FARMSTEADERS follows Nick and Celeste Nolan and their young family on a journey to resurrect Nick's grandfather's dairy farm as agriculture moves toward large-scale farming..

FARMSTEADERS is a love story, a farm story, and a story of contemporary rural America. Nick Nolan, his wife Celeste, and their young family are on a journey to resurrect his grandfather's dairy farm - fighting to keep this homeland from "drying up and blowing away," something that has happened to about 4.7 million farms in the U.S. as the pressures of corporate-driven food have left deep scars in the region.

Director Shaena Mallet points an honest and tender lens at the beauty and hardship of everyday life on a family farm, as the Nolans work to balance their fears and hopes with so much at stake.

Nick and Celeste's meditations on life, legacy, and resistance bring complexity and depth to the national conversation and characterization of the rural white American. For the Nolans, only three things remain certain: family is everything, nothing ever stays the same, and the land holds it all together.

52 minutes

Directed by Shaena Mallett
Produced by Chad A. Stevens
Cinematography/Sound: Shaena Mallett
Editor: Kelly Creedon
Original Music: Tyler Strickland
Executive Producers for American Documentary | POV: Justine Nagan, Chris White
Produced by Shaena Mallett in collaboration with milesfrommaybe Productions in association with American Documentary | POV

"It's not just a story about farming, but of standing up to live one's life in accordance with one's beliefs, no matter the sacrifice."
Julie R. Thomson, Huffington Post

"FARMSTEADERS isn't a film focused on the evils of factory farming or the greed of big corporations; instead, it's an intimate and exalting look at the small family farm, the everyday hero of our food system." Mother Nature Network

"I am struck by the humanity, love, and pain in FARMSTEADERS. Dairy farming is most unforgiving since it has to be done every day of every year and this film demonstrates why they are heroes. This should be viewed in every urban and suburban community to build more support and understanding. In a period of stark urban vs. rural divides on so many issues we should all agree: farmers like the Nolans are true American heroes."
Michael Hamm, C.S. Mott Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, Senior Fellow, Center for Regional Food Systems, Michigan State University

"We face a structural crisis in this country when it comes to Land transfer. In our work with Agrarian Trust, we hear every day about land-drama, both from those seeking to enter agriculture, and those seeking to retire in dignity. This film portrays a truly heart-warming story of family farming, the dynamics of inter-generational transfer, and the beauty, struggle, and hardship of making it work. All farmers must face these themes, and more eaters and policy makers must understand that this inflection of ownership and stewardship has tremendous impact on the viability of our rural places and economies."
Severine von Tscharner Fleming, Director of Greenhorns, Founding Board President of Agrarian Trust

"FARMSTEADERS is a personal and intimate story that will create empathy between viewers and those brave souls who are farming against all odds in a globalized market system that cares little for the individual family, their historical ties to the land, and collective agrarian commitments, and instead prioritizes output above all else. May this story, without drama or glamour, connect us, and ultimately motivate us to more actively engage those who grow and raise the food that sustains us all, either by buying more local produce from farmers and ranchers or by engaging in local to global policy efforts designed to help support a diversity of farmers in maintaining their land, stewarding it and paving the way for future generations who can carry this work forward."
Gabrielle Roesch-McNally, Director for Women for the Land, American Farmland Trust

"FARMSTEADERS captures many of the lines of tension that run through local-scale farming: strength and vulnerability; honoring generations past and the rising generation; love of place, family and work coupled with the grind of relentless, hard work without a safety net. This is an excellent documentary for honoring small farmers, showing aspiring farmers some of what they might expect, and reminding all of us who eat every day the real value of what we are consuming. Farmsteaders demonstrates in the particular and poignant story of one farm the consequential and devastating effects of our 'get big or get out' agricultural policies."
Keith Morton, Professor and Chair, Public and Community Service Studies, Providence College

"At a time when most small dairy farmers are thinking about getting out, the Nolans bring cows back to their farm, with a plan to make dairying work in a way closer to the way their ancestors worked the land. Will they and their children manage to build a life out of a small herd of mixed breeds, selling cheese to the local town? While the answer to that question is unclear, what is clear is the determination, strength and sweat it takes to try."
E. Melanie DuPuis, Professor and Chair, Environmental Studies and Science, Pace University, Author, Nature's Perfect Food: How Milk Became America's Drink

In FROM SEED TO SEED, a group of Canadian organic farmers — both large-scale and small-scale — experience a full growing season with all of its rewards as well as the challenges of a changing climate.

