Antioch University Santa Barbara hosts:
Film: If a Tree
Falls:
A Story of the Earth Liberation
Front
“Man on Stump” Photo by T.J. Watt
Friday, April 18, 2014
7:00 – 9:00pm
Free and Open to Public
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth
Liberation Front tells the remarkable story of the rise and fall
of this ELF cell, by focusing on the transformation and radicalization of
one of its members.
Part coming-of-age tale, part cops-and-robbers thrilller, the film
interweaves a verite chronicle of Daniel on house arrest as he faces life
in prison, with a dramatic recounting of the events that led to his
involvement with the group. And along the way it asks hard questions
about environmentalism, activism, and the way we define
terrorism.
Drawing from striking archival footage – much of it never before seen
–and intimate interviews with ELF members, and with the prosecutor and
detective who were chasing them, If a Tree Falls explores
the tumultuous period from 1995 until early 2001 when environmentalists
were clashing with timber companies and law enforcement, and the word
“terrorism” had not yet been altered by 9/11.
Awards it has won:
- Sundance Film Festival Winner, Documentary Editing Award
- Dallas Film Festival Winner, Environmental Visions Award
- Nashville Film Festival Winner, Best Documentary
- Santa Cruz Film Festival – Winner, EarthVision Environmental Jury
Prize
- Traverse City Film Festival Winner, Founders Award Best Documentary
- Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival Winner, Best Feature
Each quarter, the Environmental Studies
faculty at AUSB and the Fund for Santa Barbara co-sponsor a collaborative
series on contemporary environmental issues affecting our world, free to
our community.
Please join us!
All events are free and
open to the public and held on the AUSB campus, 602 Anacapa Street,
Santa Barbara, CA. For additional information, contact Dr. Dawn Murray,
BA Program Faculty at dmurray2@antioch.edu
.
