>> Ted: NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, HOW THE MAUI WILDFIRES HAVE IMPACT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT ON THE ISLAND.

ALSO TONIGHT, HIGHER EDUCATION IN SOME ARIZONA MINING TOWNS AND WHAT'S AT STORE AT THE INDY FESTIVAL IN JEROME.

THAT'S NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

A MEMBER OF THE PROUD BOYS WAS SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON FOR TAKING PART ON THE ATTACK OF THE U.S. CAPITOL IN 2021.

JOSEPH BIGGS, FORMER COMBAT SOLDIER AND A LOADING ROLE IN THE PROUD BOYS WAS ONE OF THE LOUDEST PUSHING FOR VIOLENCE AT THE RIOT AND SAID THIS WAS, A QUOTE, WARNING SHOT TO THE GOVERNMENT.

BIGSHE WOUND UP WITH 17 YEARS AND ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE PROUD BOYS SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS FOR HIS PART IN THE ATTACK.

>>> A JUDGE RULED THAT DONALD TRUMP'S TRIAL IN GEORGIA WILL BE TELEVISED.

THE TRIAL RELATED TO INTERFERENCE IN THE 2020 ELECTION WILL BE THE OWN ONE OF TRUMP'S FOUR COURT CASES TO BE VIEWED BY THE PUBLIC AND THIS GEORGIA CASE RESULTED IN THE FIRST-EVER MUGSHOT OF A U.S. PRESIDENT.

PRESIDENT TRUMP PLEADING NOT GUILTY AND WAIVED AN ARRAIGNMENT AND THAT ARRAIGNMENT WAS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLAY NEXT WEDNESDAY IN ATLANTA BUT TODAY'S ACTION MEANS IT WILL NOT BE APPEARING IN-PERSON.

GEORGIA'S GOVERNOR DECLINED TRUMP'S DEMANDS FOR IMPEACHMENT AGAINST FANI WILLIS.

IN REJECTING THE DEMANDS, THE GOVERNOR SAID, WE WILL NOT BE ENGAGING IN POLITICAL THEATER THAT INFLAMES THE EMOTION OF THE MOMENT.

>>> HURRICANE IDALIA IS OUT OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND LOOKS LIKE IDALIA COULD COST UPWARDS OF $20 BILLION.

20 BILLION SOUNDS LIKE A LOT AND IS AND NOT AS MUCH AS SIMILAR STORMS INCLUDING HURRICANE IAN WHICH CAUSED MORE THAN $112 BILLION IN DAMAGES.

IDALIA HIT LESS POPULATED REGIONS AND PASSED THROUGH QUICKLY.

>>> OPRAH WINFREY AND THE ROCK TODAY ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF A MAUI RECOVERY FUND TO HELP THOSE WHO LOST SO MUCH BY DEVASTATING WILDFIRES ON THE ISLAND.

>> WE WERE SO CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN MAUI AND WE WERE TEXTING ABORIGINAL AND TEXTING BACK AND FORTH AND I READ THIS ARTICLE THAT DOLLY PARDON HAD GIVEN MONEY IN HER COMMUNITY AND I SAID, THIS IS THE ANSWER.

>> I SAID, I LOVE IT.

>> SO WE HAVE CREATED "THE PEOPLE'S FUND OF MAUI" THAT WILL PUT MONEY IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT RIGHT NOW.

>> Ted: OPRAH OWNS PROPERTY ON THE ISLAND AND dwayne "the rock" johnson's mother was born on maui.

THE FIRES ALSO CAUSED IMMENSE DAMAGE AND DISTRESS TO MAUI'S ENVIRONMENT AND WE'RE JOINED NOW FROM KATIE KAMA-LAMELA FROM THE OCEAN FUTURES AND WHERE ARE YOU JOINING US FROM?

>> I'M IN HAWAII RIGHT NOW ON HAWAII ISLAND, 15 MINUTES FROM THE VOLCANO.

>> Ted: YOU'RE ON A BIG ISLAND THERE AND ON MAUI, THE CURRENT CONDITIONS AND WHAT ARE YOU SEEING OVER THERE?

>> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.

THERE'S A WARNING RIGHT NOW, A RED FLAG WARNING AND THAT MEANS WILDFIRES THAT ARE ABLE TO COME UP AGAIN THIS WEEKEND.

