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    Above All Else

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    An eco-documentary on one of the most controversial pipelines, the Keystone XL, which began construction around 2012 to the vociferous objections of land owners in East Texas, especially of their leader David Daniel whose very land would be desecrated! It is completely mind-boggling how government and corporate greed on every level will have its way contrary to the wishes and desires of the legal owners of the land. Thus we get a firsthand account of these activists on the front line who risk everything in this climate fight to save and preserve what is rightfully theirs.

    It is actually painful to witness this dramatic portrait of the ruination of hundreds of miles of century old trees and forest habitation all in the name of so-called progress. The photography from forests, to fields to actual living quarters of the protesters does get up your ire as ordinary people are trampled over in every sense to get this pipeline built. Their due diligence eventually becomes an enormous cry, a true rallying call for climate protesters nationwide.

    ABOVE ALL ELSE is the award winning documentary from executive producer, actor DARRYL HANNAH who has always fought the good fight and director John Fiege. It is a deeply, personal struggle always emotionally driven, as exemplified by one of the protester signs which states: " THOU SHALL NOT PASS." ABOVE is not the most mind blowing doc you will see, but it takes a grand stand against American "tainted" political and corporate life! Cinemablographer has compared it to the fiercely political doc " Harlan County USA ", Barbara Kopple's great work!

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    pietroantoni@  5.7.2015 age: 36-49 14,551 reviews

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