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1991 film
Wild by Law
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Produced by
| Lawrence Hott, Diane Garey
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Distributed by
| Direct Cinema
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Country
| United States
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Language
| English
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Wild by Law: The Rise of Environmentalism and the Creation of the Wilderness Act
is a 1991
documentary film
produced by
Lawrence Hott
and Diane Garey. It also aired as an episode of
PBS
'
American Experience
. It was nominated for an
Academy Award
for
Best Documentary Feature
.
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[2]
The film is about the work of
Aldo Leopold
,
Bob Marshall
, founder of
The Wilderness Society
and
Howard Zahniser
.
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The film gives the philosophical and political underpinnings of the
Wilderness Act
of 1964. It was narrated by
Linda Hunt
. This documentary was made possible by the Arizona Humanities Council, which awarded the creators a Media Grant in 1991.
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