DANIEL McGOWAN FILM OPENING

 Opens Wednesday, June 22 at IFC Center
  (the former Waverly Cinema) on 6th Av. at
  W.3rd St.:  <http://is.gd/Szm7sd-/>
 <http://www.ifccenter.com/films/if-a-tree-falls-a-story-of-the-earth-liberation-front/>
  A, B, C, D, E, F, M train to W.4 St. (south exits
  to W.3rd); #1 to Christopher St.-Sheridan Sq.;
  PATH to 9th St.; buses on 6th Av. or W.9th or
  W.10th or Houston; NYC suggests biking via
  9th St. or 10th St. or Bleecker or MacDougal.

  The film is also playing at 2 festivals in NYC
  beginning this weekend (At 2pm on [today Sat.]
  June 18 at BAMcinemaFest and at 6:30pm
  on [Sun.] June 19 & [at] 8:45pm on [Mon.] June 20
  at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival).  But
  ticket sales are only monitored at the IFC
  theater, and a strong turnout there will be monitored
  by other theaters around the country who will
  then determine if they too will pick up the film
  based on sales.  So if the film is well attended
  during this opening weekend at the IFC,
  we'll be assured the widest possible release.

  Two senders' posts follow, with added links.  See
  also comment at <http://supportdaniel.org/blog/?p=39>
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Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:15:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Family & Friends of Daniel McG <friendsofdanielmcg@yahoo.com>
Subject: [supportdaniel_announce] IF A TREE FALLS
OPENS NEXT WEEK IN NYC AND EUGENE, ORGEON
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<https://lists.riseup.net/www/arc/supportdaniel_announce>

An official selection of the 2011 Sundance Film
Festival and winner of the U.S. Documentary
Editing Award, If a Tree Falls is a
feature-length documentary that offers a
behind-the-curtain look at the Earth Liberation
Front (ELF), the radical environmental group that
the FBI calls America`s ``number one domestic
terrorist threat.`` The film tells the story of
Daniel McGowan, an ELF member who participated in
two multi-million-dollar arsons against Oregon
timber companies. Described by Filmmaker Magazine
as ``an intriguing and important film,``  If a
Tree Falls explores how a working class kid from
Queens (the son of a New York cop who was a
business major in college) found himself facing
life in prison for ``eco-terrorism.``

The film opens Wednesday, June 22 at the IFC
Center in NYC. Tickets and showtimes will be
available at IFCcenter.com on Monday, June 20.

If a Tree Falls is distributed by Oscilloscope
Laboratories and will screen nationwide this
summer. Click here for more information and screening times.

The film is also playing at 2 festivals in NYC
beginning this weekend (At 2pm on June 18 at
BAMcinemaFest and at 6:30pm on June 19th
&  8:45pm on June 20th at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival).

[Tix <http://is.gd/SpuxZZ-/> / <http://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=3252> or
<http://is.gd/tfymjo-/> /
<http://www.filmlinc.com/films/on-sale/if-a-tree-falls> -t.]

But ticket sales are only monitored at the IFC
theater, and a strong turnout there will be
monitored by other theaters around the country
who will then determine if they too will pick up
the film based on sales.  So if the film is well
attended during this opening weekend at the IFC,
we'll be assured the widest possible release.

The film also opens in Eugene on June 23 at Bijou.
http://bijou-cinemas.com/bijou/2011/05/if-a-tree-falls-a-story-of-the-earth-liberation-front/

Last but not least, the film's trailer is online
at the following URLs if folks are interested:
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/ifatreefalls/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmcrKZ_FJlw

And on facebook here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/If-A-Tree-Falls-A-Story-of-the-Earth-Liberation-Front/186553578028577

More screenings are planned around the country in
July and August and info is updated frequently on the film's website.

See you at the movies!

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Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:38:45 -0400
From: sam cullman
Subject: IF A TREE FALLS   doc about Daniel McGowan opens next week!

{snip}

IF A TREE FALLS OPENS NEXT WEEK IN NYC AND EUGENE, ORGEON

IF A TREE FALLS explores the transformation and
radicalization of, Daniel McGowan, a NYC native
who moved out West in the late 1990s to become
involved with the Earth Liberation Front, a
radical environment group that the FBI has called
America's number one domestic terrorism
threat.   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 in America today.

In New York, the IFC run (at 323 Sixth Ave at
West 3rd Street) begins June 22nd and more info
from the theater is available here:
http://www.ifccenter.com/films/if-a-tree-falls-a-story-of-the-earth-liberation-front/
Please note that showtimes and tickets won't be
available until next week (June 20th).
Also, FYI, the filmmakers will be doing Q&As from
the 22nd to the 25th if not through to July 1 if
a good turnout extends the run to two weeks.

The film is also playing at 2 festivals in NYC
beginning this weekend (At 2pm on June 18 at BAMcinemaFest and at
6:30pm on June 19th &  8:45pm on June 20th at the
Human Rights Watch Film Festival).  But ticket
sales are only monitored at the IFC theater, and
a strong turnout there will be monitored by other
theaters around the country who will then
determine if they too will pick up the film based
on sales.  So if the film is well attended during
this opening weekend at the IFC, we'll be assured the widest possible release.

Last but not least, the film's trailer is online
at the following URLs if folks are interested:
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/ifatreefalls/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmcrKZ_FJlw

And on facebook here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/If-A-Tree-Falls-A-Story-of-the-Earth-Liberation-Front/186553578028577

More screenings are planned around the country in
July and August and info is updated frequently on our website.

See you at the movies!

-------------------
Sam Cullman
917.821.0975
yellowcakefilms.com
ifatreefallsfilm.com