SO THE WHOLE ISLAND CHAIN IS ON ALERT AND, OF COURSE, THOSE FIRES WOULD BE CAUSED BY LOW HUMIDITY AND IGNITION SOURCE AND FUEL LOADS.

SO ALL OF THE LEEWARD SIDES ARE ON ALERT.

NOT JUST MAUI, BUT ALL OF THE ISLAND.

>> Ted: YOU'RE THERE IN HAWAII AND THE REACTION ON YOUR ISLAND, ON THE OTHER ISLANDS, AND JUST THE GENERAL REACTION IN HAWAII PROPER ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED THERE ON MAUI.

>> JUST PURE DEVASTATION AND TRAGEDY.

IT'S BEEN ABOUT THREE WEEKS AND I'VE BEEN DOING INTERVIEWS AND IT'S LANDING WITH ME RIGHT NOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

THE MAGNITUDE AND THE IMPACT AND ACTUALLY, THIS FRIDAY, THE WHOLE STATE IS GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING IN 12-HOUR LONG CEREMONY TO BRING PRAYERS TO MAUI AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING AND GOING UNTIL 6:00 IN THE EVENING.

SO EVERYONE IS FEELING IT AND PEOPLE NOT IN HAWAII CAN PARTICIPATE DIGITALLY AND AVAILABLE AND LIVESTREAMED ON MANY PLATFORMS.

>> Ted: AS FAR AS THE WILDFIRES, DID ANYONE SEE ANYTHING LIKE THIS COMING?

>> THERE WERE PREVIOUS FIRES IN THE LAST TEN YEARS AND THEY WERE PROBABLY INDICATORS OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN.

NONE OF THE PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE MY COLLEAGUES, AS WELL, INCLUDING MYSELF COULD HAVE NOT IMAGINED ANYTHING SO HORRIFIC.

>> Ted: SHOULD MAUI HAVE BEEN BETTER PREPARED?

WE KEEP HEARING WERE DOWNED ABOUT DOWNED POWERLINES AND COULD THERE HAVE BEEN BETTER PREPARATION?

>> BETTER PREPARATION IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LEARNING NOW AND WHAT I LIKE SEEING WHAT THE WILDFIRES ARE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOW TAKING IT SERIOUSLY.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE MAYORS, THE CITIZENS ARE COMING OUT TO EDUCATIONAL EVENTS TO LEARN HOW TO PREPARE THEIR OWN HOMES AND HOW TO PREPARE TEAR COMMUNITIES THEIR COMMUNITIES AND IT'S BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER IN THIS UNFORTUNATE SITUATION TO KNOW THAT HOW THINGS WERE, WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP, IS JUST NOT HOW THEY WERE RIGHT NOW AND WE NEED TONEED TO BE MORE ACTIVE ABOUT STEWARDING OR LANDSCAPE.

>> Ted: THE IMPACT OF THE FIRE ON WHAT'S LEFT ON MAUI AND NATIVE SPECIES IN PARTICULAR, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO RECOVER FROM THIS?

>> IT DEPENDS ON THE INTENSITY OF THE FIRE AND BESIDES LAHAINE, WHICH IS STILL BURNING, THERE'S STILL FIRES ONGOING ON MAUI THAT ARE 80%, 90% CONTAINED AND SO MANY OF THE AREAS ARE PLANTED WITH SPECIES FOR REFORESTATION AND MANY OF THE SPECIES HAVE HIGH OIL CONTENT SUCH AS EUCALYPTUS.

WHAT'S HAPPENING, SOME OF THE TREES, TREES HAVE ROOTS AND SO THE ROOTS CAN MOVE THE FIRE UNDERGROUND AND IGNITE FIRES IN OTHER PLACES.

>> Ted: OH, MY GOODNESS.

>> SO PLANTS CAN COME BACK DEPENDING ON THE INTENSITY OF THE FIRE AND THE IMPACT TO NATIVE PLANT POPULATIONS AT THIS TIME IS UNKNOWN.

>> Ted: WILL THERE BE A RECONSIDERATION ON NONNATIVE PLANTS INTRODUCED ON ALL OF THE ISLANDS AFTER THIS?

>> YES.

IT'S A REALLYSOME OF THEM WERE INTRODUCED BY THE GOVERNMENT BEFORE WE WERE A STATE AND SOME SPECIES WERE INTRODUCED WITH SOME OF THE FIRST MISSIONARIES THAT CAME OVER AND SOME OF THE SPECIES, SPECIFICALLY THE GRASS FOR CATTLE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO IDEALLY, OUR BIOSECURITY WITHIN THE ISLAND FOR PLANTS AND ANIMALS PRIORITIZES ME TO SPECIES.

