May 2024 Mountainfilm archive. This post featured 399: Queen of the Tetons in the context of the May 23–27, 2024 festival in Telluride, Colorado. The dates refer to that festival edition.
The original feature described director Elizabeth Leiter’s documentary following grizzly 399 in Grand Teton National Park and her four cubs. It explored the bears’ lives alongside questions about people’s relationship with wildlife, human encroachment and climate change.
The film’s official viewing-information page distinguishes the feature-length 399: Queen of the Tetons from the shorter PBS Nature version, Grizzly 399: Queen of the Tetons. Check the linked provider for present availability; historical screening listings are not a current showtime.
The 2024 article placed the film within Mountainfilm’s documentary tradition, dating to 1979, and its themes of adventure, activism, social justice and environmental stewardship. It acknowledged the festival’s setting on the traditional, ancestral and unceded homelands of the Nuchu (Ute) and Pueblo people.
Visit Mountainfilm’s official site for current festival information and archives. For visitors exploring Telluride as a possible home, the cultural calendar is one consideration alongside the practical details of individual properties. Mountain Rose Realty can help discuss current choices without treating a festival experience as a guaranteed lifestyle or property match.