| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (87 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Playing Time |
012619 |
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Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Oscilloscope Pictures in 2011. |
| Summary |
The Oscar-nominated story of the Earth Liberation Front's rise and fall, told through the transformation and radicalization of one of its members, Daniel McGowan. Using never-before-seen archival footage and intimate interviews, IF A TREE FALLS asks hard questions about environmentalism, activism, and the way we define terrorism.. Nominated for Best Documentary at the Academy Awards. Winner of the Editing Award in the Documentary category and nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival.. "Curry tells a compelling tale about the differences of opinion over what constitutes desperate measures, and how readily we throw around a term like terrorism." - Stephanie Merry, Washington Post. "The gripping documentary If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front offers an intimate look at the radical environmental group." - Gary Goldstein, The Los Angeles Times |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
| Subject |
Documentary-style films
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Environmental sciences
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| Genre |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Cullman, Sam, filmmaker
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Curry, Marshall, filmmaker
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Oscilloscope Pictures (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
2489915 Kanopy |
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