ALTHOUGH, OUR ENFORCEMENT IS VERY LIMITED FOR THAT TYPE OF SUPPORT.

>> Ted: I HAD READ WHERE SOME OF THE PLANTS INTRODUCED, THE NONNATIVE PLANTS WERE MORE DROUGHT TOLERANT AND THE THOUGHT MAYBE THESE WERE SURVIVE AND DID THAT PLAN BACKFIRE?

>> YES.

A WHOLE BUNCH NEEDS TO GO AROUND THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, AND THERE WERE IDEALS AND THEY DIDN'T DO TESTING AND TODAY, THERE'S MORE THOROUGH TESTING THAN BEFORE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON THAT.

AND THE AMOUNT OF INTRODUCED SPECIES ON THE ISLANDS, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, ANYTHING BELOW 2500 FEET IN HAWAII IS CONSIDERED INTRODUCED.

THAT IS WHERE MOST INTRODUCED SPECIES LEAVE AND THEN ABOVE THAT LINE, WHICH IS THE THERMAL CLIMB WHERE IT'S COLDER, YOU FIND MORE NATIVE SPECIES.

DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, IT'S RISING AND MOSQUITOES ARE IMPACTING THE BIRDS AND INTERCONNECTED ECOSYSTEM WIRE DEALINGWE'REDEALING WITH.

>> Ted: A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE EMOTION.

YOU WERE SAYING IT'S ALMOST NOW STARTING TO REALLY HIT YOU.

THE IMPACT EMOTIONALLY ON THE PEOPLE OF ALL OF THE ISLANDS, BUT ESPECIALLY MAUI, IS IT ALL STARTING TO COME HOME HERE?

>> FOR ME, SOMEONE FROM ANOTHER ISLAND, BUT PEOPLE THAT I KNOW IN LAHAINA SOME ARE LOST THEIR HOMES AND EVERYBODY HAS BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR IN MY CIRCLE AND I THINK IT'S JUST THAT WHEN ONE OF US HURTS, ALL OF US HURTS AND NOT JUST ON THE ISLANDS OR WITHIN THE ISLANDS AS A HUMAN EMPATHETIC THING.

I THINK TODAY WAS MORE SIGNIFICANT FOR ME PAW THEY BECAUSE THEY STOPPED THE SEARCHES ON LAND AND IN THE OCEAN.

THIS MEANS THE NUMBERS THE GOVERNMENT HAS AVAILABLE IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE AT UNLESS PEOPLE FIND OTHER THINGS.

>> Ted: LAST QUESTION, KATIE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF THE ISLANDS AND THE LAND, SPECIAL, ISN'T IT?

>> YEAH, IT IS.

IN HAWAII, WE HAVE THIS SAYING THAT THE LAND IS THE CHIEF AND THE PEOPLE ARE THE SERVANTS.

AND SO, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT HERE, WHERE MANY SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT I'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO DO NOT HAVE THAT VALUE.

SOMETIMES THE VALUE IS MORE THAT BECAUSE WE ARE HUMAN, WE'RE ABLE TO CONTROL AND HAVE DOMINION.

FOR ME, THAT DOESN'T RESONATE.

SO NATIVE HAWAIIANS ARE FROM THE TARROT PLANT, CALO AND OUR OLDER SIBLING, IT'S OUR JOB TO TAKE CARE OF OUR OLDER SIBLING.

AND THE LAND IS WHAT TAKES CARE OF OUR ELDER SIBLINGS.

IT'S KIND OF A DIRECTIVE FOR NATIVE HAWAIIANS TO TAKE CARE OF THE LAND TO TAKE CARE OF THE FOOD AND TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE PEOPLE.

>> Ted: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

TED UP >> Ted: UP NEXT, A NEW SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FROM THE CORRIDOR MINING TOWNS.

>> THERE'S A GRANT AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO EXPAND A HIGHER EDUCATION FOR RESIDENTS OF ARIZONA'S COPPER CORRIDOR MINING TOWNS.

WE WELCOME THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> Ted: LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS, COPPER CORRIDOR.

WHAT'S THE COPPER CORRIDOR?

