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NatureTrack & Golden Cage Films Doc "The Accessible Outdoors"NatureTrack’s Documentary “The Accessible Outdoors” Chosen for SLO Film Festival Program April 26 – May 1, 2022
“We’re thrilled beyond belief to have our film screen so close to the home base of NatureTrack in Los Olivos,” enthused the Golden Cage filmmaking team Mitchka Saberi and Francisco Lopez along with Sue Eisaguirre who founded NatureTrack. Sue was the protagonist to getting the film rolling. The Accessible Outdoors (TAO) got the nod it was accepted as part of the 28th SLO Film Festival and will screen In-Person on Thursday, April 27 at the Downtown Center Cinemas at noon. Playing with TAO in person are The Journey and Someone Will Assist You Shortly to make up a tidy 40-minute sitting. From May 1 – 8 it will be part of the virtual SLOFF with all 121 films. The Accessible Outdoors is one of eleven titles in the Central Coast Filmmakers Showcase available anytime you want to watch. “Catch this heart-warming and eye-opening film about the progress being made when it comes to making nature accessible to all,” noted Eisaguirre. Filmmaker Saberi, along with Eisaguirre and production team member Quinnolyn Benson-Yates, are confirmed to attend the April 27 screening, so far. The 15-minute short documentary received a Silver Award at the Hollywood Independent Filmmaker Awards & Festival. It received Best Documentary Film from the Oregon Short Film Festival and an Honorable Mention from British Columbia Environmental Film Festival.
In the release from SLOFF it noted, the 2022 film lineup will feature 121 presentations, including 32 feature films (ten narrative, 22 documentary), 77 short films and 12 music videos. San Luis Obispo Film Festival Director Skye McLennan said, “Returning to the theater is something all of us at the film festival have looked forward to, now, we can hardly believe that moment is almost here. Programming the best films available to us and making sure we brought back the signature events like Surf Nite our SLO Film Fest built its reputation on. We cannot wait to welcome everyone back and start screening our movies!”
This 28th edition of SLO FF is the first local film festival to screen it since its’ debut at NTFF in 2021. Tickets for the screening of The Accessible Outdoors + two more, are $15 general or $12 student/film society and available online here: https://slofilmfest.org/events/the-journey-someone-will-assist-you-shortly-the-accessible-outdoors/
Check out the full schedule of films for the 28th San Luis Obispo Film Festival here: https://slofilmfest.org
ABOUT NatureTrack is a 501(c)3 non-profit which provides outdoor docent-led field trips during the usual school day for Santa Barbara County children at no cost to the schools or students, utilizing local trails and beaches throughout north and south county. NatureTrack’s mission is two-fold: to encourage students to embrace our natural world with respect and wonder, inspiring them to be stewards of our natural resources, and prepare school-aged students with the attitudes, leadership skills, and habits for lifelong learning. Founded in 2011, more than 25,000 students have had a chance to experience a NatureTrack docent-led outdoor field trip. Recently NatureTrack expanded its’ mission of connecting kids to nature and is now connecting people who use wheelchairs of all ages to get out into nature using Freedom Trax. This device quickly changes a manual wheelchair into a battery powered, all-terrain vehicle which can easily traverse sand and trails. Now NatureTrack docents, students, and teachers who use a wheelchair can join classes on nature trips using Trax. https://naturetrack.org. NatureTrack is expanding its’ reach up to San Luis Obispo and down to Ventura County with the Trax program. Thanks go to the grantors including: UCSB’s Coastal Fund, California State Coastal Conservancy, Parks California ‘Route to Parks’ grant and the Coastal Resource Enhancement Fund.
https://NatureTrack.org www.McFaddenPR.com In the photo: At the Arroyo Hondo Reserve in Santa Barbara County, filming "The Accessible Outdoors" are L to R: Francisco Lopez, Steve Schultz in wheelchair center and Mitchka Saberi while Aidan Mastrogiorgio is on sound with the boom mic. Lopez & Saberi are the principals of Golden Cage Films. NatureTrack Foundation served as co-producer with them. Dennis Beebe is the man in far background, a docent with NatureTrack, helping the other wheelchair user with the new Freedom Trax device. Photo Credit: Mo McFadden
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Long-term PR campaigns here in Santa Barbara have included serving as Communications Director for The Lobero Theatre Foundation (‘92-‘01), providing a multitude of services – press on all shows, corporate and educational aspects, community outreach, cross-promotional tie-ins, in addition to the Capital Campaign, photography and as performer liaison; at Santa Barbara Int’l Film Festival (‘99 –‘06) she handled all local media and independent filmmakers, inaugurated and executive produced the festival’s daily TV show with SB Channels (‘03-‘06) , in addition to directing a staff of more than 50 volunteers.
McFadden’s contacts in the media extend across the world. Working at the Cannes International Film Festival as Mediatek’s Director of Operations, (‘99-‘01) she oversaw the intern staff and was responsible for placing stories on the high tech entertainment firms exhibiting at the MITIC* Pavilion. Partnered with Mediatek president Rex Weiner, as the foreign press team, they were very successful in placing breaking stories in all forms of media.
Maureen is also a published photographer to On Location magazine, Santa Barbara News Press, Santa Barbara Magazine, Santa Barbara Independent, MITIC & numerous polo websites from when she handled PR for the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club (03-06). She hosted her own one-hour interview show on the Thousand Oaks NPR station KCLU-FM called Backstage Pass from January ‘98 through July ‘99. She also produced the weekly radio show The Third Age, with host Dr. Peter Brill for two years. Maureen has served on the boards of The Rhythmic Arts Project (TRAP), BOXTALES Theatre Company, The Board of Governors for Theatre LA, Board of the Irish American Historical Society (SB), Greater Santa Barbara Lodging Assn., and the Santa Barbara Conference & Visitors Bureau and Film Commission. She received an Independent Theatre Award in 1995 for her groundbreaking work in establishing the local Performing Arts League and publicizing it. KTMS News Director Jim Sirianni of Rincon Broadcasting named her PR Person of the Year in ’06, while LifeBitesNews.com online magazine editor/publisher Bonnie Carroll named her PR Professional of the year in 2007.
As a staff writer (‘83-‘86) for The Hollywood Reporter in L.A., she inaugurated the column People on the Move. Mo also worked for the largest entertainment P.R. firm in the world, Rogers & Cowan, as well as the smaller boutique publicity firm Hanson & Schwam. Some of her clients at the latter included Julie Andrews, Blake Edwards, Harold Robbins, Jimmy Komack and Jerry Goldsmith. At R&C, she represented the TV shows Gimme a Break, Mr. Belvedere, and Hour Magazine along with countless pilots that were never picked up.
As a guest speaker on the subject of PR & Marketing, McFadden has an excellent public speaking record. She volunteered her time to the W.E.V. classes (Women’s Economic Ventures) for more than 15 years, has spoken at UCSB’s Communications Assn., local High School Career Days as well as Women In Communications, local AIAA membership and Santa Barbara’s Salon.
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A Santa Barbara resident since 1989, Mo honors her son Eli as well as her late father, Edward McFadden, who was a First Lieutenant in the Army during World War II and a public relations officer, by naming the firm McFadden & McFadden.
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