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By Sam Adams (514) for Time Out (7,510) on 21 Jun 2011

Considering its incendiary subject, Curry's approach is disarmingly tame; perhaps reframing the debate in less volatile terms is some kind…

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon.com (2,725) on 21 Jun 2011

A remarkably evenhanded story about an eager young activist who was drawn down a slippery slope toward property destruction and violence, and…

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By Michael Atkinson (678) for Village Voice (8,525) on 20 Jun 2011

Takes us through reams of fascinating drama, from the first heroic forest-saving protests to the reactive police violence and resulting dead-of-night…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for The New York Times (9,847) on 20 Jun 2011

The film's sobriety and carefully balanced arguments make it an exemplary piece of reporting, although its emotional heat rarely rises to a boil…

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By Lauren Wissot (25) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 17 Jun 2011

While it may not pack the rollicking drama of his first feature, Street Fight, Marshall Curry's timely If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth…

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By Justin Lowe (291) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 17 Jun 2011

Curry and co-editor Matthew Hamachek assemble the wide-ranging material into an informative, compelling story line, although details about…

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By John Anderson (1,358) for Variety (12,700) on 17 Jun 2011

Lacks the passion of previous Marshall Curry films (Racing Dreams, Street Fight) -- something mirrored in his principal character, but also…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 09 Jun 2011

A hard-hitting documentary about the activities of the Earth Liberation Front which has been labeled by the FBI as the nation's Number 1 domestic…

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By Steve Ramos (98) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 13 May 2011

Instead of a topic documentary, If a Tree Falls becomes the personal story of a well-intentioned man whose passion for the environment leads…

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