Monday, March 24, 2014

Bidder 70

Went to a special Mendocino Film Club presentation of Bidder 70.  If you get a chance to see the film - please do.

For those of you out of Mendocino - here's the website to request a screening
http://www.bidder70film.com/

Movie Info

In 2008, as George W. Bush tried to gift the energy and mining industries thousands of acres of pristine Utah wilderness via a widely disputed federal auction, college student Tim DeChristopher decided to monkey-wrench the process. Bidding $1.7 million, he won 22,000 acres with no intention to drill. For this astonishing (and successful) act of civil disobedience he was sent to federal prison. Beth and George Gage's new documentary BIDDER 70 tells the story of this peaceful warrior whose patriotism and willingness to sacrifice have ignited the climate justice movement

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