When Terry and Monique left the opera to pursue their true passion—ecological, small-scale farming—their story of community and resilience took center stage. FROM SEED TO SEED follows their young family and a diverse group of farmers in Southern Manitoba, for a season of challenges and rewards.

Scientists are working with these farmers using a blend of ancient traditions and cutting edge science to develop improved methods for growing food ecologically and in a changing climate.

This hopeful story provides a Canadian perspective on a global social movement that regenerates the land, farming, and communities toward a healthier future for us all.

87 minutes

Directed by Katharina Stieffenhofer
Writer: Katharina Stieffenhofer
Co-Producer: Jean du Toit
Associate Producer: Wendy Buelow
Director of Photography: Bryan Sanders
Editor, Sound Design: John Gurdebeke
Composer: Jason Staczek
Animation: Toby Gillies

"FROM SEED TO SEED took my breath away. I think everyone who eats should see it! As a professor, I could teach an entire course in regenerative agriculture using nothing more than this film. As a farmer, I know of no documentaries that provide a more honest and clear-cut exposé of the emotional territory between hope and despair within which every farmer lives. The farmers exemplify the paradox created when striving toward nature-based farming while being beaten down by a changing and unpredictable climate and enticed by the easy-way-out offered by industrial agriculture."
Gary S. Kleppel, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, University at Albany-SUNY, Co-owner, Longfield Farm

"The resounding message delivered by Seed to Seed is optimism - that building a sustainable society is possible - but what makes this film stand out is that this hope is securely tethered to humility...This is not only a film about organic farming, it is also a glimpse into community resilience, and what is required to build our place-based knowledge of land, food production and the natural world."
Dr. Lorelei Hanson, Associate Professor and Academic Coordinator, Environmental Studies, Athabasca University

"FROM SEED TO SEED offers a beautiful portrait about the importance of tradition for creating our future. The film offers us a glimpse at the delicate balance of creating diversity in our genetics, seeds, and communities. For students, the film provides an unbelievable lesson on the value of the small, the local, and the old - not as backwards - but vital and necessary for carving a path forward."
Paul Stock, Associate Professor, Sociology and Environmental Studies, University of Kansas, Co-Author, New Farmers 2014/2018

"The film gives us an intimate look into the common and individual experiences of farmers...Interspersed among stories about the production of livestock, vegetables, wheat, hemp and flax are sidebars illustrating innovations and techniques - both traditional and new - that farmers use to successfully produce food. Viewers will come away with a deeper appreciation for the skills, knowledge, patience and hard work required to be a farmer and the inevitable tensions that exist in attempting to build a sustainable family business without exploiting themselves in the process."
Sean Clark, Professor of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Berea College, Co-Editor, Fields of Learning: The Student Farm Movement in North America

"Informative, beautifully shot...This gentle, quiet advocacy doc possesses some of the philosophical patience seen in its subjects, who need to follow the seasonal cycles of farming and withstand the vicissitudes of Prairie weather."
Alison Gillmor, Winnipeg Free Press

"A gentle but powerful film that really grew on me as I fell deeply into their story."
Matthew Gilbert, Cinema Noesis: Films for Evolving Minds

"Human generated global warming is a permanent visitor, and the family is making adjustments to their farming strategies to accommodate this unwelcome visitor...Despite the existential challenges they face, this farming family is delightful and inspiring - as is the film which highlights their lives and their work."
Don Schwartz, cineSOURCE

"This is one of the best documentary films about farming that I have watched."
Dr. Av Singh, Vice-President, Canadian Organic Growers

"With honesty and realism the film explores the risks farmers bear year to year, and provides audiences with a raw and unfiltered view of how their food is produced and the decisions farmers must make in the process...We applaud the effort taken in the film to highlight how farmers can help mitigate the effects of climate change through thoughtful, diversified and regenerative production practices. FROM SEED TO SEED rightly illustrates how farmers can be part of the solution to our climate crisis."
Stuart Oke, Youth President, and Katie Ward, President, National Farmers Union of Canada

