"Where the Forest Roars" Film Screening In-Person
Join us for a screening of the new documentary, Where the Forest Roars, from filmmaker Kim Frank. Kim Frank and the film's executive producer Anthony Geffen will join us for a post-film Q&A.
In the foothills of the eastern Himalaya, endangered wild Asian elephants and humans are locked in a deadly conflict. In India over 500 people and 100 elephants die each year. Writer Kim Frank travels to North Bengal, a critical corridor bordering Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh to uncover the roots of this escalating crisis. As forests vanish and ancient migration routes are severed, Where the Forest Roars bears witness to those fighting to restore balance between survival and peaceful coexistence.
51 minutes. Registration recommended. In person only. Watch the film's trailer here.
Copies of Kim's book, Elephants in the Hourglass: A Journey of Reckoning and Hope Along the Himalaya, will also be available for sale at the program.
- Date:
- Monday, December 22, 2025
- Time:
- 5:00pm - 6:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Mountain Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall
- Campus:
- The Community Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Films & Performances
Kim Frank is an award-winning writer and multi-media storyteller whose work has been published in The Explorers Journal, Sidetracked, Oceanographic, Earth Island Journal, American Literary Review, SVPN Magazine, where she served as editor, and more. Projects include the books Elephants in the Hourglass: A Journey of Reckoning and Hope Along the Himalaya (Pegasus NY, 2025), Born to Ice with National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen, and Amaze with SeaLegacy founder, Cristina Mittermeier (TeNeues 2018). Kim is the Writer, Director and Producer of the documentary Where the Forest Roars.
A Fellow of The Explorers Club and the Royal Geographical Society, Kim has a Master of Fine Arts from the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College and an MSW from the University of Pennsylvania. Kim has given multiple talks, podcasts, and featured radio shows about her multi-year project From Conflict to Coexistence: Asian Elephants in Crisis Along the Himalaya in Northeast India. She has led two Explorer Club Flag Expeditions, an awardee of the Rolex Expedition Watch Program and a recipient of a WINGS Women of Discovery Grant and a Kensington Conservation Grant.