A young filmmaker sets out on a 10,000-mile exploration of the national parks with his childhood best friend during the centennial year of the formation of the National Park Service, recording stories of its workers and visitors.
In the centennial year (2016) of the U. S. National Park Service a young filmmaker and friend set off on a 10,000 mile journey throughout the National Parks that lasted over seven years. A deeply human portrait of the parks as a places of reflection, resilience and connection is created. Out There reimagines what it means to find belonging in the natural world and the power of public lands to bring us back to ourselves.