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Summary
There are 640 million acres of public land in the United States. But there are powerful forces, both in government and in corporate America, eager to plunder this bounty.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+23)
Critics 100Audiences 77GoodWatch 82
Tomatometer100%
IMDb8.1
Letterboxd · 247 ratings3.6/5
Running time
1 h 36 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9696Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
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Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 35 more
Released
2020
February 17, 2020
6 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
and 3 more12 people
- Hal HerringSelf - Journalist
- Terry Tempest WilliamsSelf - Author
- Angelo BacaSelf - Navajo/Hopi Filmmaker
- SSSpencer ShaverSelf - Conservation Director, Sportsmen for the Boundary Waters
- MHMarshall HelmbergerSelf - Editor, The Timberjay Newspaper
- LLLevi LexvoldSelf - Regional Organizer, Save the Boundary Waters
- Douglas BrinkleySelf - Professor of History at Rice University
- PSPatrick SheaSelf - Former Director, Bureau of Land Management
- Richard NixonSelf (archive footage)
- Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage)
- JGJames G. WattSelf - Secretary of the Interior (archive footage)
- CWCharles WohlforthSelf - Author/Reporter, Anchorage Daily News
Directing · 1
- David Byars Director, Director of Photography
Writing · 1
- Lyman Smith Writer, Editor
Production · 7
- Robert Redford Executive Producer
- Rose Marcario Executive Producer
- Yvon Chouinard Executive Producer
- Alex Lowther Executive Producer
- Josh Nielsen Executive Producer
- Monika McClure Executive Producer
Camera · 1
- Drew Xanthopoulos Director of Photography
Sound · 2
- Bill Reynolds Original Music Composer
- Stephanie Nicora Original Music Composer
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