"This extraordinary film takes us from a smallholding farmed by newcomers to the large holdings common to Manitoba. In so doing, it shows how organic practices can transform the landscape and provide resilience in light of climate change. From Seed to Seed is an exhilarating and successful demonstration of organic practices on both small and large farms."
Lawrence Busch, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Michigan State University, Author, Knowledge for Sale: The Neoliberal Takeover of Higher Education

"FROM SEED TO SEED reveals as much about the meaning of life as the challenges of farming. This compelling documentary centers on a young couple who has chosen farming as a moral, social, and economic way of life-in that order. Their story is juxtaposed with other Manitoba farmers exploring various paths of transition from conventional to organic farming. The story leaves little doubt about whose path is more difficult, but whose path is more fulfilling is a more difficult question. Will farming in the future be a continuing quest for money or a moral expression of purpose and meaning?"
John Ikerd, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri, Author, Small Farms Are Real Farms: Sustaining People through Agriculture

"FROM SEED TO SEED makes an important contribution to our understanding of how organic farming systems, participatory breeding, and farmer engagement with scientists can contribute to the creation of sustainable and resilient food and farming systems. The film provides an excellent overview of key issues facing farmers in many rural communities today. It will make an excellent addition to academic classes and public education events focused on sustainable and community based food systems."
Albie Miles, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Community Food Systems, University of Hawai'i - West O'ahu

"A beautifully filmed paean to the growing significance and importance of ecological farming. This is a timely and inspiring guide to earth-and-human-centered principles based in adaptable and resilient knowledges, rather than the standardizing science of commodity agriculture. This film will be important for both classroom and community screenings. Watching it involves learning that ecological farming is a real science, especially in the face of climate crisis."
Philip McMichael, Professor of Development Sociology, Cornell University

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In CAPTURING THE FLAG, a tight-knit group of friends travel to Cumberland County, North Carolina — 2016 “poster-child” for voter suppression — intent on proving that the big idea of American democracy can be defended by small acts of individual citizens.

In 2013, in Shelby County v. Holder, the Supreme Court invalidates the part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act requiring certain states to submit changes in voting laws to the Justice Department for approval. Almost immediately, certain states take voter suppression measures such as enacting voter ID laws, redrawing district boundaries, and repealing same-day registration.

Three months before the 2016 election, a group of volunteers across the country mobilizes to work on voter protection — to observe elections and to assure that all those who wish to vote are legally allowed to do so. Laverne Berry, Steven Miller, and Claire Wright head to North Carolina. What they find at the polls serves as both a warning and a call to action for anyone interested in protecting the "One Man, One Vote" fundamental of our democracy.

Dealing with themes that are constantly sensationalized and manipulated by the media — Left vs. Right, North vs. South, Black vs. White — CAPTURING THE FLAG offers instead deeply personal, often surprising perspectives on the 2016 Presidential Election and its aftermath.

76 minutes

Directed by Anne de Mare
Produced by Anne de Mare, Laverne Berry, Elizabeth Hemmerdinger
Executive Producer: Lawrence B. Benenson, Alix Ritchie
Editors: Satoko Sugiyama, Aljernon Tunsil
Original Music: Christopher North
Cinematographers: Nelson Walker III, Anne de Mare
A Providence Productions and Election Protection Production

“The stories of these voters remind us that the heart of this fight is our shared human stake in our democracy — and CAPTURING THE FLAG serves both as a warning and a call to action to activists across the country who are ready to fiercely defend it.” Natasha Piñon, Ms. Magazine

“An unbiased story that every American should see...demonstrates that democracy at its very core is continually being challenged.” Pamela Powell, Reel Honest Reviews

“I can read about voter suppression and hear about voter suppression, but seeing it unfold on screen is staggering in an entirely different way.”
Full Frame Artistic Director Sadie Tillery quoted in PBS’s DocSoup

“A microcosm of the passions, absurdities and contradictions of the U.S. election system.”
Marvin Brown, Quik Flix Hit

“Director Anne de Mare adeptly focuses a magnifying glass on the crucible of Cumberland County, North Carolina. [A] deeply personal, important and timely film.”
L.C. Cragg, Red Carpet Crash

