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"TREE-SIT" film screening @ CellSpace SF 11/29!!!
Date:
Thursday, November 29, 2001
Time:
7:00 PM
-
9:00 PM
Event Type:
Screening
Organizer/Author:
James Ficklin
Location Details:
Cell Space
2050 Bryant St.
San Francisco
***Thurs. Nov 29, 7:00pm***
TREE-SIT: The Art of Resistance
A film by James Ficklin & HAVC
Come see the amazing new feature documentary about the grass-roots
environmental movement. This film covers over 10 years of civil
disobedience and direct actions to save the last remnant of ancient
temperate rainforest in California! Here is the inside story that sets the
context for this modern day myth. From the struggle to save Headwaters
Forest, to the assassination attempt of Judi Bari, to the pepper spray
torture of young activists, to the establishment of permanent
"tree-villages", and the marathon tree-sits of Julia Butterfly Hill, Nate
Madeson and others.
A cinematic whirlwind of action mixed with poignant commentary, biting
political analysis, beautiful nature footage, all mixed to a hypnotic
cutting edge soundtrack of Drum & Bass electronica and tribal, pagan folk
music. This film is historically relevant, exhilarating, informative, and
intense!
TREE-SIT is much more than just hippie tree-sitters, it includes big
picture issues such as Native American struggles, political prisoners, our
spiritual connection with nature, deep ecology, police brutality,
government corruption, big labor joining forces with environmentalists to
oppose corporate rule and the birth of the "anti-globalization movement" at
the WTO protests in Seattle. Features Joan Baez, Bonnie Raitt, Woody
Harrelson and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead.
Q&A with filmmaker James Ficklin to follow screening.
Evening will end with live music performed by members of Land of the Blind,
(who are featured in the soundtrack)
Howard Zinn describes TREE-SIT as: "Truly inspiring".
*Winner of Earthvisions Film Festival award, "Best Forest Documentary".
Cell Space 415-648-7562
Added to the calendar on Tue, Feb 3, 2004 10:24AM
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