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Butterfly
Date: 1/1/2000Call Number: V 579Format: VHSProducers: Doug WolensProgram: POV, PBSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Living 180 feet off the ground in an ancient redwood tree for over two years, Julia Butterfly Hill, was interviewed for over two years, including six nights with Hill on her 180-foot high platform, reveal an intensely spiritual and articulate woman determined to accomplish her goal. The horror of being assaulted by lumber company helicopters, and of the strangeness of fierce media scrutiny seeking out a woman in a tree.
Timber Tigers
Call Number: V 737Format: VHSProducers: Estuary PressCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Timber Tigers resulted from a national tour of forest areas. It shows seldom seen giant forest-cutting machinery that harvests and hauls trees of all sizes across the country. The film exposes the forestry industry's approach to logging: "After us, the deluge and the desert."
Vanishing Redwoods
Call Number: V 738Format: VHSProducers: Estuary PressCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Vanishing Redwoods depicts the delicate natural balance required for the growth and survival of redwood forests. Photographed in northern California and Oregon, it shows how the logging industry's traditional practice of clear cutting threatens the very survival of redwood trees as a species.
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