For the first time, you can experience our award-winning national parks documentary online.
We built our own online platform to bring the film directly to you and give back to parks. Rent Out There for $9.99, with $5 from every rental supporting our launch partner, the National Parks Conservation Association.
Feature-Length Documentary | 75 mins (All Ages)
In the centennial year of the U.S. National Park Service, a young filmmaker and his childhood friend set off on a 10,000-mile journey through America’s national parks, leaving home with little more than a camera and a desire to understand what draws people to these wild places. What begins as a summer road trip evolves into a stunning journey of discovery, uncovering the stories of those who protect, visit, and find meaning in the parks.
Along the way, they meet rangers, conservationists, and everyday visitors whose lives have been shaped by these places. Through intimate interviews, sweeping cinematography, and a moving original score, Out There weaves their stories into a portrait of the national parks as more than extraordinary landscapes, but as places of healing, reflection, resilience, and connection across generations and cultures.
Both a cinematic tribute and a grassroots love letter to America’s public lands, Out There explores what it means to find belonging in the natural world, and the enduring power of these shared places to bring us closer to the land, to one another, and to ourselves.
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Listen to our film’s title song “Head West” from composer & songwriter Elizabeth P.W.!
“Our national parks are places of discovery about nature, history, our nation and ourselves. Out There: A National Parks Story beautifully captures and shares the emotions friends, family and visitors feel watching a Grand Canyon sunset, a walk amongst the Redwood giants, or a cold dip in a mountain stream. Through their eyes and voices, and superb visuals, you will share their sense of awe. It reminds us that these national park experiences are there for us all.”
Jon Jarvis, 18th Director of the U.S. National Parks Service
“Out There is a dream to program on the big screen. It celebrates the majesty of the national parks and the dream of setting out to accomplish a personal goal. It’s a film that reminds me of both the beauty of the earth, but also the beauty of cinema.”
Tim Anderson, Programming Coordinator, Florida Film Festival
“Out There will have even the most city-bound of viewers rearing to pack up a camper and take in the great outdoors themselves.”
Isabella Japal, The Knockturnal
“It was worth the struggle, the resilience, the hard work, and the courage as this majestic film is a true ‘tour de force’ and it will amaze you by its beauty and its spirituality.”
Emmanuel Itier, FilmFestivals.com
“[This] film proves that road trips can change lives.”
Rick Mellerup, The SandPaper
