Journey to the Sun is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the extraordinary story of Glacier National Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road—from its impossible 1930s construction that claimed three lives and required 490,000 pounds of explosives, to the heroic crews who risk everything each spring to battle up to 80 feet of snow and dozens of avalanches to reopen America's most legendary mountain highway. More than a typical nature documentary, this cinematic exploration reveals the engineering marvel carved directly into cliffsides, the Native American heritage that preceded the road, and the urgent conservation challenges posed by climate change as ancient glaciers disappear at an alarming rate. Featuring unprecedented access to maintenance crews, avalanche forecasters, and historians, the film captures both the death-defying dedication required to maintain this 51-mile lifeline to wilderness and a disappearing world that future generations may only know through stories. With production support from Montana PBS and partnerships with the Glacier National Park Conservancy, Journey to the Sun represents both a race against time to document a vanishing landscape and a celebration of human determination in the face of nature's most formidable challenges.

Jordan and Logan Lefler are award-winning documentary filmmakers and photographers from Arlee, Montana, whose work bridges cultural heritage with contemporary storytelling. As second-generation descendants of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, the brothers bring authentic indigenous perspectives to their conservation-focused filmmaking while drawing on over a decade of experience creating content for PBS, nonprofits, and outdoor brands. Jordan, who owns Rise Up Montana and serves as director, gained national recognition co-founding the viral Warrior Movement suicide prevention campaign that reached over 1.1 million viewers and earned coverage in The New York Times, NBA TV, and partnerships with Nike. Logan, operating Jocko Media as the project's cinematographer and Director of Photography, specializes in technical excellence and adventure photography throughout the western region. Together, they've collaborated on multiple Montana PBS productions and represent a new generation of indigenous filmmakers committed to preserving both natural landscapes and cultural stories through cinematic storytelling that honors their tribal heritage while addressing urgent contemporary challenges.