{"id":164598,"date":"2020-11-10T04:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=164598"},"modified":"2020-11-09T15:03:30","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T23:03:30","slug":"the-dark-divide-with-tom-putnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/the-dark-divide-with-tom-putnam","title":{"rendered":"The Dark Divide with Tom Putnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/62b03b05-7ddb-4193-a0de-4a804de7c00b?dark=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tom Putnam is a filmmaker known for writing and directing documentaries and short films. After reading Robert Pyle\u2019s book,\u00a0<i>Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the Dark Divide<\/i>, he felt compelled to turn Pyle\u2019s story into a movie. After 10 years of writing and re-writing the script, Tom brought the entire cast and crew for\u00a0<i>The Dark Divide<\/i> film into the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Oregon. They shot the film on-location in just 22 days, and it was quite the wild adventure. In this episode, Tom talks about his career as a director, what it was like to write and direct The Dark Divide, the stories and hiccups they faced while shooting the film, and more. You can now rent or buy The Dark Divide now on Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play and On Demand everywhere. To learn more about the movie and where you can watch it, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/darkdividefilm.com\">darkdividefilm.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn more about the film:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkdividefilm.com\/\">Website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/darkdividefilm\">Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/darkdividefilm\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darkdividefilm\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1012565.Where_Bigfoot_Walks\">Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the Dark Divide by Robert Pyle<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Season Sponsor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.subaru.com\/\">Subaru<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Episode Sponsor:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danner.com\/\">Danner\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Putnam is a filmmaker known for writing and directing documentaries and short films. After reading Robert Pyle\u2019s book,\u00a0Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the Dark Divide, he felt compelled to turn Pyle\u2019s story into a movie. After 10 years of writing and re-writing the script, Tom brought the entire cast and crew for\u00a0The Dark Divide film [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":164599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1726,1727],"tags":[],"internal-tag":[],"class_list":["post-164598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts","category-wild-ideas-worth-living"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/the-dark-divide-with-tom-putnam","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"The Dark Divide with Tom Putnam","url":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/the-dark-divide-with-tom-putnam","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/the-dark-divide-with-tom-putnam"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/119969068_10158386658433964_50753739473109088_n-e1604962971886.jpg?resize=150%2C150","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/119969068_10158386658433964_50753739473109088_n-e1604962971886.jpg?fit=960%2C645"},"articleSection":"Wild Ideas Worth Living","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chelsea Davis"}],"creator":["Chelsea Davis"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Uncommon Path \u2013 An REI Co-op Publication","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2020-11-10T12:00:05Z","datePublished":"2020-11-10T12:00:05Z","dateModified":"2020-11-10T12:00:05Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"The Dark Divide with Tom Putnam\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/podcasts\\\/the-dark-divide-with-tom-putnam\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/podcasts\\\/the-dark-divide-with-tom-putnam\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/119969068_10158386658433964_50753739473109088_n-e1604962971886.jpg?resize=150%2C150\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/119969068_10158386658433964_50753739473109088_n-e1604962971886.jpg?fit=960%2C645\"},\"articleSection\":\"Wild Ideas Worth Living\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Davis\"}],\"creator\":[\"Chelsea Davis\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Uncommon Path \\u2013 An REI Co-op Publication\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2020-11-10T12:00:05Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-10T12:00:05Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-10T12:00:05Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/rei.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/119969068_10158386658433964_50753739473109088_n-e1604962971886.jpg?fit=960%2C645","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164598"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164601,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164598\/revisions\/164601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164598"},{"taxonomy":"internal-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-tag?post=164598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}