 The Forest Through the Trees [508]
With Public Performance Rights: $50.00 (College/University use, free public screenings)
Home Video: $20.00 (for home use/high school classrooms only)
Synopsis: Humboldt County's Pacific Lumber Company is cutting down the state's most primeval ancient redwood forest. In Mendocino County, where old-growth redwoods are long gone, multinational timber giant Louisiana Pacific provokes a storm of outrage by converting its vast redwood forests to fiber plantations.
Are timber companies allowed to do whatever they want with the trees on their land? The Forest Through the Trees asks both impassioned environmentalists and committed timber workers as they fight over the future of one of the most breathtaking landscapes in the country.
Awards: National Educational Film and Video Festival: Special Jury Award CINE: Golden Eagle Chicago International Film Festival: Gold Plaque
Credits: Produced by Frank Green Narrated by Sidney Pollack
Web Url: www.greentv.org
Film Date: 1996
Film Length: 60 |