Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen, Josh Lowell, Zachary Barr, Sender Films | 2014 | 99 min.
2015 Official Selection
The greatest untold story of American counterculture is that of the Yosemite Valley rock climbers. Yosemite’s massive cliffs have drawn explorers and madmen to leave materialism behind and venture onto the high, lonesome granite. Narrated by Peter Sarsgaard, Valley Uprising is the riveting tale of this bold tradition: half a century’s struggle against the laws of gravity -and the laws of the land.