(2024, 37 minutes)

Wildflowers is a documentary blending adventure and history to explore the rich legacy of early 20th-century Rockies explorer Mary Schäffer Warren. Director Trixie Pacis and writer/historian Meghan J. Ward lead an all-female creative team on an extraordinary journey, retracing Schäffer Warren's famous 1908 expedition to Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta. Mary Schäffer Warren was 43 and recently widowed when she defied Victorian-era conventions to reinvent herself as an adventurer and photographer. Combining archival research with modern backcountry adventures by horse, hike, and canoe, the film investigates Mary’s complex story and explores timely themes of healing in nature, land stewardship, and reconciliation. By comparing the past to the present, the team uncovers visual evidence of climate change and the forced removal of Indigenous Peoples, ultimately demonstrating that sometimes we must look back to blaze a better trail forward.

Director: Trixie Pacis
Producers: Anna Beatrix Pacis & Meghan J. Ward

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