INTO THE NEW
AND UNKNOWN
After completing two master’s degrees at the Longy School of Music, professional musician, composer, and MHW Athlete Liz Derstine heads into the wilderness to chase a very different big goal: attempting a self-supported Fastest Known Time on the Pacific Crest Trail.
As she navigates isolation, harsh new climates, and demanding terrain, she searches to understand her unrelenting drive to squeeze the most out of life and herself.
As she navigates isolation, harsh new climates, and demanding terrain, she searches to understand her unrelenting drive to squeeze the most out of life and herself.
INTO THE NEW
AND UNKNOWN
After completing two master’s degrees at the Longy School of Music, professional musician, composer, and MHW Athlete Liz Derstine heads into the wilderness to chase a very different big goal: attempting a self-supported Fastest Known Time on the Pacific Crest Trail.
As she navigates isolation, harsh new climates, and demanding terrain, she searches to understand her unrelenting drive to squeeze the most out of life and herself.
As she navigates isolation, harsh new climates, and demanding terrain, she searches to understand her unrelenting drive to squeeze the most out of life and herself.
FILM CREDITS
FEATURING
Liz Derstine
DIRECTOR & EDITOR
Anna Brannon
PRODUCER
Coann Kurfman
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Jon Michael Ryan
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Emily Cameron
SOUND DESIGN
Dane Dickman
COLOR
Clark Griffith
GRAPHICS
Max Churchill
MUSIC
Liz Derstine + Musicbed
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Retriever, Solstice
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Capturing this attempt was a unique challenge because it was self-supported, which meant there was no film crew on the trail. Everything during the hike was self-filmed.
Anna Brannon shaped the heart of the story through the time we spent together before and after the attempt, from the moment I left the southern terminus in Mexico to her own 60-mile roundtrip hike to meet me at the northern terminus in Canada. She and Emily Cameron also spent time with me in Boston, documenting my daily life, my music practice and writing, and life during and after grad school. Anna beautifully captured the intertwining of music and endurance surrounding the attempt, beyond just the miles.
Anna Brannon shaped the heart of the story through the time we spent together before and after the attempt, from the moment I left the southern terminus in Mexico to her own 60-mile roundtrip hike to meet me at the northern terminus in Canada. She and Emily Cameron also spent time with me in Boston, documenting my daily life, my music practice and writing, and life during and after grad school. Anna beautifully captured the intertwining of music and endurance surrounding the attempt, beyond just the miles.
LIZ DERSTINE, MHW ATHLETE
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