I want to bring to your attention a film-screening event that is happening next week in El Paso, TX. It is a photo exhibit and lecture by El Paso based photographer Diana Molina. Diana will be presenting her photos of Tarahumara life and I will be sharing my short film about the 2009 CCUM along with new footage from the 2012 race. If you live in or near the El Paso area please come and join us for this short celebration of running in the Copper Canyon. The event starts at 5:30pm with a reception at 6:30pm. Details are as follows:
RUN! – Super Athletes of the Sierra Madre May 16th 2012 Centennial Museum and Chihuahua Desert Gardens University of Texas at El Paso
5:30pm • Documentary Film by Sterling Noren: Super Athletes of the Sierra Madre (2009) along with unseen footage from the 2012 Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon • Lexture by Diana Molina: Run! Super Athletes of the Sierra Madre at UTEP’s Health Sciences and Nursing Building Room 217
6:30pm Reception* • Book signing by the author • Run! Super-Athletes of the Sierra Madre by Diana Molina at UTEP’s Centennial Museum and Chihuahua Desert Gardens
* Meet the artists and Copper Canyon Guide and Club mas Loco ultra-marathon runner Remolino (Ray Molina)
Centennial Museum 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, Texas • (915) 747-5565
My 2009 short film about the Tarahumara indians of Northern Mexico will be screened as an ongoing part of a new museum exhibit called “Run! – Super Athletes of the Sierra Madre”. The exhibit is at the Penn Museum and runs from March 31st until September 30th. The exhibit features a new exhibition of photographs by Diana Molina. Author Christopher McDougall (Born to Run) will also be on hand for a public talk and book signing on Wednesday, April 11th at 6p.m. For more information visit the 