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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>IF A TREE
FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT, a Sundance-winning documentary
about the ELF, opens at the Coolidge Corner Theatre on Friday, July 29. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>In
December 2005, Daniel McGowan was arrested by Federal agents in a nationwide
sweep of radical environmentalists involved with the Earth Liberation Front-- a
group the FBI has called America's "number one domestic terrorism
threat."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>For
years, the ELF—operating in separate anonymous cells without any central
leadership—had launched arson attacks against dozens of businesses they
accused of destroying the environment: timber companies, SUV dealerships, wild
horse slaughterhouses, and a $12 million ski lodge at Vail, Colorado.
With the arrest of Daniel and 13 others, the government had cracked what was
probably the largest ELF cell in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place> and brought down the group
responsible for the very first ELF arsons in this country.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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 <em><i><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-style:normal'>verité</span></font></i></em><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> </span></i>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. Along the way it asks hard questions about
environmentalism, activism, and the way we define terrorism. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>For
screening times, visit <a href="http://www.coolidge.org/">www.coolidge.org</a>.
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