Butterfly

This documentary details the struggle over a tree between Earth First activist Julia "Butterfly" and a logging corporation. Butterfly climbs the tree and refuses to come down until the corporation promises never to cut it down. It takes two years.

The principals in the conflict and local townsfolk are interviewed and needless to say, everyone has a strongly held opinion. Although the film makers clearly sympathize with Butterfly, I would say they do a good job letting both sides have their say, and the documentary never descends into heavy handed moralizing. It's a complex issue, and no pat answers are provided.

A very thought provoking film - take your friends and you're sure to have a spirited debate afterward.