If a tree falls : a story of the Earth Liberation Front / A coproduction of Marshall Curry Productions, LLC and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), with funding by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting ; in association with Lucky Hat Entertainment, American Documentary (POV) and the BBC ; directed and produced by Marshall Curry ; co-directed and produced by Sam Cullman ; written and edited by Matthew Hamachek, Marshall Curry.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Curry, Marshall, screenwriter, film director, film producer, film editor.

Cullman, Sam, film director, film producer, director of photography.

Hamachek, Matthew, screenwriter, film editor.

McGowan, Daniel, 1974- interviewee.

National (Musical group)

Marshall Curry Productions.

Independent Television Service.

Lucky Hat Entertainment (Firm)

American Documentary, Inc.

British Broadcasting Corporation.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Oscilloscope Laboratories (Firm)

Bullfrog Films.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earth Liberation Front--History.

Earth Liberation Front.

McGowan, Daniel, 1974-.

McGowan, Daniel.

Ecoterrorism--United States--History.

Ecoterrorism.

History.

United States.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Biographical films.

Nonfiction films.

Environmental films.

Feature films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (85 min.) : digital, sound, color

polychrome

Other Title:

Story of the Earth Liberation Front

Place of Publication:

[Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2011]

Language Note:

Closed captioning available.

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

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.

Participant:

Interviewees: Daniel McGowan [and 18 others].

Credits:

Cinematography, Sam Cullman ; music, James Baxter, The National.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally broadcast on the PBS series POV in 2011 and produced by Marshall Curry Productions, LLC.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 22, 2015).

Publisher Number:

bf-if Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.