Butterfly (2000 film)

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Butterfly
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Directed by Doug Wolens
Starring Julia Butterfly Hill
Luna
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerDoug Wolens [1]
Editors Zack Bennett
Doug Wolens
Running time79 minutes
Original release
ReleaseJune 2000 (2000-06)

Butterfly is a documentary film directed by Doug Wolens about the environmental campaigner and tree sitter Julia Butterfly Hill who gained the attention of the world for her two-year vigil 180 feet atop Luna, an ancient redwood tree preventing it from being clear-cut. [2] [3] [4] The film first aired on PBS in 2000. [5]

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  1. Salter, Stephanie (December 3, 2000). "Attack on Luna Another Test for Julia Butterfly Hill". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on June 18, 2013.
  2. Cutler, Jacqueline (June 16, 2000). "P.O.V. chronicles woman's crusade to save a tree". The Union Democrat.
  3. Williams, Wendy J. (June 20, 2000). "Television; 'Tree Girl' branches out in 'Butterfly'". Boston Herald.[ dead link ]
  4. Petrakis, John (April 6, 2001). "'Butterfly' Documentary". Chicago Tribune.
  5. "POV - Butterfly film description". PBS. June 30, 2000. Archived from the original on March 31, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2017.