana and Idaho, a diverse group of Southeast Asian refugees, Latino immigrants and rural white Americans search for rare fungi. In this episode of the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival podcast, Colter Nuanez talks with Olivier Matthon and Michael Reis of the film Up on the Mountain about the people searching for this wild crop and the issues of access and inequity that threaten to end the harvest -- and take away their livelihoods.

What is Big Sky Documentary Film Festival?

Now in its 21st year, the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is the premier venue for non-fiction film in the American West. Every year, the festival brings over a hundred beautifully-crafted, thought-provoking documentary films to Missoula, Montana. This podcast, a collaboration between the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival and the Missoula Broadcasting Company, gives you the chance to hear directly from filmmakers, gaining insight into what drew them to their subjects and the behind-the-scenes stories of their films.