Edward Abbey
Know for: Writing
Born: 1927-01-29
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Wrenched (2014)
Activist/author Edward Abbey's legacy lives on in his best-selling books and now in director ML Lincoln's lively documentary. Lincoln pays tribute to...
The Cracking of Glen Canyon Damn (1982)
The birth of the radical environmental movement is captured in this short, poetic film on the legendary direct action at Glen Canyon Dam in March of...
DamNation (2014)
This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing...
Who Bombed Judi Bari? (2012)
Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney were falsely arrested for car-bombing themselves on May 24, 1990 while on an Earth First! musical organizing tour for...
Edward Abbey: A Voice in the Wilderness (1993)
When Edward Abbey died in 1989 at the age of sixty-two, the American West lost one of its most eloquent and passionate advocates. Through his novels,...
Earth First! The Politics of Radical Environmentalism (1987)
"Earth First! - The Politics of Radical Environmentalism" documents the rise of the controversial eco-activist group, Earth First!, as told by its...
Lonely are the Brave (1962)
A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the...
Fire on the Mountain (1981)
A young real estate developer returns to his hometown to make a land killing but soon takes up the cause of a crusty old-timer in his struggles with...