Bidder 70 / Gage & Gage Productions; produced and directed by Beth Gage & George Gage.
"In 2008, as George W. Bush tried to gift the energy and mining industries thousands of acres of pristine Utah wilderness via a widely disputed federal auction, college student Tim DeChristopher decided to monkey-wrench the process. Bidding $1.7 million, he won 22,000 acres with no intention to...
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| Format: | DVD/Blu-Ray |
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | "In 2008, as George W. Bush tried to gift the energy and mining industries thousands of acres of pristine Utah wilderness via a widely disputed federal auction, college student Tim DeChristopher decided to monkey-wrench the process. Bidding $1.7 million, he won 22,000 acres with no intention to pay or drill. For this astonishing act of civil disobedience, he was sentenced to two years in federal prison. Bidder 70 tells the story of this peaceful warrior whose willingness to sacrifice has ignited the climate justice movement"--DVD sleeve. |
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| Item Description: | Title from disc label. Special DVD features: Q&A with Tim DeChristopher. DVD release of the 2012 documentary. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (73 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm |
| Format: | DVD; NTSC. |
| Audience: | Rated PG. Parental guidance recommended for younger viewers. Note: Low level offensive language. |
| Awards: | Winner of 20 awards including Best American Film at Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival. |
| Production Credits: | Edited by Ryan Suffern ; original score by Paul Pilot ; songs from Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. |