>> THE HEART OF ARIZONA WHERE COPPER IS KING AND COMPROMISES LIKE GLOBE, SUPERIOR AND ALL MINING TOWNS.

>> Ted: MAMMOTH AND WINKLEMAN?

YES.

>> Ted: SO YOU HAVE THESE FOLKS, THESE KIDS WITH A GRANT AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO WHAT, YOU'LL GO TO COLLEGE AND WE'LL HELP YOU?

>> THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF BHP, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT ISN'T JUST EXCLUSIVE TO A COLLEGE EDUCATION BUT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND OBTAINING A CERTIFICATE AND THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO LEVEL UP AND TO RETAIN AS MUCH TALENT WITHIN THE COPPER CORRIDOR.

>> Ted: YOU TALK ABOUT UPSCALING, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT?

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> Ted: MONEY COULD COME IN HANDY HERE.

>> WITHIN THE COPPER CORRIDOR, THERE'S A NEED FOR WELDERS AND PLUMBERS AND IF YOU WANT TO OBTAIN THAT CERTIFICATE, THIS SCHOLARSHIP IS FOR YOU.

IF YOU'RE ONE COURSE AWAY OR ONE WORK.

WORKSHOP AWAY, THIS IS FOR YOU.

>> Ted: FULL OR PART-TIME?

>> WE ONLY HAVE $50,000 SO IT'S DIVIDED UP AND IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE POOL OF APPLICANTS WE RECEIVE.

I HAVE TO DIS-CLEMSON DISCLOSE SOMETHING TO YOU, I'M FROM THE COPPER CORRIDOR.

>> Ted: GOOD FOR YOU!

I'LL ASK YOU THEN.

THESE TOWNS OVER THE YEARS, HOW HAVE THEY CHANGED AND HOW CAN SOMETHING LIKE THIS IMPACT FURTHER CHANGE FOR THE BETTER?

>> WELL, THIS SCHOLARSHIP WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ESPECIALLY ON THE SMALL MINING TOWNS BECAUSE IT MEANS OPPORTUNITY AND IT MEANS BEING ABLE TO STAY IN YOUR SMALL TOWN WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR FAMILY.

CERTAINLY WITH THE ECONOMY AND TIME, THERE'S BEEN A DECLINE IN POPULATION, BUT THERE ARE STILL VITAL SERVICES LIKE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, LIKE HOSPITALS AND LIKE THE MINES THEMSELVES WHERE THERE'S EMPLOYMENT AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO THAT NEXT LEVEL.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU GRADUATE -- GET YOUR CERTIFICATE FROM A WELDING SCHOOL, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT YOU NEED, YOU CAN APPLY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP.

WE WEREN'T TO RETAIN THREATEN TALENT IN THE COPPER CORRIDOR.

>> Ted: WHAT IS BHP?

A COPPER MINING COMPANY IN ARIZONA.

AND SAID WE'RE HERE TO HELP IN.

>> TO MAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY HAPPEN.

>> Ted: QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS, WHO QUALIFIES?

>> ADULTS, 8 18 TO WHATEVER AGE.

WE DON'T HAVE A CUT-OFF ON THE AGE LIMIT.

>> Ted: FOR YOUR 16-YEAR-OLD OR 7-YEAR-OLD17 WHO WANTS TO GO TO COLLEGE?

>> 18 AND OLDER.

>> Ted: RESPONSE SO FAR?

>> WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL OCTOBER WHEN THE APPLICATION PROCESS STARTS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THIS SCHOLARSHIP DOES, IT EXPANDS THE PORTFOLIO BECAUSE WITH ASU, THERE'S A SCHOLARSHIP PROCESS AT NAU AND THE U OF A AND THIS PROVIDES A NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT WHAT SCHOLARSHIPS ARE NEEDED OUT THERE AND HOPEFULLY, IT WILL BE ATTRACTIVE TO OTHER INDUSTRIES TO WANT TO SUPPORT THESE TYPES OF SCHOLARSHIPS.

>> Ted: YOU MENTIONED THE AGE AND NOT UNTIL OCTOBER, BUT I THOUGHT I READ THE FIRST RECIPIENTS HAD GOTTEN ONE FROM HADEN HIGH SCHOOL.

>> A VERY TALENTED YOUNG MAN AND NEVER MISSED A DAY OF HIGH SCHOOL IN HIGH SCHOOL.

>> Ted: IT PAID OFF FOR HIM.

