Newport Film hosts a special showing of "Wild Life," a National Geographic documentary film, on Thursday, April 27. The venu opens at 6 p.m., and the film starts at 7 p.m. Tickets for this event are $15 each.

About the film

It was a chance run-in at a remote Argentinian climbing village in 1991 that changed the life of Kristin McDivitt forever. Though she’d met the infamous Doug Tompkins years prior – he had founded The North Face and Esprit while Kris worked alongside Yvon Chouinard to grow Patagonia – they shared a connection that quickly blossomed into a lifelong romance and partnership. Together, they founded Tompkins Conversation, their sights set on preserving some of the last truly wild land on the planet.

"Wild Life" is a sweeping portrait of a conservationist who never stopped evolving and of those who shaped her on a journey to become a global leader of conservation and wildlife preservation. From the epic climbing trips of Doug, Yvon Chouinard and the pioneers of a new kind of outdoor lifestyle to the heated controversy brewing in South America as two Americans purchased local land to a love story as wild as the terrain it unfolded on, the film prompts audiences to ask themselves – what makes life worth living?

There will be post-film conversation with Natasha Harrison, executive director of the Newport Tree Conservancy, and Janis Nepshinsky, visitor services manager with the Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex.

Directors: Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin

Runtime: 93 min.