Fresh
It's tempting to watch If a Tree Falls doc about a scraggly group of ecoterrorists with a chip of skepticism on your shoulder. Yet the film creates a fantastic moral ambivalence.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
2011 · 1h 25m · Unrated
Crime, Documentary, History
Directed by
Marshall Curry
,
Sam Cullman
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If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Overview
Filmmaker Marshall Curry explores the inner workings of the Earth Liberation Front, a revolutionary movement devoted to crippling facilities involved in deforestation, while simultaneously offering a profile of Oregon ELF member Daniel McGowan, who was brought up on terrorism charges for his involvement with the radical group.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Curry tells a compelling tale about the differences of opinion over what constitutes desperate measures, and how readily we throw around a term like terrorism.
Stephanie Merry, Washington Post
Fresh
Watching it may not change anyone's ideology, but it will force you to see the players as complex people with understandable motivations.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Rotten
The problem is that the heart of the movie is McGowan. He's just not a very compelling figure.
Mark Feeney, Boston Globe
Fresh
The gripping documentary If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front offers an intimate look at the radical environmental group.
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
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