Big Bear Today Magazine June 2020

Big Bear Today June 2020—Page 3
POTPOURRI
Stream feature films, documentaries, more for 30 days
1st BB Film Summit
with virtual viewing
Online will have to do for the debut
of the first Big Bear Film Summit, but what
was once limited to three days has blossomed
into 30 days of binge-watching.
“Attendees” will be able to stream 50-
plus films for an entire month beginning
June 12 and continuing till July 12. What
originally was going to include concerts,
workshops and educational programs is
now limited to film screenings, but what a
barrage it will be with movies in all genres.
The festival’s theme is “Celebrating
Over 100 Years of Filmmaking in Big
Bear,” and there are tons of U.S. Narrative
and Documentary feature films and
shorts, experimental, animation and more.
In all there’s 52 films to watch, 12 feature
length and 40 shorts. Gabriel Horn and
Michael P. Hanson are cofounders of the
first-year event.
Feature films range from terror
(“Barney Burman’s Wild Boar”) to a
women’s road trip (“The In-Between”)
starring Jennifer Stone from” Wizards of
Waverly Place” that ran five years on
Michael P. Hanson
City encourages wearing masks to stop COVID-19
Mask giveaway
likely in June
Big Bear has remained one of the safest
places anywhere during the COVID-
19 event, with just nine reported cases at
press time and zero deaths.
In fact there have only been two confirmed
cases in the past month and none is
the past 21 days and counting as Big Bear
Today went to press. Not particularly surprising
really; people come to the mountains
to get away from it all and so many
of their favored activities—boating, hiking,
biking—lend themselves well to social
distancing.
The City of Big Bear Lake is working
hard to keep the Valley safe, partnering
with Visit Big Bear and the Chamber of
Commerce to give away free masks in The
Village. Part of a test program that began
the last weekend in May when thousands
were passed out, it’s likely to continue
weekends in June as well, according to Big
Bear Lake City Manager Frank Rush.
Masks are available at two Village lo-
Gabriel Horn
Disney Channel. From documentaries following
a 5,000 mile trek across Baja to a
journey through the African bush in search
of the king of beasts, there is a wide variety
of streaming available.
Not to mention dozens of domestic
and international short films, with subjects
like quarantining in New York City to
Unicorns. Plus animated movies, student
competition, even music videos.
Highlights include the virtual world
premiere of Noah Warner’s “The Trap
Door at the Edge of the Universe” about a
private detective whose new case involving
a priceless stolen heirloom ends up revealing
a secret about himself. Along with
“The One and Only Jewish Miss America”
about Bess Myerson, talented beauty queen
from the Bronx who overcame anti-
Semitism to open closed doors. “Woke the
Monster” follows army veteran Shawn
Livingston’s struggle back from heroin
addiction that includes a 100-mile trail race
in the Appalachian Mountains.
All-access virtual festival passes are
$25, with individual screenings $10,
though viewers can pay what they can afford.
Visit www.bigbearfilmsummit.com
cations Saturdays and Sundays from 10
a.m.-5 p.m. Visitors can pick up free masks
at booths on Pine Knot and also Village
Drives and learn about the City’s safe practices.
“We’re using the mask giveaway as a
trial run,” Rush said. “If it goes well we’ll
absolutely do it other weekends. We’re also
evaluating an option to provide each business
with free masks, but that’s obviously
more expensive.”
Masks are not currently required but
the City highly recommends their use by
everyone when interacting with others, indoors
or out. Visitors are especially encouraged
to wear them—hence the mask giveaway—to
prevent spread of the virus from
their home communities to Big Bear.
The City wants businesses to require
masks worn by all who enter, a policy many
are already practicing. “Face coverings can
be uncomfortable, unnatural and some
question their effectiveness or need, but
they are one of the easiest protection measures
to implement, and far more preferable
to shutting down our community
again,” Rush said.
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