"Tells the modern story of voter suppression practices in vivid detail. It helps make sense of the continuing fight, which dates back to the founding of our country, to extend and protect the right to vote."
Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, Professor of Law, Adjunct Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and Political Science, Indiana University - Bloomington

"A film every young adult needs to see. At a time when people across the nation are wondering how they can make a difference, this film says, yes, you can — here are some steps you can take."
Carly Mirabile and Melanie Hogue, Duke Arts, Duke University

"Captures many key elements of the dynamics of voter suppression and its implementation in North Carolina. And it reveals the subversive, anti-American qualities of voter suppression in an effective, personalized way."
Walter Salinger, former Director, The League of Women Voters of North Carolina

"Enlightening and inspiring...Palpable, and immensely relatable...The film makes it devastatingly clear that if these volunteers had not been present, many more people would have been unable to exercise their constitutional right to vote...Captures both how great the need is for voter protection work and how much of a difference a single person can make in just one day."
Elizabeth Levin, The Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts

"Immediately following the Supreme Court's devastating decision in Shelby County v. Holder, North Carolina passed a monstrous voter suppression law and became ground zero for the fight to protect voting rights. As the ACLU and other organizations challenged the law in court, volunteers on the ground worked tirelessly to ensure that every eligible voter could register, vote, and have their vote counted...This film provides an important perspective on how voter suppression works in practice, documenting the barriers and challenges voters face to exercise their most fundamental rights, and the volunteer efforts to protect them."
Julie Ebenstein, Senior Staff Attorney, Voting Rights Project, ACLU

"Shows personal stories on how voter suppression can affect anyone of any age, race/ethnicity, or gender. There is no way you can't see a family member or friend in the experiences of the voters highlighted...The future of our democracy is dependent on us fighting all forms of voter suppression and making sure that every person gets to cast a ballot."
Alyssa Canty, Campus Outreach Coordinator, Common Cause North Carolina

"Tells the story of four friends awakening to the contemporary assault on democracy, and discovering their own capacity to do something about it. The film is a good primer in citizen action that can be used to start a conversation among concerned citizens, from students to seniors, about what can be done and how we all can get involved in election protection work."
Dr. Lorraine Minnite, Associate Professor and Chair, Public Policy and Administration, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, Author, Keeping Down the Black Vote: Race and the Demobilization of American Voters

"In addition to covering numerous ways voting has been restricted, the film provides the invaluable service of demonstrating how ongoing confusion about just what the voting law even is in certain states is contributing to the problem of voter suppression. The film offers an intimate portrayal of concerned citizens who, as volunteers and activists, are fighting in the face of the altered legal landscape to secure the most fundamental right of democracy — the right to vote."
Jeffrey Green, Professor and Director, Center for the Study of Democracy, University of Pennsylvania

"Reveals the unglamorous role of activists who volunteer their time to do the nitty-gritty work of assisting regular people struggling through the voting process. Students and civic groups will be motivated by the film's central characters to step up their involvement in future elections."
Barry Burden, Professor of Political Science, Director of the Elections Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison

THE SEQUEL looks at the influential work of David Fleming, who dared to re-imagine a thriving civilization after the collapse of our current mainstream economies and inspired the Transition Towns movement.

Opening with a powerful 'deep time' perspective, from the beginning of the Earth to our present moment, this film recognizes the fundamental unsustainability of today's society and dares to ask the big question: What will follow?

Around the world, fresh shoots are already emerging as people develop the skills, will and resources necessary to recapture the initiative and re-imagine civilization, often in the ruins of collapsed mainstream economies.

We encounter extraordinary projects and people from four continents, from renegade economist Kate Raworth, conservative philosopher Roger Scruton and Gaian ecologist Stephan Harding to localization revolutionary Helena Norberg-Hodge, inspirational practivist Rob Hopkins, eco-pioneer Jonathon Porritt and philanthropist/composer Peter Buffett. They are cultivating a resilience not reliant on the impossible promise of eternal economic growth; developing diverse, convivial, satisfying contexts for lives well lived.

All were inspired by the posthumously published lifework of the late David Fleming, "Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It", a work of rare depth that is rekindling optimism in the creativity and intelligence of humans to nurse our communities and ecology back to health.