>> AND IT WILL PAY OFF IN THE FUTURE PAW HE'LL BE AN ENGINEER AND WE'RE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF THE WORSEFORCE AND JOBS NEEDED TO BE FILLED BY THE GENERAL POPULATION TO MOVE OR ECONOMY FORWARD AND KEEP UP WITH GROWTH.

>> Ted: IS THIS A SENSE THAT THE ECONOMIES IN TOWNS, MOST TOWNS ISN'T MOVING FORWARD OR STAGNANT?

>> IT'S TOUGH.

MY FAMILY STILL LIVES IN HADEN, ARIZONA AND I HEAR HOW TOUCH IN TERMS OF THE LACK OF JOBS AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THE AGING OF THE COMMUNITIES.

WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THIS SCHOLARSHIP MEANS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE AS WELL AS OTHER PEOPLE ALREADY IN THE WORKFORCE WILL SEEK IT AND RETAIN THEMSELVES WITHIN THE COPPER CORRIDOR TO HEIGHTEN THE ECONOMY.

>> Ted: IS THERE A BUZZ IN THESE COMMUNITIES ABOUT THIS SCHOLARSHIP?

>> WE'LL BUILD A BUZZ WITH IT BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, IN A SMALL TOWN, EVERYTHING SPREADS QUICKLY AND SO MY HOPE IS TO DO A TOUR WITH MY COLLEAGUE WHO HAS A BACKGROUND FROM ARIZONA AND TO HIT THE COMMUNITIES AND MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THIS OPPORTUNITY EXISTS.

>> Ted: YOU'LL BE POPULAR PEOPLE IN POSE THOSE TOWNS.

[ laughter ] >> Ted: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THE NINTH ANNUAL JEROME INDY FESTIVAL FOR SEPTEMBER 7th SEPTEMBER 7th THROUGH THE 10th AND UNUSUAL WAYS FILMS ARE PRESENTED AND OVERALL INDY VIBE.

WE LEARN MORE FROM THE FOUNDER, TONY ROSS AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, JASON REASON.

TONY, HOW DID THIS THING GET STARTED AND HOW HAS IT GROWN?

>> IT STARTED FROM A SIDE OF THOUGHT.

I WENT TO THE TELEURIDE FESTIVAL 15 YEARS AGO AND THERE WERE POSTS FOR THEIR FESTIVAL AND BEING JUST IN LOVE WITH JEROME SINCE I WAS A CHILD, I STARTED THINKING, WOULDN'T JEROME BE A COOL PLACE FOR THE SOUND OF MUSIC FESTIVAL.

MY LOVE OF THE TOWN, A SEED WAS GROWN AND THAT'S HOW IT BEGAN.

>> Ted: DO YOU LIVE THERE OR HAVE YOU LIVED CLOSE?

A LOT OF PEOPLE HANG OUT IN JEROME TO A CERTAIN DEGREE AND DO YOU LIVE IN THE AREA?

>> CREAT,.

>> WE MOVED THERE FOUR YEARS AGO.

>> Ted: READING ABOUT THIS, THIS FASCINATING AND YOU SHOW FILMS ON UNUSUAL LOCATION EASY TALKLOCATIONS ANDTALK TO US ABOUT THAT?

>> ON A MOVING TRAIN TO OUR KNOWLEDGE IS THE ONLY FILM FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD THAT DOES THAT, THE VERDE CANYON RAILROAD AND WE GO OUT AND IT GOES OVER BRIDGES, OVER THE VERDE RIVER AND ON THE SAME LINE.

A FOUR-TRIP IS THE HIGHLIGHT.

>> Ted: DURING THE TRAIN TRIP, IS IT INSIDE?

>> YES.

>> Ted: AND THERE'S A BAND AND FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE GOING OUT AND ON THE WAY BACK, WAY BACK IN, WE SHOW THE FILMS.

AND YOU'VE SHOWN THEM AGAINST HAUNTED HOUSES AND THIS TYPE OF THING.

[ laughter ] >> WE'RE CRAZY.

TWO YEARS AGO, I GOT TWO DEMON FEATURES IN THE BASEMENT OF THE OLD HOSPITAL.

DURING THE EXORISM SCENE, THE ELECTRICITY WENT OUT.

WE DO CRAZY THINGS.

>> Ted: THE LIBERTY THEATER IS UP THERE.

>> THIS YEAR.

>> Ted: A MORE TRADITIONAL WAY.

