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The Independent DocuFilm Series, co-hosted by Junktown Cinema Club and UUCGV, is intended to serve as a platform to shed light on topics related to humanitarianism, environmentalism, and social justice, with the idea that by meeting with the film creator/s after the showing, we equip the community with the information and tools to take steps of action inspired by the film.

Past Film Screenings


Join us on Friday, November 17th for a screening of documentary filmmaker Mike Youngren's newest film entitled WCGW? (What Could Go Wrong?).

This documentary details past and present plans to build an expensive rail line to support a massive increase in crude oil produced in the Uintah Basin. If the railroad plans are ever realized, the waxy crude would be sent toward southern state refineries by way of Colorado.


Friday, November 17, 2023
6:00 p.m. - Film Screening
6:30 p.m. - Q&A with creator Mike Youngren

Listen to Audrey Singer's interview podcast with film creator Mike Youngren below:

Show Notes -
Mike Youngren's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@michaelyoungren6171
Colorado Newsline story on Uintah Basin Railway Proposal- https://coloradonewsline.com/.../down-the-line-tracing.../

Attributions -
This podcasts uses these sounds from freesound:

Articles on the Uinta Basin Railway

​Boomtowns: Once connected by railroads, Colorado River Valley towns now feel threatened by them
Local officials spar over Uinta Basin oil trains in the heart of Rep. Lauren Boebert’s district
BY: CHASE WOODRUFF - TUESDAY JUNE 27, 2023 4:00 AM

Feds oppose rehearing of court ruling that blocked Utah oil train project they approved
DC Circuit panel found ‘numerous’ and ‘significant’ NEPA violations in approval of Uinta Basin Railway, which could increase hazardous shipments in Colorado
BY: CHASE WOODRUFF - NOVEMBER 13, 2023 4:00 AM

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About Mike Youngren

​Mike Yougren spent 45 years in television news and production.  He started as a reporter ('66), eventually became a documentary producer, a news program producer and in '79 a news director (in charge of the product) in Oklahoma City, then Salt Lake City and Denver.

Mike has been directly involved (producer/writer/sometimes cinematographer/editor) in roughly 40 television documentaries.  Many of those programs won local awards.  Some won regional awards (Emmys, SPJ).   
One (Clouds of Doubt) https://youtu.be/kaDf8gVETXQ won a Edward R. Murrow (Radio/TV News Directors) and a Columbia/Dupont Silver Baton and other national trophies.  The first major documentary ('69) was built around a prison interview with two Utah killers - the timing matched a SCOTUS decision to halt capital punishment - the program was broadcast on the NBC network.

As a reporter, Mike covered everything from the 1968 Democratic National Convention to ten years of Ted Bundy and beyond.  Some of his first work involved four documentaries that anticipated the creation of Canyonlands National Park and elevating Arches and Capitol Reef to NP status.

Since Mike retired in 2008, he has produced documentary programs by himself - sometimes with the assistance of friends with whom he used to work (audio, camera, lighting, music, narration, etc).

Junktown Cinema Club

Junktown Cinema Club is a Grand Valley-based arts organization that is dedicated to using the medium of cinema to build a more compassionate, resilient, and imaginative local community. We program film screenings to facilitate eye-opening encounters between local and global perspectives, and we organize filmmaking workshops to empower local residents to tell their own stories.
Junktown Cinema Club strives to be a welcoming space for people of all identities & backgrounds. We expect that everyone who participates in our community – from staff to audience members – helps in cultivating an environment of inclusivity, safety, and respect. [read full Values Statement here]
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