61 minutes

Directed by Peter Armstrong
Produced by Empathy Media
Executive Producer: Shaun Chamberlin
Writers: Shaun Chamberlin, Peter Armstrong
Editor: Peter Armstrong
Narrator: Helen Atkinson Wood

"A how-to for our communities, for ourselves, for you and me to re-envision and recreate our homes and communities. Rather than merely examining the fissures in our global wellbeing, this movie teaches us a way forward, a way to repair together, a communal way home."
Sean Prentiss, Associate Professor of English, Norwich University, Author, Finding Abbey: The Search for Edward Abbey and His Hidden Desert Grave

"Explores the work of environmental economist David Fleming and the vibrant Transition Movement his ideas inspired. A valuable supplement for...local groups reading Fleming's work. Reminding us that our post-industrial socioeconomic systems are finite and that other ways of living are not only possible but inevitable, THE SEQUEL is a sure catalyst to discussion and action."
Dr. Anna J. Willow, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Ohio State University

"I highly recommend The Sequel...Through two decades of work on climate issues, I've come to appreciate that our challenges are less political and technological than we imagine them to be. Rather, our core challenges are relational and social - of how we can come to understand ourselves as connected to community across scales from local to global. An inspirational and particularly useful touchstone for those thinking about and seeking to secure a just, sustainable and resilient future for all."
Steve Adams, Director of Urban Resilience, Institute for Sustainable Communities

"A helpful reminder that alternatives exist all around us. Fleming knew that healthy human societies and healthy relationships to the non-human world required intentional community building acts. Grow a garden, get involved in local politics, share tools with your neighbor, fix what's broken and buy less stuff. This is an inspirational film for audiences of all ages."
Dr. Kent 'Kip' Curtis, Associate Professor of Environmental History, Ohio State University

"The late English historian and ecological theorist David Fleming argues that global capitalism's need for constant consumption and growth is destroying the world - it consumes too many resources, spews out too many wastes, and pushes too many people into poverty and despair. Fleming thinks climate change will trigger what he calls 'climacteric collapse' of large-scale societies. This unfolding collapse offers the possibility of a counter-cultural renaissance if we transition to more locally-oriented and nature-focused ways of life."
James William Gibson, Professor of Sociology, California State University - Long Beach, Author, A Reenchanted World: The Quest for a New Kinship With Nature

"An essential introduction to David Fleming's work that can help us all imagine, as he did, the beauty and potential of the 'seed beneath the snow.' Without ignoring the seriousness of the crises, Fleming's work demonstrates that through imagination, art, culture, ritual, and joy, there is a way forward. And that way forward won't be a sacrifice, but rather a reestablishment of the very communities, rituals, and practices we have lost in modernity, that before this moment have always given human life its meaning."
Dr. David Thomas Sumner, Professor of English and Environmental Studies, English Department Chair, Linfield College

"An excellent documentary tribute with wings that takes us to local food movements, repair cafés, and community celebrations to liven up The Sequel to the biophysical impossibility of endless growth. This film will awaken the intellect to harmonize with earth's systems...We find a treasure trove of ecological and humanitarian analysis and practices that call upon our higher selves to work for the good of all life."
Jim Merkel, Author, Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth, Director, Global Living Project, Film Director, Saving Walden's World

GROUNDSWELL RISING documents the opposition from both sides of the political spectrum to the ubiquitous practice of fracking for natural gas, and the health and environmental reasons behind it.

GROUNDSWELL RISING gives voice to ordinary folks engaged in a David and Goliath struggle against Big Oil and Gas.  We meet parents, scientists, doctors, farmers and individuals across the political spectrum decrying the energy extraction process known as fracking that puts profits over people.  This provocative documentary tracks a grassroots movement exposing dangers to clean air, water, and civil rights.

GROUNDSWELL RISING shows how fracking has contaminated drinking water and jeopardized health and quality of life.  Homeowners near wells suffer from respiratory ailments and property devaluation.  Reina Ripple, of Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project, chronicles mounting ailments related to fracking.  A former industry employee shows skin lesions and edema obtained while working with fracking waste.  

Grassroots efforts have achieved bans, moratoriums, and referendums on fracking.  Stanford University Professor Mark Jacobson paves the way forward globally with his Solutions Project for 100% renewable energy.  Transcending the genre of environmental film, GROUNDSWELL RISING's passionate stories inspire and empower.

