Sydney Film Festival 2011  'If a Tree Falls' + 'The Hungry Tide'
by Andrew Blackie  17 June 2011  These two documentaries share
the same common environmental preoccupation.  If a Tree Falls: A
Story of the Earth Liberation Front  Director: Marshall Curry,
Sam Cullman Review [13.Sep.2011]  The Hungry Tide  Director: Tom
Zubrycki  The documentaries screening at the Sydney Film
Festival this year have had an environmental preoccupation, as
demonstrated by these two on the same theme. If a Tree Falls: A
Story of the Earth Liberation Frontfollows the activities and
prosecution of members of the Earth Liberation Front (ELF),
exploring the contentious issue of land degradation and what it
means to be an environmental activist.  The documentary, which
also screened at Sundance, is a comprehensive account of the
ELF, a radical organisation which burnt down several logging
factories and other buildings which they deemed to be harming
the environment. At the peak of their activities, they were
labelled the ‘number one