“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.”
John Muir

Bold North is a short documentary film exploring the wilds of Minnesota. Accompanied by an original full orchestral score, Bold North accentuates the beauty, drama, and magnificence of the wildlife, landscapes, and vast natural diversity that can be found within The Star of the North.

VIDEO
Cinematography and Editing: Benji Inniger
Colorist: Seth Grabau
Illustrations: Holly Pringle

MUSIC
Original Score: Benji Inniger
Score Editor: Michael Maiorana
Recorded by the Budapest Scoring Orchestra
Conductor: Ernesto Estigarribia Mussi
Solo Violin: Sabrina Tabby
Solo Cello: Silver Ainomäe
Percussion: Jarod Bendele, Benji Inniger
Mixing: Benji Inniger

MINNESOTA FILMING LOCATIONS
Autumn Acres
Banning State Park
Bear Head Lake State Park
Blue Earth River
Blue Mounds State Park
Carley State Park
Cascade River State Park
Centennial Trail
Chamberlain Woods SNA
Cobb Riber WPA
Cross River
Echo
Ely
Frontenac
Good Thunder
Gooseberry State Park
Grand Portage
Grand Portage Stage Park
Gunflint Trail
Honeymoon Bluff
Isabella
Itasca State Park
Lake Crystal
Le Sueur River
Lost 40 - Chippewa National Forest
Louisville Swamp - Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Lutsen
Maple River WMA
Mills Lake
Minneopa State Park
Myre-Big Island State Park
Nerstrand Big Woods State Park
Orr
Perham
Pipestone National Monument
Rapidan Dam
Red Wing
Sakatah Lake State Park
Savannah Portage State Park
Sax Zim Bog
Scenic State Park
Schimek Park
Seagull Lake
Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
Sibley State Park
Silver Creek Cliff
South Bend Township
Split Rock Lighthouse
Superior National Forest
Swan Lake WMA
Swan Lake WMA: North Star Unit
Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
Temperence River State Park
Tettegouche State Park
Tofte
Tombolo Rock
Touch the Sky Prairie
Trager Bird Sanctuary
Trail's End Campground
Vermilion Falls
Voyageurs National Park
West-Two Rivers Resivoir
Whitewater State Park

SPECIAL THANKS
Alyssa Inniger
Chad Heins
Philip Wels
Ernesto Estigarribia Mussi
Sabrina Tabby
Sharon Mautner Rodgers
Hannah Hite
Bethel Balge
The Mankato Symphony Orchestra
Friends of the Sax Zim Bog
Twin Rivers Council for the Arts

Benji Inniger is a fiscal year 2023 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.