Wild by Law

Wild by Law
Wild by Law
	Film poster
Produced by	Lawrence Hott, Diane Garey
Distributed by	Direct Cinema
Release date	1991 ;
Country	United States
Language	English

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 . ^[1]^[2]

The film is about the work of Aldo Leopold , Bob Marshall , founder of The Wilderness Society and Howard Zahniser . ^[3] 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.

References [ edit ]

^ "NY Times: Wild by Law" . Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2009. Archived from the original on January 25, 2009 . Retrieved November 19, 2008 .
^ Cara Saposnik (2009). "Wild By Law: The Rise of Environmentalism and the Creation of the Wilderness Act" . Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on January 25, 2009 . Retrieved January 31, 2011 .
^ "Wild by Law: The Rise of Environmentalism and the Creation of the Wilderness Act (VHS)" . directcinemalimited . Retrieved January 31, 2011 .

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[NY_Times-1] "NY Times: Wild by Law" . Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2009. Archived from the original on January 25, 2009 . Retrieved November 19, 2008 .

[Overview-2] Cara Saposnik (2009). "Wild By Law: The Rise of Environmentalism and the Creation of the Wilderness Act" . Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on January 25, 2009 . Retrieved January 31, 2011 .

[directcinemalimited-3] "Wild by Law: The Rise of Environmentalism and the Creation of the Wilderness Act (VHS)" . directcinemalimited . Retrieved January 31, 2011 .

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