Visiting Filmmaker Marshall Curry

Human Rights Film Series

Date: Thursday, September 22, 2011 (All day)

Location: American University, Katzen Arts Center

The Center for Social Media will be hosting Marshall Curry for a Pull Focus interview, graduate film master class and screening of his latest film, If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, the first in the 2011 Human Rights Film Series.

SCHEDULE

2:10 PM Graduate Film Master Class (registered students only)

5:30 PM Human Rights Film Series*

Screening: If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front followed by Q&A with the Director and special guest.

*Co-sponsored by the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at AU's Washington College of Law

If A Tree Falls follows the controversial story of Daniel McGowan who was arrested in 2005 on charges of domestic terrorism as a member of the Earth Liberation Front. The film details Daniel's wait for sentencing while under house arrest, intertwined with the dramatic history of the ELF who operated through anonymous cells and caused millions of dollars in damage to businesses believed to be destroying the environment. Daniel's story calls into question not only how we understand environmental activism but also terrorism and the justice system.