The Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy presents 11 movies in 2 hours.

“Best Short” went to A Letter to Congress, a stirring three-minute film that shows off many of America’s most wild and stunning places. The real star, however, is the soundtrack: a voiceover starring Wallace Stegner as he orates his 1960 letter to Congress emphasizing the importance of preserving wilderness. The effect couldn’t be more prescient, nor Stegner’s words more relevant to our current state. It’s a kick in the pants to unify viewers against the transfer of public lands—arguably our most valuable heritage—to private and corporate interests.