Sunday, November 1, 2026 · Fruitdale Grange
1440 Parkdale Drive, Grants Pass, Oregon
Doors open at 6:00 pm · Films and stories from 6:30–8:00 pm
Suggested donation: $5–$15
All proceeds support the Williams Community Forest Project
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Kevin Peer will present an evening of films and stories on Sunday, November 1, at the Fruitdale Grange in Grants Pass. The event will benefit the Williams Community Forest Project (WCFP).
Peer’s work in documentary filmmaking spans 46 years, taking him across the United States and around the world to explore subjects ranging from art and culture to spirituality and the natural world. He spent several years as a producer, director, and cinematographer for the acclaimed National Geographic television series EXPLORER. His films have received more than 40 national and international film festival awards and two national Emmy nominations. Peer has also taught the art and craft of documentary filmmaking in workshops and at universities, with an emphasis on filmmaking as both a path of higher purpose and an adventure of personal awakening.
The evening features two of Peer’s internationally broadcast films for National Geographic EXPLORER—The Pigeon Game and Masterpieces in Chalk—along with his local documentary, Pristine Waters. Following each film, Peer will share stories from its making and invite questions from the audience.
Pristine Waters brings the evening home to Pipe Fork, a lush realm of forest, waterfalls, and cold, clear year-round water in the Williams Valley of Josephine County. For nearly seven years, residents of Williams and the surrounding area have devoted themselves to protecting the forested lands around the creek from clear-cut logging. A brief update on the preservation campaign will follow the film.
The Williams Community Forest Project is a nonprofit organization working to protect the legacy forests, clear waters, and natural ecosystems of the Williams Valley of Josephine County through science-informed education, advocacy, and community engagement. All proceeds from this nonpolitical community fundraiser will support WCFP’s work.
Some filming will take place during the event for possible inclusion in a documentary project in which Peer is being featured. Audience filming will be very limited, and anyone who prefers not to appear recognizably on camera may let Peer or the camera operator know.