Pushed up the Mountain

Nature lovers will need no introduction to the subject of American film-maker Julia Haslett’s new documentary, Pushed up the Mountain.

Award-winning Haslett is coming to Scotland to tour the documentary, a poetic and personal film about plants and the people who care for them with a specific focus on the much-loved and equally hated rhododendron.

Shot on location in Scotland and China, the film tells the story of the ancient and controversial rhododendron, now endangered in its native China. The film begins in a rhododendron garden in Argyll, owned by the film-maker’s godfather, and features nature conservationists from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and the Scottish Forestry Commission, among others.

Pushed up the Mountain is being screened at the Highland Cinema in Fort William on Sunday (May 22). All screenings will be followed by an in-person Q&A with the director.

For more information visit highlandcinema.co.uk.