While this winter has not been cold enough for any serious cabin fever to set in, by March 15th we hope you'll all be ready to get out and join us as we kick off this new film series with IF A TREE FALLS, a 2012 Academy Award Nominated film by CIFF alum, Marshall Curry (RACING DREAMS).
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 America’s “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.
2011/USA/85mins/UR
Directed by Marchall Curry
Starting in March, the Camden International Film Festival will be teaming up with the Strand Theatre to host a monthly screening series taking place on the 3rd Thursday of every month. The series is part of CIFF Selects, a touring screening series celebrating nonfiction filmmaking and darn good stories. Films will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers sometimes in person, sometimes via skype. Most importantly, these are films that will enlighten and entertain.
The Camden International Film Festival will take place from September 27 - 30, 2012, screening over 50 documentary features and shorts at various venues throughout Camden and Rockland, Maine.
