> >Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 23:58:29 -0700 >Subject: Documentary- If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation front - > Los Angeles july, 10, 15-22 >From: la lucha <luch...@gmail.com> >To: luch...@gmail.com > >Greetings, > >It is with excitement and trepidation that I >share this message with you all. 'If a Tree >Falls" documents the radical environmental >movement called the Earth Liberation front >(description below). It follows a friend of >mine, Daniel McGowan. I urge everyone to find >time to see the film- the dates are below. I >plan on going sometime after the 405 is opened (between the 19th -22nd). > > Daniel is a political prisoner, arrested in > December 2005, initially being threatened with > life in prison (335 years), and finally > sentenced to 7 years in federal prison in > 2007. Due to the Patriot Act, the judge added > a terrorism enhancement charge to the > sentence. His arrest was due to his > involvement in arsons targeting a tree farm and > a lumber company in the Northwest US. > >Daniel has always been connected to various >movements for justice, not simply environmental >justice and continues to be outspoken in >prison. He is being housed in one of the most >restrictive, little known prisons in this >country, called CMUs (Communication Management >Units) of which there are only two (Marion, IL >and Terre Haute, IN) . CMUs were initiated in >2006 to house Arab and Muslim men accused of >"terrorism." The CMUs, referred to as "little >Guantanamo" are completely dehumanizing- >monitoring and severely limiting all communication with the outside world. > > * > > SYNOPSIS > > > > On December 7th, 2005, federal agents > conducted a nationwide sweep of radical > environmentalists involved with the Earth > Liberation Front an organization the FBI has > called Americas number one domestic terrorism threat. > IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH > LIBERATION FRONT is the remarkable story of the > group's rise and fall, told through the > transformation and radicalization of one of its > members, Daniel McGowan. Part coming-of-age > tale, part cops-and-robbers thriller, the film > interweaves a chronicle of McGowan facing life > in prison with a dramatic investigation of the > events that led to his involvement with the > ELF. Using never-before-seen archival footage > and intimate interviews with cell members and > with the prosecutor and detective who were > chasing them IF A TREE FALLS asks hard > questions about environmentalism, activism, and the way we define terrorism. >The film is by Academy Award nominated filmmaker >Marshal Curry (nominated for "Street Fight" >about the 2002 mayoral campaign in Newark, NJ) > >Film trailer: ><http://www.supportdaniel.org/news/>http://www.supportdaniel.org/news/ >http://www.oscilloscope.net/films/film/50/If-A-Tree-Falls-A-Story-of-the-Earth-Liberation-Front > >The film opens at the Nuart in West LA on July 15th and runs for a week: >1272 SANTA MONICA BLVD. ><http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=11272+SANTA+MONICA+BLVD.+LOS+ANGELES,+CA>LOS > >ANGELES, CA 90025 > >Information: 310-473-8530 >Movie Line: 310-281-8223 > >it is also is playing at UCLA on July 10th at >the Hammer Museum at 7pm for free: ><http://happenings.ucla.edu/arts/event/44056>http://happenings.ucla.edu/arts/event/44056 > >New York Times review: ><http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/06/22/movies/if-a-tree-falls-documentary-on-earth-liberation-front.html>http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/06/22/movies/if-a-tree-falls-documentary-on-earth-liberation-front.html > >For more info on CMUs see the link below: ><http://www.supportdaniel.org/cmu/>http://www.supportdaniel.org/cmu/ >http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/5-things-little-guantanamo-cmu/2583/ > >-kevin > >-- >"If we just look inside each of us, a thousand rebellions sleep" >Strike Anywhere ><http://electronicintifada.net>http://electronicintifada.net >http://www.leftturn.org ><http://www.bds-la.org/>http://www.bds-la.org >http://todossomosarizona.net
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