Sierra Club’s ‘Detroit to Gloryland’ Film Featured in Michigan’s Fresh Coast Film Festival

MARQUETTE, MI - A Sierra Club film chronicling a group of Detroit high school students traveling to Yosemite National Park in California in 2024 is being featured as part of the Fresh Coast Film Festival, which runs from October 16-19 in Marquette, MI. The film, titled "Detroit to Gloryland", follows eight Detroit youth as they venture to Yosemite for the first time and meet legendary Park Ranger and fellow Detroiter Shelton Johnson.

WHAT: Sierra Club's "Detroit to Gloryland" film screening is part of the Fresh Coast Film Festival. The film follows eight Detroit youth as they venture to Yosemite National Park in California for the first time and meet legendary Park Ranger and fellow Detroiter Shelton Johnson.

WHO: Several people involved in the film will be at the screenings and are available for interviews, including Garrett Dempsey, a Sierra Club staff member and program director for Detroit Outdoors, as well as a group of Detroit high school students who went on the trip and are featured in the film. The Detroit Outdoorsprogram provides training, gear rentals, and programs for youth to expand access to a variety of outdoor recreation opportunities. The program is a collaboration between the Sierra Club and Detroit Parks & Recreation.

WHERE: Films will be shown at various venues across Marquette, MI.

WHEN:The Fresh Coast Film Festival runs from October 16-19, 2025. "Detroit to Gloryland" will be shown at the following times and locations:

• Thursday, 10/16:5pm, Fresh Coast Basecamp at Lower Harbor Park (venue info)
• Friday, 10/17: 12pm, Peter White Public Library - Shiras Room (venue info)
• Saturday, 10/18: 10am, The Honorable Distillery (venue info)

COST: Tickets can be purchased onlineand are $86 for a weekend pass, $43 for a day pass, and $32 for a student pass.

MORE INFO: Learn more about the Fresh Coast Film Festival and the "Detroit to Gloryland" film at: https://freshcoastfilm.com/films/2025/detroit-to-gloryland. Get a sneak peek of the film on YouTube at "Detroit Outdoors visits Yosemite National Park."

About the Sierra Club

The Sierra Club is America's largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with millions of members and supporters. In addition to protecting every person's right to get outdoors and access the healing power of nature, the Sierra Club works to promote clean energy, safeguard the health of our communities, protect wildlife, and preserve our remaining wild places through grassroots activism, public education, lobbying, and legal action. For more information, visit https://www.sierraclub.org.