Featuring: Dr. Sandra Steingraber, Dr. Tony Ingraffea, Dr. Mark Jacobson, Shane Davis, Deborah Goldberg, Bob Edgar, James Browning, Mark Ruffalo, Vera Scroggins, Craig Stevens, Dr. Walter Tsou, Dr. Poune Saberi, Raina Rippel, and more.

70 minutes

Directed and Produced by Renard Cohen and Matt Cohen
Executive Producers: Matt Cohen, Mark Lichty
Editor: Ryan Kollmorgen
Associate Producer: David Walczak
Contributing Producers: Leigha Cohen, Joe Kramer
Camera: Renard Cohen, Dave Walczak, Mark Lichty, Matt Cohen
A Resolution Pictures Production

"Besides the incredible information on fracking's detriment to our health it is also a great look into what it is like to live in a town with fracking in the backyard. This film should be watched by everyone on the side of industry and those considering leasing their land to the gas companies. Plain and simply, it's the human side of this debate."
Mark Ruffalo, Actor, Activist

"Will get your blood going and your mind racing about how we can pull together to defend our communities from gas drilling and its crushing infrastructure."
Tracy Carluccio, Deputy Director, Delaware Riverkeeper Network

"No kidding this is a groundswell, and just in time! Fracking means big money to a few, which is why its spreading around the world-but the opposition from the rest of us is spreading just as fast, and this powerful film shows exactly why!"
Bill McKibben, Founder of 350.org

DIVIDE IN CONCORD tells the entertaining tale of banning bottled water in small town America.

Jean Hill, a fiery octogenarian, is deeply concerned about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the world's largest landfill. Since 2010, she has spearheaded a grassroots campaign to ban the sale of single-serve plastic bottled water in her hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. She spends her golden years attending city council meetings and cold calling residents. So far, her attempts to pass a municipal bylaw have failed.

As she prepares for one last town meeting, Jean faces the strongest opposition yet, from local merchants and the International Bottled Water Association. But her fiercest challenge comes from Adriana Cohen, mother, model and celebrity publicist-turned-pundit, who insists the bill is an attack on freedom.

When Adriana thrusts Jean's crusade into the national spotlight, it's silver-haired senior versus silver-tongued pro. In the same town that incited the American Revolution and inspired Thoreau's environmental movement, can one senior citizen make history? A tense nail-biter of a vote will decide.

82 minutes

Directed by Kris Kaczor
Produced by David Regos and Jaedra Luke
Executive Producer: Michele Clarke
Editors: Steve Nemsick, Matthew Prinzing
Cinematography: Kris Kaczor
Original Score: Gigantic Hand

"A fascinating, entertaining look at how persistence and citizen action still means something in a corporate-controlled society."
Michael Moore

"DIVIDE IN CONCORD is a remarkable, beautifully filmed and presented story of the second great battle of Concord, Massachusetts: the battle to ban small single-serve plastic bottles of water. Watch true community democracy in action as a small group of determined citizens fire another shot heard 'round the world in the name of protecting the global environment and awakening the rest of us to the threat of unsustainable commercial products flooding our stores."
Peter Gleick, President and Co-founder, Pacific Institute, Author, Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind our Obsession with Bottled Water

"DIVIDE IN CONCORD drops the viewer into the middle of a citizen-instigated environmental battle. This most local of efforts provokes a corporate response and nuanced reflections of partisans on sustainability, seemingly small consumer actions and global environmental repercussions, and different conceptions of freedom, choice, and responsibility. The movie offers a deft portrait of local citizen activism, environmentalism, and democracy in action."
William Buzbee, Professor of Law, Georgetown University


"It's entirely fitting that a noteworthy battle over banning the sale of bottled water sales took place in the town known for Thoreau and the start of the Revolutionary War. DIVIDE IN CONCORD presents a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at this conflict, fairly presenting both sides of the issue through interviews with the main participants. ...The conflict highlighted between environmental protection and individual liberty will surely stay with us for many years to come."
James Salzman, Professor of Law and Environmental Policy, Duke University, Author, Drinking Water: A History

"Concord, birthplace of the American Revolution and Henry David Thoreau, is the perfect place for a 21st century environmental battle, and this saga has all of the elements of a good fight. ...see how one community can spark a revolution..."
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