LFS Presents Big Medicine and Grand Salmon Screenings
Livingston
November 13, 2025
06:00 PM
Doors: 6:30pm
Screening Big Medicine York: 7:00pm
Screening: Grand Salmon: 8:00pm
Big Medicine Medicine York Outdoors:
Explores the untold story of York, the only African American member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Enslaved by Captain William Clark, York did not choose to be part of this journey, yet his significant contributions as a hunter, guide, caretaker, and intermediary in interactions with Tribal Nations are chronicled in the journals of Expedition members as well as in accounts from the tribes they met along the way. The Arikara tribe referred to him as Big Medicine for his strength and the color of his skin.
Produced in partnership with the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail and NEW Multimedia, and distributed by the Lewis & Clark Trail Alliance, this powerful documentary follows a group of Black outdoor leaders on a four-day expedition through Montana’s Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. Their journey retraces the path of the original Corps of Discovery while honoring York’s legacy and highlighting the healing, empowerment, and joy that the natural world can offer.
This film follows eight educators and environmental stewards as they retrace York’s steps on a four-day river trip along the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. On their journey to revive York’s story, they explore themes of recreation access for people of color, and the joy and healing that the outdoors can provide.
The film is a collaborative effort between Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail and NEW Multimedia, as part of Big Medicine: The York Project, an initiative to bring York’s story to the foreground.
Mr. Norm Miller (film outfitter and guide) will conduct a post film Q&A.
Grand Salmon:
As wild salmon populations in Idaho approach extinction, three women embark on a 1,000 mile expedition to take on four dams at the heart of the salmon’s catastrophic decline. Following three women on a 78-day paddling expedition, The Grand Salmon explores the effects of four dams on the Lower Snake River and their impact throughout the watershed on rapidly dwindling wild salmon populations.
For over 1,000 miles, these women navigate the same waterways wild salmon have for generations, connecting the source of the Salmon River to the Pacific Ocean. From high water to extreme temperatures, this team not only faces the same natural challenges the fish do each year but brings viewers along to experience what the construction of these dams has done to our ecosystems and wildlife.
Jess Wiegandt Gomez - Director, Cinematographer, Editor is an award-winning filmmaker who works on projects involving ecological conservation, endangered species awareness, and environmental justice.
Brooke Hess - Producer, Cinematographer, Expedition Member: is originally from Montana and is a former USA Freestyle Kayak Team member. She is a co-founder of Ripple Skip Collective, a core expedition team member for The Grand Salmon, a first-time film producer, and was part of the principal cinematography team..
HaileyThompson - Producer, Cinematographer, Graphic Designer: Hailey grew up on rivers and paddled for the US National Whitewater Slalom team before rivers led her to the ocean. She graduated from the US Coast Guard Academy with her degree in Fisheries Biology and Physical Oceanography and has spent the last decade working as a ship driver and fisheries expert in Alaska and beyond.
Libby Tobey - Producer, Cinematographer, Expedition Member. Libby began working on the Middle Fork of the Salmon in 2019 after nearly a decade as a river guide and whitewater kayaker domestically and abroad. She has a Master’s in International Conservation and Development with a focus on international climate policy and the loss and damage that results from climate change.
