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If a tree falls : a story of the Earth Liberation Front / a film by Marshall Curry ; directed and produced by Marshall Curry ; co-directed and produced by San Cullman ; written and edited by Matthew Hamachek, Marshall Curry ; a co-production of Marshall Curry Productions, LLC and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), with funding by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) ; in association with Lucky Hat Entertainment, American Documentary (POV) and the BBC ; Storyville.
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McGowan, Daniel, 1974-.
- McGowan, Daniel.
- Earth Liberation Front--History.
- Earth Liberation Front.
- Ecoterrorism--United States--History.
- Ecoterrorism.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Biographical films.
- Environmental films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen.
- Other Title:
- Story of the Earth Liberation Front
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oscilloscope Laboratories, [2011]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD ; NTSC, region 0 ; 1.78:1 aspect ratio ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround and stereo.
- digital
- optical
- mixed
- Dolby digital 5.1
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- The remarkable story of the rise and fall of the Earth Liberation Front, a radical environmental group that the FBI calls America's 'number one domestic terrorist threat,' told through the transformation and radicalization of one of its members, Daniel McGowan. Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Marshall Curry weaves a chronicle of McGowan facing life in prison with a dramatic investigation of the events that led to his involvement with the ELF.
- Contents:
- Earth Liberation Front
- Daniel
- Warner Creek
- Making change
- House arrest
- Take initiative
- Civil disobedience
- Seattle
- Superior lumber
- Book club
- What is wild
- Jacob
- Takedown
- Terrorism
- Seven years.
- Participant:
- Interviewees: Daniel McGowan, Lisa (McGowan), Tim Lewis, Kirk Engdall, Jim Flynn, Jenny Synan, Susan Synan, Bill Barton, Leslie James Pickering, Greg Harvey, Chuck Tilby, Suzanne Savoie, Steve Swanson, Chuck Wert, Don Rice, Jake Ferguson, Dan McGowan, Lauren Regan, Stephen Peifer.
- Credits:
- Cinematography by Sam Cullman ; original music by James Baxter, The National.
- Notes:
- 1.78:1 aspect ratio.
- Film was broadcast on the PBS series POV in 2011.
- Extra features: Optional feature length audio commentary with director/editor Marshall Curry, co-director/cinematographer Sam Cullman, and editor Matthew Hamachek; Deleted scenes; Extended interviews; "You cannot control what is wild", updates from subjects in the film; Post-screening Q&A in Ashland, Oregon, with Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman.
- Winner, Documentary Film Editing Award (Marshall Curry, Matthew Hamachek), 2011 Sundance Film Festival ; Winner, Environmental Visions Grand Jury Prize, 2011 Dallas International Film Festival ; Winner, Best Documentary Feature (Marshall Curry), 2011 Nashville Film Festival ; Winner, EarthVision Environmental Film Grand Jury Prize (Marshall Curry), 2011 Santa Cruz Film Festival.
- ISBN:
- 1937772179
- 9781937772178
- OCLC:
- 745479130
- Publisher Number:
- 896602002388
- OSC 38 Oscilloscope Laboratories
- OSC 038 Oscilloscope Laboratories
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