>> BUILT IN 1918 AND A BEAUTIFUL THEATER.

>> Ted: IS IT A WAY TO -- I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CRAFT BEER AND WINE TASTING, AS WELL, AND IS IT A WAY TO MOVE AROUND WHILE THE FILM IS SHOWING OR WHAT'S THE THOUGHT HERE?

>> TO GET PEOPLE INTERESTED IN FILM AND INDY FILMMAKERS LIKE CRAFT BEER.

>> Ted: HOW ARE FILMS SELECTED?

>> FILMMAKERS SUBMIT THEIR FILMS, WE PUT OUT THE FILM FREEWAY AND THEY SUBMIT THEM AND PAY A FEE AND THEN THEY'RE ALL SCREENED.

>> Ted: IS IT MOSTLY SHORTS AND DOCUMENTARIES OR FEATURED?

>> NO.

WE HAVE EVERYTHING AND BECAUSE MUSIC IS PART OF THE THEME, WE HAVE DWIGHT ACCORDINGHAVE QUITE A FEW MUSIC DOCUMENTARIES AND 96 FILMS PLAYING.

>> Ted: THAT'S A LOT OF FILMS TO WATCH.

>> I WATCH EVERY FILM ALL OF THE WAY THROUGH, TOO.

>> Ted: I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN JEROME, WATCHING A FILM.

HALF[ laughter ] >> Ted: I'VE HEARD THIS DESCRIBED AS EDGY.

>> A FILMMAKER CALLED ME AND SAID, I LOVE YOUR VIBE.

E H SAID, WHAT ISHE SAID, WHAT IS IT?

>> WE'RE JUST REBELS AND DO THINGS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND PRIDE OURSELVES ON THAT.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COME UP, THEY'LL BE SURPRISED ABOUT SOMETHING.

>> Ted: HAS IT BEEN LIKE THAT THE WHOLE TIME OR INCREASING THAT KIND OF EDGE?

>> NO, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN.

FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, JER JEROME IS AN INDEPENDENT TOWN AND NO HOLLYWOOD FILMS.

>> Ted: NO BIG SPONSORS.

ARE THERE PLACES TO STAY?

>> A GREAT PLACE.

THE LITTLE DAISY MANSION.

WE RENTED THIS OUT FOR THE FESTIVAL AND THERE'S A PLACE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY TO RENT IT OUT BY YOURSELF.

A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO RENT AND CONTACT US AND RENT A ROOM BECAUSE YOU CAN'T NORMALLY DO THAT.

>> Ted: COOL AWESOME PASSAGES.

IT WAS BUILT IN 1918 AND SOME OF THE TOP FILMMAKERS AND ACTORS UP THERE AND I'M ZIPPING MY LIPS.

NOBODY KNOWS UNTIL THEY GET THERE.

>>> THERE'S COSTUME EVENT AND WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT?

>> YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ONE.

>> Ted: YOU TAKE THAT ONE.

>> SO WE KNEW WE WANTED TO DO BARE ELEMENTS AND JASON CALLED ME IN FRONT OF THE COMPUTER AND SAID, JEROME BEER FESTIVAL AND OH, MY GOD, SOMEBODY BEAT ME TO IT.

THIS WAS IN PROHIBITION AND THEY BROUGHT BEER IN FROM PRESCOTT BEFORE A PROHIBITION STARTED THE NEXT DAY.

WE DECIDED TO PAY HOMAGE AND DO THE SAME THING.

>> Ted: BEFORE YOU GO, THE VISITORS COME FROM WHERE MOSTLY?

>> MOSTLY PHOENIX AREA AND ALL AROUND ARIZONA AND ALSO FROM THE NATION AND THE WORLD FILM.

>> Ted: YOU KIND OF GETTING MORE PRESS AS THE YEARS GO BY?

>> THIS YEAR, ESPECIALLY, AND THANKS TO YOU FOR HAVING US ON.

>> Ted: EVERYBODY WILL BE THERE NOW AND GETTING MORE OUT THERE AS THE YEARS GO BY.

>> BECAUSE IT'S SO UNIQUE AND WE HAVE THE MANSION PASS AND THE TRAIN AND JUST, WE'RE REALLY DIFFERENT.

IT'S LIKE DISNEYLAND FOR FILMMAKERS.

>> Ted: THANK YOU BOTH FOR MAKING A TRIP TO TELLING US ABOUT IT AND THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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