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Film event highlights efforts to expand ecotourism through fly fishing on the Wind River ReservationFor the last seven years, Shoshone and Arapaho Fish and Game Director Arthur Lawson has been working to create more economic development and ecotourism on the Wind River Reservation through a bit of an unexpected avenue: fly fishing. Those efforts are the subject of a series of short films that will play at the Center for the Arts in Jackson on June 4.
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Fifteen films from a variety of genres are on this year's schedule of events, including ones with a connection to Wyoming. Over the past five years, the festival has grown in size and scope, which attracts filmmakers from around the country and submissions from approximately 30 countries annually.
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A nationwide promotional sponsored by The Cinema Foundation, a non-profit, aims to increase attendance at theaters across the country. Around 3,000 theaters will show films on approximately 30,000 screens in what is traditionally a slow time at the box office. Tickets are priced at $3 each for one day only, matching the cheapest regular-admission ticket price in 40 years.