Don't miss this deeply moving true story of a youth who derailed an illegal auction of Utah's public lands to energy companies. Tim DeChristopher chose the lesser of two evils. He avoided the energy company takeover of public parkland by bidding on the auctioned lands himself - without having the funds on hand to actually buy.
His brave and spontaneous act of civil disobedience landed him in court and then in prison for two years. He served a jail sentence many people thought was grossly unjust. This movie documents a part of the environmental movement in the US that many of us know little about, and is inspiring.
His brave and spontaneous act of civil disobedience landed him in court and then in prison for two years. He served a jail sentence many people thought was grossly unjust. This movie documents a part of the environmental movement in the US that many of us know little about, and is inspiring.