Bloom Collective to screen film on the Earth Liberation Front this Thursday

The Bloom Collective is hosting a film this Thursday entitled If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front.

If a Tree Falls is the remarkable story of the Earth Liberation Front’s rise and fall, told through the transformation and radicalization of one of its members, Daniel McGowan. Part coming-of-age tale, part cops-and-robbers thriller, 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.

Before the film people are invited to write letters of support to Marie Mason, who is in federal prison and was sentenced to 22 years for property destruction in which not one person was injured. The letter writing will be from 6:30 – 7:00PM.

The Bloom Collective will be providing soup, but anyone wishing to bring food or beverages is welcomed to do so.

If A Tree Falls

Thursday, January 12

7:00PM

Bloom Collective

671 Davis NW, Grand Rapids

lower level of the Steepletown Community Center