The Volunteers:
Mountain Rescue Brings Us Home
A new feature-length documentary essay, out now!
A historian explores the surprising connections between two mountain rescue organizations on opposite sides of the world.
Two mountain rescue organizations—one near Seattle, Washington, the other in Tyrol, Austria—are linked by a surprising connection. Take a journey with historian Mark S. Weiner from America to Austria and back again as he considers the origins and meaning of their work. Both groups have grown from a strong sense of place ... because before you can save a stranger, you first must love your home.
“The Volunteers: Mountain Rescue Brings Us Home” is distributed in a 56-minute cut by the National Educational Telecommunications Association. An 86-minute cut and a full 106-minute director’s cut are also available.
Department of Political Science
Department of Classical and Modern Languages
