My Father, Who Art in Nature (2012)

After a brief and bittersweet marriage to my mother, my father, John Olmsted simply could not contain his dream of following John Muir into the woods and against the bulldozers of this world. When I was two years old he saved his first state park, Jug Handle SNR in Mendocino, CA. He would go on to save eleven parcels along his "necklace of parks" in Northern California, from Mendocino to Nevada City. In 2010 he was given six months to live, and I became his caregiver. This film is a story about conservation, family, choices, and reconciliation. Search for the full movie on Vimeo. My father may have been absent, but he was amazing nonetheless. I hope you enjoy this film. Alden Olmsted