Discovering Our Wild – Unusual Path – An REI Co-op Publication

In 2020, Prabha Gopinath purchased a camper van with goals of taking an prolonged overland journey from Alaska to the southern tip of South America. However there was a distinct, long-overdue journey he wished to take first—along with his grownup son Sid.

Prabha grew up loving the outside, spending summers fishing and taking part in outdoors in South India. “For me, that was heaven,” he says. He adored every little thing about tenting, from the military surplus tents to cooking on a kerosene range. After immigrating to the U.S. in 1982 to review, Prabha continued to camp and hike, exploring nationwide parks and elements of the Appalachian Path.

He and his son Sid have talked for a number of years about tenting collectively in nationwide parks. The final time they did, Sid was in center college. “It looks like we’re each getting older, and this is perhaps one in every of our final probabilities to make a journey like this,” says Sid.

Within the new documentary quick movie Discovering Our Wild, co-directed by Sid and Aditya Joshi, Sid and his father embark on a weeklong tenting journey to discover Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Rocky Mountain Nationwide Parks. Alongside the best way, they discuss Prabha’s immigration expertise, how reminiscences are made (and forgotten) over the course of a lifetime, and what it means to look at one another get older. We get a glimpse into their residence films and photograph albums, studying about their household historical past and evolving relationships with the outside, in addition to the continued shift in their very own relationship.

Produced in partnership with REI Co-op Studios, Discovering Our Wild is as a lot a narrative about Sid and Prabha as it’s concerning the histories, tales and connections that all of us share. Watch the movie now—after which get outdoors and make new reminiscences with the folks you’re keen on.

CREDITS

Sid Gopinath – Producer, Director
Aditya Joshi – Producer, Director
Kristian Melom – Director of Pictures
Shayar Bhansali – Editor
Yasmin Williams – Composer
Marika Litz – Colorist
Cape Sound – Submit Sound
Gavin Carlton – Visible Results